Starting a business comes with many challenges. Information Technology
professionals have their own unique hurdles to surmount when striking
out on their own. TNJ.com recently talked to Boyd Stephens, Director
of the Black Data Processors Association’s (BDPA) Entrepreneurs
Advisory Group.
The adage of “you have my word,” may soon be replaced with something
akin to “you have my bond”, especially when it comes to small minority
and women business enterprises (M/WBE’s) hoping to land multi million
dollar state and federal contracts.
As a PAL little league coach in the 80’s, I was amazed at how many of
our players (my son included, who is now 27, married and a father),
were such big fans of Hall of Fame Chicago Bulls guard Michael Jordan -
especially making it a point to discuss the amount of money he and
other NBA all-stars were paid playing a game.
Since taking the helm of the Small Business Administration last April,
businesswoman Karen Mills has drawn praise for aggressive moves to try
to boost lending to small firms amid a deep economic downturn.
The United States International Trade Commission rescheduled to March
18, 2010, its public hearing in Washington, D.C., on barriers to
exporting that small and medium-sized enterprises face.
