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MBAccelerator2.5+ News and Events

In the news 

 

• Tentacles of Stimulus Reach Northeast Ohio (Raymond Jackson Enterprises Contract with Stark Metropolitan Housing Authority) - Crain's Cleveland Business (April 2010)
• Minority Business Accelerator 2.5+ clients lands multimillion-dollar deal - MBN USA Health Care Edition 2009
• Minority Business Accelerator building foundations of success - Call & Post feature on Triple A Builders, an MBAccelerator 2.5+ portfolio company  (June 2009)
• Minority Business Accelerator: Inclusion key to economic success - Call & Post feature on Global Point Technologies, an MBAccelerator 2.5+ portfolio company
   (May 2009)
• Hot Properties: COSE Update feature on HotCards, an MBAccelerator 2.5+ portfolio company (May 2009)
• Greater Cleveland Partnership pushes minority involvement in business , The Plain Dealer (March 2009)

E-newsletters

Read our monthly e-newsletters to see the latest developments about the Minority Business Accelerator 2.5+.  Click here  if you would like to be added to the mailing list.

           2010

• January: Raymond Jackson Enterprises lands $400K subcontract with Stark housing authority
• February: Price Builders lands $3.7 million subcontract for VA Hospital parking garage
• March: MAC Installations secures $450K contract with UH Case Cancer Hospital project 

           2009

•   January: New year, more deals
•   February: MBAccelerator2.5+ connects cabling company to $500K deal
•   March: Key General Contractors lands subcontract with Cleveland Clinic
•   April-May: KeyBank awards Global Point Technologies two contracts
•   June-July: Strong Tool lands multimillion deal with GE Healthcare
•   July-August: MBAccelerator 2.5+ clients lands three contracts with University Hospitals 
•   September-October: MBAccelerator2.5+ portfolio company secures $450,000 deal
•   November: Family-owned MBE creating strong legacy for next generation
•   December: MBAccelerator2.5+ exceeds deal-value expectations 

            2008

• February:  MBAccelerator2.5+opens for business
• March: Connecting N.E. Ohio MBEs with corporate, public sectors  
• April: MBAccelerator2.5+ books its first business deal  
• May: Closing the deal: An MBE success story
• June: MBAccelerator2.5+ helps Hot Cards build on success
• July: Closing the deal: Global Point Technologies and CWRU
• August: MBAccelerator2.5+ preps MBE to tackle $2.4 million project
• September: "Green" focus drives MBE's success   
• October: Two deals closed: MBEs secure construction, printing contracts
• November: MBAccelerator2.5+ connects MBE with construction contract
• December: MBAccelerator2.5+ reports on 2008 successes

Reception honors 2008 portfolio companies

The Commission on Economic Inclusion 2009 Annual Meeting on Wed., May 13 featured a reception to honor the success of the 2008 Minority Business Accelerator 2.5+ African American and Hispanic portfolio companies:

• Coleman Spohn Corporation
• The Coniglio Company
• FX Digital Media, Inc. (HotCards.com)
• Global Point Technologies, Inc.
• Key General Contractors
• MAC Installations and Consulting LLC
• Ralph Tyler Companies
• Start to Finish Construction, Inc. 
• Triple A Builders, Inc. 

Click here  to view photos. View the slide show here.