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The Minority Business Dallas/Fort Worth MBDA Business Center

Development Agency is The MBDA mission is to assist minority-owned
businesses by providing them with business tools to
an agency of the U.S. promote growth.

Department of The Minority Business Development Agency –
Dallas/Fort Worth Business Center delivers a variety
Commerce established in of services for minority owned businesses. These
services include:
1969. It’s the only federal
Client Services
agency that was Ÿ Facilitating federal, state and local

specifically set up to government procurement opportunities
Ÿ Offering specialized professional assistance
advocate on behalf of
to source financing needs
minority-owned Ÿ Providing strategic business counsel
Ÿ Pipeline enhancement
businesses to expand Ÿ Ongoing Web series
Ÿ Business outreach opportunities
Mike Mora their capabilities and build Ÿ National Procurement Center
capacity, so that we can
Program Director elevate their capabilities Outreach Opportunities
Ÿ Monthly Lunch and Learn Sessions
to go from a local business from a regional level to a Ÿ International Trade Consulting

national or international level. Access to Markets/Contracts
The MBDA Business Center aligns its clients with
We deliver services including procurement assistance, federal, state and local purchasing organizations and
access to capital and strategic business consulting. We assists in bringing transactions to closure. The Center
can help a company look for other markets that are has several national database systems that provide
outside their usual expertise. If they have a sense that vital information for the success of MBE businesses.
they want to grow in that particular market, we can go in
and help search for opportunities, not only on a local level, Access to Capital
but also regionally, nationally and internationally. We The MBDA assists clients by packaging financial
assist with access to capital, as well. We have a unique documents for Commercial/SBA loan programs,
skill set with my staff able to identify and evaluate bonding assistance and factoring. The Center
prospective loan proposals and to approach our strategic maintains strategic alliances with conventional and
network of financial lenders. non-conventional financial institutions and identifies
their target markets.
MBDA is a program for minority businesses to achieve a
certain amount of traction in their business. We take Strategic Business Consulting
businesses that have some traction and implement and Consulting includes Teaming Arrangements,
utilize our resources to be able to get them to the next Mentor/Protégé Agreements and Mergers and
level. Acquisitions.

MBDA BUSINESS CENTER - The Global Business Center
DALLAS/ FORT WORTH The MBDA provides international trade assistance.

Ÿ Ranked Outstanding by the Dept. of Commerce
MBDA in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016

Ÿ 237 jobs created and/or retained
Ÿ $114,292,156 in contracts and procurement

opportunities closed
Ÿ $24,580,089 in financing transactions

Helping Businesses Grow Nationally and Internationally

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