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About this Center
The Tulsa MBDA Business Center – Native American & Alaska Native Program serves MBE’s with an emphasis on the Native American community. The Center provides access to capital through its’ operator, REI Oklahoma, which packages SBA loans and maintains revolving loans fund pools for small business growth and expansion. Working with a network of strategic partners, the Center provides results oriented business development assistance to a wide variety of small business owners.
Core Business Services
| Global Business Development | |
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Services include identification of export markets, facilitation of global transactions, international trade missions and market analysis, and overseas market promotion assistance. |
| Access to Capital | |
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Services include identification of domestic and global financing opportunities, equity financing, brokerage of financial transactions, identification and closure of merger and acquisition transactions. |
| Access to Contracts | |
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Services include identification of procurement opportunities, solicitation analysis, bid and proposal preparation, negotiation and closing, research contract award histories. |
| Access to Markets | |
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Services include government procurement assistance, private sector contract identification and specialized certification assistance including 8(a), and assistance with market research. |
| Strategic Business Consulting | |
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Services include sales consulting and forecasting, market feasibility studies, operations management and quality control, bid preparation and bonding (construction), and manufacturing facility leasing. |
Location
7615 East 63rd Place, Suite 201
Tulsa, OK 74133
918-994-4370
Project Director: James Ray
Staff Information
James Ray
Project Director
A graduate of Oklahoma State University with a B.S. in Business Administration, Ray is also a Certified Business Retention & Expansion Consultant and a graduate of the Oklahoma Community Institute, Citizens Academy.
His work experience includes various service manager positions and he also has experience as a small business owner which will lend itself well to his position as Project Director of the Tulsa MBDA Business Center.
Upcoming Events
March 26-28, 2013 – Mentor-Protégé Town Hall/Roundtable. More information at www.region6roundtable.com
