“I think that the pandemic has afforded us an opportunity to really be the renegades that supplier diversity professionals need.” – Veronica Maldonado-Torres Veronica Maldonado-Torres is the CEO of VMT Consulting, a management consultancy firm tailored to small...
“Oftentimes when you’re a small business, you think companies that you want to work with move at the same pace that you do, and they definitely don’t.” – Cloe Guidry-Reed Everyone has had the experience of being promised something and then discovering the promise...
“Nobody got into business for themselves saying ‘I needed more free time, so I started a business.’ That’s never happened.” – Adam Moore You only make a first impression once, and sometimes you only get to shoot your shot with your prospective, future...
“If you don’t have a mentor, you’re missing a huge opportunity because a lot of times they can open doors for you that may be closed otherwise.” – Cloe Guidry-Reed What do Yoda the Jedi, Mr. Miyagi the sensei, and Steve Jobs the tech mogul all have in...
“You have to overcome the unconscious bias of using a diverse supplier versus the Big Four. Because the Big Four is a brand name. You know them. You trust them. They’ve done work but the reality is -who do you think the diverse supplier is? It’s not...
“It’s not too late. You can go back, and you can do amendments for 2020, catch those up, and then build a strategy for 2021.” – Justin Elanjian Justin Elanjian is a partner at Aprio and a nationally recognized PPP expert. He has conducted over 100 PPP loan...
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