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Experienced Small Business Advisors
Sought to Advise Teams Selected to Compete in the
2024 HCC Business Plan Competition
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Your Opportunity to Join our 2024
Competition Advisor Cohort
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In this E-blast:
Who Joins Our Competition Advisor Cohort
For More Information About the Opportunity
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EITHER Join us February 8 on ZOOM at 6:30 pm - Click Here
- OR Scroll Down to Read About the Opportunity Now
To Sign Up Now
- New Advisor - Quick Form
- Returning Advisor - Even Quicker Form
Advisor Recruitment Timing
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You Are Invited to Join Us for a Zoom
Advisor Orientation & Info Session
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We would like to meet you on ZOOM, if you can join us.
Click here to get your link to join us on ZOOM at 6:30 pm, February 8
It's not required to attend this event, but it's a great way to connect with our competition leaders and other advisors, and to learn more about how our competition will flow this year.
Please Note: This Advisor Info Session is NOT FOR APPLICANTS APPLYING TO COMPETE in the 2024 HCC Business Plan Competition.
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We will be building the advisor cohort from now through February. The contestant application period ran from January 5-January 31. Applications are being processed for completion and then go under review in the first part of February. Chosen teams will be announced on February 22. Competition Training starts on February 27. During this time we will also be building our 2024 HCC Business Plan Competition Advisor Cohort.
Are you an experienced advisor interested in volunteering your time? Then read on!
Competition Training Sessions - 5 of 6 sessions will be VIRTUAL ON ZOOM.
One-on-one advising can be VIRTUAL and/or face-to-face.
You can be all virtual or mostly virtual with some face-to-face opportunities to meet with the team you will advise.
Being of service as a volunteer advisor
can change the lives of these entrepreneurs!
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Who Joins the Advisor Cohort | |
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We are seeking experienced advisors to join our 2024 Advisor Cohort to give volunteer advising to our applicant teams selected to compete in the 2024 Competition.
Each chosen team moves through free training and advising prior to submitting their plans in May.
Our lead advisors for the 2024 competition will be Karen Sharp, and Willy Verbrugghe. We thank them for their service and leadership in such an important collective effort!
Our Advisor Cohort also usually includes: individual advisors from entrepreneurial eco-system partners and sponsors throughout the greater Houston area (SCORE, Silver Fox Advisors, funding partners like Wallis Bank, LiftFund, Frost Bank, Newspring, HWCOC, Baker Ripley...); experienced HCC Business Plan Competition Alumni & HCC Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Alumni, MBDA Business Center client entrepreneurs, small business entrepreneur educators, other experienced entrepreneurs, and individuals with expertise in areas key to small business success such as funding, sales & marketing, leadership, HR, taxes, risk mitigation, etc. and/or experience in specific industries (retail, IT, food & beverage, healthcare, etc.).
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Advisors New to This Competition
If you have not yet served as an advisor in this Competition, please click below on our new advisor quick form to submit your interest and introduce yourself:
New Advisor Quick Form
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Returning Advisors
For those of you who have previously served as an Advisor for this Competition, please click on this link and complete the mini - form to confirm your interest in returning as an advisor in 2024 and we would be honored to have you with us again:
Returning Advisor - Even Quicker Form
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Timing - Building the Advisor Cohort - We will announce accepted teams on February 22nd and will pair teams with advisors as we move toward the announcement of accepted teams and the first training sessions in the competition. The first training session is on Tuesday Evening February 27.
We will pair teams with advisors by considering advisors' experience and each accepted team's business concept. We will respond to your submission throughout this period. We will be communicating with advisors via emails from c4e@hccs.edu; and sometimes via a phone call or text to speak to or reach an individual advisor.
Thank you for your time and consideration! Being of service as a volunteer advisor can change the lives of these entrepreneurs!
Sandra, Sabiha, Willy and Karen
Sandra Louvier, Director
Sabiha Dholkawla, Program Manager
Willy Verbrugghe, Lead Advisor, 2024 HCC Business Plan Competition Advisor Cohort
Karen Sharp, Lead Advisor, 2024 HCC Business Plan Competition Advisor Cohort
David Regenbaum, Entrepreneur in Residence
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About the Glenda & David Regenbaum Center for Entrepreneurship
HCC Northwest
OUR MISSION: To help entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses.
We do this by offering workshops, seminars, summits, classes and competitive training and advising, while also providing practical knowledge, resources and connections. We are also known for three Signature Programs: the Annual HCC Business Plan Competition, now in its 15th year; the Small Business Success Series by by HCC©; and the HCC Mattress Mack School of Selling©.
Contact us at c4e@hccs.edu or 713-718-6650
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HCC- OEI Wins Community Engagement Initiative of the Year, 1st Runner-Up Award in 2023 International Competition by ACEEU
On June 26, 2023, the Accreditation Council for Entrepreneurial & Engaged Universities (ACEEU) hosted finalists from around the world for the Triple E Awards. The HCC Office of Entrepreneurial Initiatives (HCC-OEI) team won this award in recognition of excellence in supporting and building minority owned businesses. Houston Community College presented 10 Programs: Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), Open for Business for Women of Color, HCC Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses, HCC Business Plan Competition, Small Business Success Series by HCC, Entrepreneurial Programs in Spanish, Entrepreneurship for Youth, Student Hackathons, Student Pitch Competitions, and the HCC Mattress Mack School of Selling. Dr. Maya Durnovo, Chief Entrepreneurial Initiatives Officer, presented in Barcelona, Spain on behalf the HCC OEI team.
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Houston Community College Wins 2022 Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers Award for Excellence in Specialty Entrepreneurship Education
Houston-based academic group called out top universities and programs from around the world — including one in Houston and another in Texas — that are excelling in educating future entrepreneurs at the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers Conference in October.
The GCEC is a consortium of more than 250 university entrepreneurship programs that is headquartered at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business, which has been named a top entrepreneurship program itself time and time again. Houston Community College's Office of Entrepreneurial Initiatives (led by Dr. Maya Durnovo) won in the Excellence in Specialty Entrepreneurship Education category for programming that serves women and minority owned businesses. GCEC Award-Innovation Map Article
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Houston Community College Wins 2022 Bellwether Award for Entrepreneurial Initiatives
Houston Community College has won the 2022 Bellwether Award for its outstanding and innovative workforce development program: HCC’s Entrepreneurial Initiatives. The Bellwether Awards are widely regarded as one of the nation’s most competitive and prestigious recognitions for community colleges. Dr. Maya Durnovo, HCC’s chief entrepreneurial initiatives officer leads HCC’s mission of helping entrepreneurs start and grow businesses to bolster the local economy, create jobs and build Houston’s ecosystem by starting and growing small businesses, including minority-, veteran- and women-owned businesses. Dr. Durnovo said. “I am so fortunate to have a highly motivated and passionate team that strives for excellence in everything they do.”
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Houston Community College Receives 2021 Diversity In Business Award from the Houston Business Journal!
Congratulations to all students, faculty, staff, entrepreneurs (aspiring & existing); and to all our community participants, supporters, volunteers, partners and sponsors who collaborate with us to make awards like this possible! Congratulations also to all of the other honorees and awardees!
#WeAreHCC # HoustonStrong #HBJDiversity
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Houston Community College
2020 Entrepreneurial College of the Year
October. 6, 2020: The Houston Community College System was selected as the winner of the 2020 Entrepreneurial College of the Year award by the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) at NACCE's annual conference, where entrepreneurial colleges from across the U.S. gather to share best practices. On behalf of all of our entrepreneurial programs and staff, we thank all of the entrepreneurs, partners, sponsors, volunteers, students, and HCC faculty and staff who have contributed to our efforts! Without your support and dedication to our programs, this wouldn't have been possible!
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