Attending the expo is a win-win for everyone. Minority businesses are given an opportunity to promote and market their products and services, and larger, established companies can discover potential partners, opening up an array of business opportunities for both. In short, it makes good business sense to attend, whether you are a minority business, or a large, established company seeking minority businesses to collaborate on current and future business projects.

Procurement

PhoenixTech, is owned by Thomas, an African-American Army veteran with a high security clearance, his company was awarded a large contract to maintain the servers at a local U.S. Army Reserve base. However, PhoenixTech does not have current resources to maintain a large contract, nor did Thomas want to miss the opportunity to expand his business. Thomas contacted a large, state-wide IT company, with military clearance, and offered them a subcontract to service the army base servers, making it possible for PhoenixTech to keep the contract, and expand its' business without compromising its resources.

Business to Business

Eco-Kleen is an environmental, allergen-free office and home cleaning company that uses very specialized cleaning products and tools. Marrie recently located a large industrial cleaning supply company that also has a line of eco-friendly and allergen-free products that can be shipped and delivered within two business days giving her company more supplier choices and faster and low-cost shipment costs.

Networking

Mobile Phone International is a regional wireless provider that is expanding its network to Mexico City, and Carlos is Mexican-American, bilingual telecommunications consultant with business connections in Mexico City. Mobile Phone International sees a great opportunity to leverage Carlos's knowledge of Mexico and his language skills to assist them in opening up this new market. Carlos's company was hired to provide bilingual training and translations services for the English-speaking staff in Mexico City.

Marcus from Salt Lake City

An aspiring entrepreneur, he is interested in networking with established business owners, and attending the business workshops to increase his skills and knowledge required for starting and managing a successful business.

Anne from Toole

An established business owner, and knows that Fortune 100 - 500 companies will attend the expo. As a expo sponsor, she intends to use her sponsorship to raise her company's profile to attract more attention from major companies outside of Utah.

Lawrence from St. George
A procurement director for a Fortune 500 company attending the conference, his company has ambitious diversity initiatives, and his goal is to develop partnerships with minority owned businesses.

Terrence from Ogden

A talented web developer, and he plans to attend to network, and pitch his services in the procurement huddle to attract future contracts for his services.

These are a few of the reasons why you should attend the Utah Multi-Cultural Business Expo 2009, support our business community, and expand economic opportunity in Utah for all businesses