FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE AT JACKSONVILLE WILL HOST ITS NEXT BUSINESS SPEAKER SERIES EVENT,
MINORITY OWNED BUSINESS
ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS IN JUST
2 DAYS. THE 3 PANEL IS A
VIRTUAL PANEL THAT WILL FOCUS
ON MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES
AND THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES
THEY FACE PLUS HOW THEY HAVE
FOUND A SUCCESS AND STABILITY
AMONG SETBACKS SO THE PANEL
WILL BE MODERATED BY DOCTOR
JOHNNY BOWMAN JUNIOR AND FSCJ
PROFESSOR OF LOGISTICS
AND DISTRIBUTION. JOINING US
NOW TO SCOTT DISCUSS MORE ABOUT
THIS AN EVENT AND ALSO IMPACT
THE ROLE OF MINORITY OWNED
BUSINESSES PLAY IN TODAY’S
ECONOMY,
GOOD MORNING. GOOD I’M DOING
WELL ON
THIS MONDAY. SO LET’S TALK
ABOUT THIS BECAUSE GENERALLY
RIGHT NOW ALL BUSINESSES ARE
STRUGGLING. CAN YOU KIND OF
PUT THIS ECONOMY AS TO WHY
MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES ARE
ALSO BEING HIT HARD AND IN MANY
CASES TWICE AS HARD AS
OTHER BUSINESSES.
>> SHERRY IT’S IT’S AN
SITUATION THAT WE SEE WITH
MINORITY
OWNED BUSINESSES. I DON’T LIKE
TO START BY JUST SAYING HOW
IMPORTANT MINORITY BUSINESSES
ARE TO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY.
ACCORDING TO THE U.S. SENATE
COMMITTEE.
>> I ALWAYS LOVED BUSINESS NOT
IN
YOUR STEP. BUSINESSES CREATED
4.7 MILLION JOBS IN A TRUMP
MEANT FOR MORE THAN HALF OF THE
MINORITY BUSINESSES ESTABLISHED IN THE U.S. IN THE LAST 10 YEARS. BUT DESPITE
THAT INCREDIBLE STATISTIC
MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES ARE
STILL FACING VAST DISPARITY AND
WE CAN SEE THAT BY BUT THE
CHALLENGES THAT THEY FACE
AGAIN GIBSON FUNDING AS
WELL AS LOAN APPROVALS AND
REALLY NO NEED TO DEVELOP THAT
WENT EVEN FURTHER THERE WAS A
RECENT CNN POLL. OR I SHOULD
SAY PUBLISHED ARTICLE IN
OCTOBER THAT
YOU KNOW MINORITY SMALL
BUSINESSES ARE CLOSING DUE
DIRECTLY TO THE PANDEMIC AT
A RATE. MORE THAN
THE MOUNTAIN ON MINORITY
BUSINESSES SO THIS IS A REAL
A PROBLEM.
>> CHALLENGE FOR MINORITY OWNED
BUSINESSES SO THIS IS A GREAT
YOU’VE GOT SOME GREAT EXPERTS
THAT WILL BE IMPARTING WISDOM
WHO HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
SO IMAGINE THEY KIND OF HAVE
THAT
SECRET SAUCE AND I DO THINK IT
PROBABLY IS A COLLABORATIVE
EFFORT TO REALLY BE SUCCESSFUL
AS A MINORITY OWNED BUSINESS.
>> SOME OF THE TRENDS THAT
WE’RE SEEING BASICALLY START
OUT WITH. IT SOUNDS REALLY
SIMPLE BUT JUST
STRATEGIC CUSTOMER
SERVICE VALUES. I THINK
BUSINESSES UNDERESTIMATE HOW
IMPORTANT IS TO HAVE GOOD
CUSTOMER SERVICE ALSO TO BE
ABLE TO HAVE STRATEGIC
NETWORKING TO BE ABLE TO BUILD
RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE
COMMUNITY WITHIN THE BUSINESS
COMMUNITY. THOSE
ARE VITAL. ASPECTS OF THE
UNSUCCESSFUL OUTCOME WAS WILL
ACTUALLY DIVE DEEPER INTO THAT
TOPIC.
ON WEDNESDAY THE SOME OF THE
NIGHT DURING OUR VIRTUAL PANEL
WAS SET FREE PANEL THAT WE’RE
WE’RE HAVING A ROUND TABLE
DISCUSSION, BUT I WANT TO DIG
DEEPER AND THAT THEY WANT TO
SHARE THEIR PERSONAL IS A
SUCCESS STORIES OF HOW THEY
DEALT WITH THESE CHALLENGES HOW
THEY
WERE FROM.
>>LAUREN VERNO: AND JUST WANT
TO POINT OUT YOU KNOW YOU
KRISTEN KEEN THE FOUNDER AND
CEO
OF RETHREADED ERIC NEWGEN VICE
PRESIDENT DIRECTOR OF
OPERATIONS I TECH PERSONNEL AND
AARON MERV AND I’VE WORKED WITH
HIM, HE’S OWNER OF
HEADSHOT STUDIO CARLTON
ROBERTSON, THE CHIEF INNOVATION
OFFICER AT
JAX USA. I THAT’S GREAT AND
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT YOU GUYS WILL WILL TALK
ABOUT OR ADDRESS.
>> THAT’S A GREAT
QUESTION. SO
PERSONAL SUCCESS STORIES AND IN
FACT LET ME JUST SAY THIS I
JUST GOT A TEXT MESSAGE FROM
FROM THE AIR AND WANT TO LET
YOU KNOW THAT STILL HAS TO
APPROVE OF IT TAKEN YOU SO WHAT
WE SAID WITH BUT WE’RE GOING TO
JUMP IN AND WE’RE GOING TO
BEGIN TO YOU KNOW WHAT THE
UNIQUE CHALLENGES BECAUSE EACH
BUSINESS HAS A DIFFERENT
CHALLENGE BUT YET IS STILL
UNIQUE IN THE SENSE THAT
IT COULD INHIBIT THE SUCCESSFUL
THERE’S OTHER WE HAVE GREAT
TELL US THEY
A VAST AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE ONE
OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE’RE
GOING TO
TALK ABOUT. THE RESOURCES THAT
ARE AVAILABLE THAT MANY PEOPLE
DON’T REALIZE
ARE AVAILABLE. ROBINSON IS
GOING TO JUMP RIGHT
INTO THAT.
>>LENA PRINGLE: AND SO
IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW THAT
DON’T DO IT ALONE AND GET INTO
THOSE RESOURCES. SO AGAIN IT’S
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER NIGHT FROM
10 TO
1130 YOU’RE ASKING THAT FOLKS
DO REGISTER THAT’S FSCJ DOT EDU