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Triad Minority Business Expo
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Become a Vendor
  • Become a Sponsor
  • Become a Volunteer
  • About the Expo
  • Virtual Awards Ceremony
  • Expo Testimonials
  • Upcoming Events
  • Artist Showcase
  • Photo Gallery

Welcome to the Triad Minority & Women's Business Expo

Welcome to the Triad Minority & Women's Business Expo Welcome to the Triad Minority & Women's Business Expo Welcome to the Triad Minority & Women's Business Expo

Create - Connect - Cultivate

Welcome to the Triad Minority & Women's Business Expo

Welcome to the Triad Minority & Women's Business Expo Welcome to the Triad Minority & Women's Business Expo Welcome to the Triad Minority & Women's Business Expo

Create - Connect - Cultivate

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We're Going Virtual!!!

2020 has truly been unprecedented.  We are in the midst of a time of uncertainty and changes that many of us have never experienced.  With that in mind, we have made the decision to move the 7th Annual Triad Minority & Women's Business Expo to a virtual platform.

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Virtual Awards Ceremony

Join us Friday, August 28, 2020 at 7 PM for the Triad Minority & Women's Business Expo Virtual Awards Ceremony.  We will be recognizing outstanding businesses in Winston-Salem, High Point and Greensboro. 

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Become A Corporate Sponsor

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Become A Volunteer

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Order of Events

August 28th

Triad Minority & Women's Business Expo Virtual Awards Ceremony

7 pm

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9 pm

Zoom

Event Details

August 28th

Triad Minority & Women's Business Expo Virtual Awards Ceremony

We invite you to join us as we celebrate the triads best minority and women-owned businesses.  We will take this time to acknowledge both th...

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7 pm

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9 pm

Zoom

August 29th

Triad Minority & Women's Business Expo Workshop

1:30 pm

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2:15 pm

Zoom

Event Details

August 29th

Triad Minority & Women's Business Expo Workshop

We invite you to join us for a Business workshop presented by small business expert, Kevin Price.  This is an excellent opportunity for smal...

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1:30 pm

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2:15 pm

Zoom

August 29th

Triad Minority & Women's Business Expo

12 pm

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4 pm

Zoom

Event Details

August 29th

Triad Minority & Women's Business Expo

We invite you to join us for our main event, the 7th Annual Triad Minority & Women's Business Expo!  Attendees will have the chance to visit...

Event Details

12 pm

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4 pm

Zoom

2020 HONORARY CO-CHAIRS

Judge Tonia A. Cutchin

Councilman Cyril Jefferson

Councilman Cyril Jefferson

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 Judge Tonia A. Cutchin has a plethora of experience.  Following graduation from North Carolina Central University, she represented major corporations and federal agencies as a corporate attorney in the District of Columbia.  In 2005, she relocated to Greensboro to work in private practice.   Throughout her career, she has had the opportunity to represent clients in each courtroom in Greensboro and High Point.   Judge Cutchin serves Guilford County with the hope of creating certain changes to this county by being actively involved in many community organizations.  She currently serves the community as a board member of Mental Health Associates of the Triad and Greensboro YWCA, sustaining member of the Junior League of Greensboro, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, Guilford Inn of Court, League of Women Voters, American Association of University Women, and Vice-Chair of the Steward Ministry of Mount Zion Baptist Church.  She was recently recognized on the nationally syndicated show, Good Morning America.  Judge Cutchin currently serves as a Guilford County District Court Judge. 

Councilman Cyril Jefferson

Councilman Cyril Jefferson

Councilman Cyril Jefferson

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 Cyril Jefferson is a husband, father, and Champion for Youth currently serving on the High Point City Council. For more than a decade, he has dedicated his civic and professional work to advancing the causes of youth development and education. As President and CEO of Change Often, LLC, he regularly consults and coaches youth-serving institutions on effectiveness and enhancement of services. Though he has received numerous community-based awards and honors—including High Point’s Young Professional of the Year and Piedmont Triad’s 40 Under 40 Most Influential African-Americans—the greatest to date came when the residents of Ward One made him the youngest African-American to ever sit on the High Point City Council. Council Member Jefferson is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of North Carolina A&T State University and he holds a certification in Non-Profit Management from High Point University. Living the words of Winston Churchill, he and his wife Raven teach their two sons that “To improve is to change. To perfect is to change often”.

Matthew Dolge

Matthew Dolge

Matthew Dolge

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Matthew Dolge, Executive Director of the Piedmont Triad Regional Council,  has served in public administration positions for more than 25 years, including roles in both municipal and regional management. 

Matthew currently serves on the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) Board of Directors. He has served as the Chairman of the NC LRO Director's Association, and has held seats on the Boards of the National Association of Regional Councils, the Southeastern Regional Directors Institute, the Twin City Kiwanis Club, Forsyth Futures, and the Appalachian State College of Arts and Sciences Development Board.  

Kevin Price

Matthew Dolge

Matthew Dolge

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  Kevin Price is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development in Durham, NC. The Institute is a nonprofit management consulting and services firm focused on business diversity and inclusion. They are trusted advisors to businesses large and small, government agencies, policy makers and organizations that understand the key roles diversity and inclusion play in ensuring business and economic success.   As president and chief executive officer, he is responsible for leading a team of trusted advisors to businesses large and small, government agencies, policy makers and organizations that understand the key roles diversity, inclusion and equity play in ensuring business and economic success.

After completing military (US Army) service, Kevin obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science/Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He also completed his Masters in Health Administration and Masters in Business Administration, both from Pfeiffer University.

OUR 2020 SPONSORS

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Kidz Biz Training Program

What's new with the Expo

  

The Kidz Biz Training Program is a 6-week program that cultivates the entrepreneurial mindset in our future leaders and helps students launch their own businesses.

Through the program, students in grades 6-12 learn the skills and receive mentoring to help them turn their skills and interests into a profitable business idea!

Students will have the opportunity to….

● Generate business ideas using their passions and skills
● Learn the basics of business finances (costs, price, revenue, profit, budgeting, taxes)
● Learn how to effectively market and sell products and services
● Connect with and learn from successful entrepreneurs across the Triad area
● Write a basic business plan
● Create a video for submission to be considered as a finalist in The Next Kidz Biz Competition
● Register the business with the state of North Carolina
● Participate in the Triad Minority and Women’s Business Expo and sell their products and/or services to the public! 

For additional information please call our office at 336 448-4177
 

 

What Students Gain


Entrepreneurial Skills

  • Entrepreneurial mindset
  • Introduction to business
  • Product creation and new inventions
  • Financial literacy and budgeting

Student Achievement

  • Creative and critical thinking
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Leadership skills and public speaking skills
  • Lateral and higher-order thinking

Post-secondary readiness

  • 21st Century Career Skills: product idealization, marketing research, technology
  • Sparks interests in attending college
  • Career idealization


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PAST HONORARY CO-CHAIRS

Dr. L’Tanya Joy Bailey

Dr. L’Tanya Joy Bailey

Dr. L’Tanya Joy Bailey

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J. Carlvena Foster

Dr. L’Tanya Joy Bailey

Dr. L’Tanya Joy Bailey

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Mark Owens

Dr. L’Tanya Joy Bailey

Sharon Hightower

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Sharon Hightower

Dr. Robert “Bob” J. Brown

Sharon Hightower

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Dr. Robert “Bob” J. Brown

Dr. Robert “Bob” J. Brown

Dr. Robert “Bob” J. Brown

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Art Gibel

Dr. Robert “Bob” J. Brown

Dr. Robert “Bob” J. Brown

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Yvonne Johnson

Yvonne Johnson

Yvonne Johnson

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2018 Triad Minority & Women's Business Expo

Community Business of the Month Application

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Apply for the chance to be selected as the Community Business of the Month!!

 Each month, the  Winston-Salem Black Chamber of Commerce, the Chronicle, Small Business Center at Forsyth Tech, Triad Minority Business Expo, Winston-Salem Chapter of the NAACP and the Winston-Salem Urban League present the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County business of the month.  

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We want to hear from you.

If you have any questions about the expo please contact us. 

Triad Minority Business Expo

1922 South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Suite 72, Winston-Salem, NC 27107, US

336-448-4177

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