Cultivating The Leader Within - Minority Enterprise Executive Council

Minority Enterprise
Advocate Magazine
Publisher
Debra Williams
Writers
Steven Mihailovich
Patricia Orsini
Walid L. Petri
Gary Shumaker
Dona Storey
Ruth P. Watson
Design & Production
Adrienne Butler
Polaris Press
Cover Photography
Andrew Diggs
President
Sunny Ezeji
Minority Enterprise Advocate Magazine
is published bi-monthly by
Minority Enterprise Executive Council
P.O. Box 173
Woodbridge, Virginia 22194
Tel. (703) 730-4091
Fax (703) 730-4092
E-mail: vpwilliams@comcast.net
Website: www.meecouncil.com
Publisher’s Message
For more than 16 years our organization has created opportunities for small/
minority, women and veteran-owned businesses. MEA magazine is a product
of the Minority Enterprise Executive Council. Through the organization we have
developed relationships with major corporations, federal government agencies
and very successful small businesses across the country. Now we are reaching
out to the international business community as well.
We are result driven when it comes to establishing match-making relationships.
Making good assessments for teaming on business-to-business relationships is a
part of the decision-making process we do to meet your bottom-line.
For new business opportunities to increase your bottom line, you should give
us a call to see how we can assist you. MEA is not just a publication to profile
your company or provide timely information. We create strategic opportunities to
strengthen your ability to survive in the national and international economy.
There are a lot of organizations that tell you they can help you, but they seldom
do. It is too much work and not much compensation for an organization to help
hundreds of members meet their needs. There is not enough manpower to make
this happen. It is your responsibility to make networking through any organization
work for you. But the reality is it just does not work in most cases. You can spend
your money in an organization attending power breakfasts, sponsoring events and
various programs hoping to get a piece of the pie, but it does not always work. All
theses efforts just end up making you feeling taken advantage of. You walk away
with nothing, no contractual opportunities.
I am not knocking organizations, just advising you to make rational decisions about
your associations with them. Just because an organization has a lot of members,
looks fancy, does not mean you will benefit from their activities. If you are a member
of any organization, how many contracts have you acquired How many successful
business people have you met that actually want to
do business with you How open is the organization
to helping you with whatever services that attracted
you to join in the first place
It is impossible to be successful without the input
of trusted colleagues; your business team; or a
think-tank. Make MEA a part of your team. We are
here for you.
MEE Council
Sunny Ezeji, President
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Debra Williams,
Publisher
“Never get to the point where you will be ashamed to ask anybody
for information. The ignorant man will always be ignorant if he fears
that by asking another for information he will display ignorance.
Better once display your ignorance of a certain subject than always
know nothing of it.” – Booker T. Washington
6 Minority Enterprise Advocate • March – April 2012