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Directed toward black borrowers who had been rejected by at least two banks and the SBA's 7 (a), the Economic Opportunity Loan program had, as a GAO official gingerly told Congress in 1981, «a difficult mission.»

Ryan Bethencourt, program director and venture partner at San Francisco's Indie.Bio, the nation's first synthetic - biology accelerator, says that when one applies cost reductions to Moore's Law (the concept that digital technology will increase in power at an exponential rate), the landscape of business opportunities is limitless.

Isaacs set himself up for post-prison opportunities by attending many programs offered at the prison, including «educational, vocational, life skills, aggression replacement, drug and alcohol prevention, business planning, stress management, youth awareness and delinquent intervention.»

More than three — quarters of the student body in the MBA program at VIU are international students, and there are many opportunities to focus on international business, including exchange programs across the globe.

In late 2009, he was honoured at a conference of the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada, and took that opportunity to respond to several criticisms of the CSeries program.

At the boot camp, a recruiting mechanism for the CEIBS international MBA program, lecturers hit participants with one dominant message: opportunity.

On the academic side, Northwestern sponsors several opportunities for innovation, including two startup incubators and a certificate program in entrepreneurship specifically targeted at undergraduates.

To get a better sense of what the program was like, we reached out to Unreasonable at Sea mentor Cathy Rodgers, who is also the vice president of global opportunities for IBM.

At no point in this seminar, I should point out, am I presented with an investment opportunity, though I'm encouraged to join the DollarMakers Network and to take a seven - day trial of Elliott and Australian Luke Fatooros's 12 - step wealth - for - life mentoring program for just $ 1 ($ 47 a month thereafter).

Like most accelerators, this one offered a common workspace, a program of classes and seminars, access to top business mentors, and an opportunity to pitch to investors at a Demo Day.

New employment opportunities: A San Francisco driver looking for a programming job told me that he would hang out around the top 10 tech companies after working hours and try to give rides to people at the company.

He saw an opportunity to take a rigorous scientific look at this potential relationship in SCHIP, the government program offering health insurance to children in moderate income families that was launched in 1997.

«If the first time we get to know you is your application, you're robbing yourself of an opportunity,» says JD Clarke, executive director of masters programs recruitment and admissions at Ivey Business School.

«This in turn has resulted in increased web traffic, attendance at museum programs and exhibitions, and new fundraising opportunities for the museum.»

«The federal government should do everything within its authority to empower individuals by providing opportunities for work, including by investing in federal programs that are effective at moving people into the workforce and out of poverty,» the order read, according to CNN.

This program also helps us to restock inventory at individual stores more efficiently, to maximize the opportunity for full - price selling and to minimize the potential risks related to excess inventories.

The company has five discovery programs at various stages of development, all of which validate the platform and offer significant partnering opportunities.

According to Jean Martin and Conrad Schmidt in «How to Keep Your Top Talent,» «As part of its Key Talent Programs, HP offers high potentials the opportunity to attend closed - door briefings on important strategic issues, work in teams to help resolve them, and discuss their final recommendations with senior leaders at the company.»

Overall, the Total Rewards Program aims to foster a high - performance culture at all levels and to provide an opportunity for employees to earn significant rewards if HP achieves strong financial results.

Overall, the Total Rewards Program aims to foster a high - performance culture at all levels and to provide an opportunity for employees to earn significant rewards when HP achieves strong financial results.

The majority of these programs are available at the federal level, although some states also have unique opportunities through their state guard program.

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Establish a robust local vendor contracting program that ensures particularly local small minority - and women - owned businesses are able to benefit from contracting opportunities at HQ2.

With specialized streams of study in Biotechnology Management & Entrepreneurship, as well as Innovative Management, the EMBA program at the Faculty of Business provides students with the theory, skills, experiential learning and research opportunities to advance their knowledge and enhance their employability in these flourishing fields.

«Walmart is throwing open the doors of opportunity for our national and international community of Women's Business Enterprises,» added Candace Waterman, Chief of Staff, Certification & Program Operations at WBENC.

2014.04.03 RBC Foundation announces gift of $ 500,000 to support the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21's Canada: Day 1 Project National Travelling Exhibition and Community Outreach Program will give Canadians the opportunity to explore Canada...

By placing highly - qualified female students with internship opportunities at the country's top space companies, the Brooke Owens Fellowship Program is playing an important role within the space industry: fostering a diverse workforce that will help ensure continued progress in the years to come.

I did this professionally for so many at IBM through the employee advocacy program I created called the IBM Select Social Eminence program, affording me the amazing opportunity to work with social business leaders across the globe.

The program culminates in an opportunity for you to pitch your idea before a gathering of local business leaders at the Pre-Accelerator Pitch Showcase which is open to the community.

Launched in 2014, Include is TechCrunch's diversity program, aimed at facilitating opportunities for underrepresented groups in tech to take their startups to the next level.

«Our Centers of Excellence program provide members with a unique forum to start development opportunities for minority businesses and corporate members alike,» said NMSDC Chairman Joe Hinrichs, who also is president, Global Operations at Ford Motor Company.

Translated into program, what Washington wanted to see was blacks concentrating in the main on developing their capacities to exploit such opportunity as already lay at hand, relying on the expectation that as such self - development proceeded, blacks would be in a stronger position to make a successful claim for the full rights of citizenship.

My program has given me the opportunity to take a look at myself, assess my shortcomings (regarding my initiative, assertiveness, and independence) and address them.

As a lead pastor of a church and a program director at a seminary, I have come to see that it is both an opportunity as well as a challenge to co-labor with men in leadership.

By gradually developing a vigorous growth and enrichment program, your church can become a significant participant in the new, humanizing network of growth opportunities that is helping more and more people to find «life in all its fullness» (John 10:10 NEB) at each age and stage of the journey.

Stop Hunger Now distinguishes itself from other aid / relief organizations with a focus on engaging volunteers in a hands - on activity to produce meals that are used strategically to support development programs, while at the same time fostering the growth of a movement to end hunger by educating those volunteers about the need and giving them an opportunity to take action.

Julia Majail, Smallholders Program Manager at the RSPO, is keen to promote the RSSF to product manufacturers and retailers as well as smallholders because it represents a perfect opportunity for them to directly support a smallholder group to move towards RSPO certification:

And Jason Clay, Senior Vice President, Markets and Food at WWF added, «This shift offers an opportunity to help marginal producers in developing countries realize higher returns for their products through the simplification of global certification programs.

At the centre of Amatil X is AX Ventures, a multimillion dollar corporate venturing program, set up to invest in future revenue growth opportunities outside of Amatil's core - and beyond innovation in beverages which sits within the core business.

Six months later, Chuck was notified about the institute's newly funded Veteran Farming Training Program and was elated at the potential opportunity to train at a premier organic research and education farm.

To raise awareness of the value of culinary apprenticeships, ACF is providing resources and success stories to encourage employers to explore the creation of new apprenticeship programs and prospective apprentices to enroll in local opportunities at http://www.acfchefs.org/Apprenticeship.

As an Agriculture / Business student at UNE, I have always been interested in food security, welfare and international agriculture, and have taken up every opportunity I could find to get involved in those types of programs.

Imbibers will have an opportunity to preview Geraldine's bar program on Tuesday, September 1 at Midnight Cowboy (313 E. 6th St.) where Keyser will be hosting a Bar Takeover.

Wine China Expo's comprehensive «Meet The Buyers» supporting program will bring exhibitors up close and personal with potential business partners among China's top wine importers, bring exhibitors on a guided tour of some wine retail outlets and be giving exhibitors unique opportunities to showcase their products at every outing.

In addition, the partnership with Feeding America not only invests in the food bank network, but also allows Starbucks the opportunity to lend support to advocacy efforts around hunger relief programs at the national and local levels.

Our aim is to create a respectful workplace where equal opportunity exists at all phases of the employment lifecycle, regardless of gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and age - and we run various programs and initiatives across the company to ensure we achieve this goal.

Not only is she reunited with General Manager Jean - Pierre Leroux, with whom she worked at the famed Barrington Country Bistro, but she also relishes the opportunity to showcase the work of her kitchen team to the students of the College of DuPage culinary program.

I remember when I was the chef at The Main Dish, and I had the opportunity to go on a local breakfast TV program and showcase how roasting Brussel sprouts makes them taste so much better.

With academics at its core, Bay Area Equestrian Club provides equestrian - focused activities and events; volunteer and community service opportunities; rescue horse programs; leadership training for young people; and educational experiences for people interested in the field of veterinary medicine.

But most college basketball programs get used to tolerating journalists with a patience that neither the 5»10 senior guard nor his teammates at this NAIA Division II school have been given many opportunities to cultivate.