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| National Supplier Diversity Database |
MetroBizSearch has established a National Supplier Diversity Database for businesses with MBE, WBE, DVBE, HUB and/or SDB certifications. The database will be a place where the businesses can promote their products and form connections with other certified businesses as well as non-certified businesses.
We understand that as a Certified Business that an external/independent organization has taken you through an extensive review of your operations to show that you are a viable firm. The key now is that you need to market yourself. Networking with your peers can be a key step to helping your business succeed. Get connected today, it's FREE!
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| Market Your Certified Business Nationally |
| Network with other Certified Businesses |
| It's Free...Why not join? |
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Glossary of Terms
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MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (MBE): Is a small, for-profit business owned by a person who is Black or African-American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, or Hispanic and that falls into one of the ownership criteria (see below)
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WOMAN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (WBE): Is a small, for-profit business that is owned by an economically disadvantaged woman and that falls into one of the ownership criteria (see below)
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DISABLED VETERAN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (DVBE): Is a small, for-profit business that is owned by a veteran of the US Armed Forces who has been diagnosed by a physician as having a physical or mental impairment which significantly limits one or more of his or her main life activities and that falls into one of the ownership criteria (see below)
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DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (DBE): Is simply a for-profit small business which is owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals as defined in Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 26. 8a
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HISTORICALY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESS (HUB): This a small businesses that is located in distressed areas whose purpose is to help to give power to communities, generate jobs, and attract private investment.
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OWNERSHIP CRITERIA:
- A sole proprietorship, owned and controlled by the individual who falls into one of the categories above; or
- A partnership or limited liability partnership controlled by the individual who falls into one of the categories above in which at least 51% of the beneficial ownership interest is held by the individual who falls into one of the categories above; or
- A corporation or limited liability corporation controlled by the individual who falls into one of the categories above in which at least 51% of the interest in such corporation or entity is beneficially owned by the individual who falls into one of the categories above.
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