RESOURCES
African American Marketing Association
The African-American Marketing Association (AAMA) is a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit membership organization whose mission is to foster the growth and professional development of African-American marketers, creatives, and entrepreneurs.
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Urban Eatz Delivery is a food delivery service app that connects great food to great people that cater to the overlooked smaller minority owned restaurants, food trucks, and home-based food vendors, giving the community an opportunity to savor some of the "Hidden Gems" within the city of Houston and surrounding areas. Urban Eatz Delivery plans to expand to major metropolitan areas as well.
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Melanoid Exchange embraces culture and creativity while giving minority entrepreneurs and innovators a platform that they would normally not be blessed with. We are the premier place for consumers to buy from minorities with a sole purpose of connecting entrepreneurs of color with the world. We are diversifying the e-commerce society and allowing consumers to shop with individuals similar to themselves. We look to continue transactions between liked buyers and consumers for years to come.
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FedEx Small Business Grant Contest
It’s a grant contest with 10 small business winners. They receive grants, prizes, and insights from FedEx experts to help them grow their business. And they join a community of small businesses that offer peer insights.
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Create a free website with Wix.com. Choose a stunning template and customize anything with the Wix website builder no coding skills needed.
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Their teams marry design and technology to create high-quality branding and marketing tools so anyone from individuals to large companies can create amazing visual assets for their brand regardless of technical or artistic skills. We take pride in turning complex design and layout problems into ridiculously easy to use tools for our users.
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Printful is an on-demand order fulfillment and warehousing service that fulfills and ships products including clothing, accessories, and home & living items for online businesses. It’s free to set up, and doesn’t come with monthly fees or minimum order requirements. We produce only what's ordered, making print-on-demand the more conscious choice over bulk manufacturing.Connect your online store with Printful, and whenever someone buys an item, the order is automatically sent to us, and we fulfill and ship it to the customer.
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The Annex HTX is an innovative and exciting co-working community in East Downtown Houston where freelancers, designers, writers, artists, small business owners and other entrepreneurs come to work + inspire + collaborate.
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Minority Business Development Agency
MBDA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce that promotes the growth of minority-owned businesses through the mobilization and advancement of public and private sector programs, policy, and research
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The Ion Smart Cities Accelerator and Prototyping Lab addresses the needs of Houston’s people by deploying technology into existing infrastructure and civic fabric that further strengthens the city.
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