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[alac-forum] National Small Business Awards



Title: "Top Small Businesses in America"

"Top Small Businesses in America"

Southport, Connecticut - September 5, 2004 - DiversityBusiness.com the nation's leading small business Internet portal will be conducting its 5th annual “Top Small Businesses in America” survey. This years survey will determine the Top 500 Small Businesses in the United States, the Top 500 Diversity Owned Business in the United States, and for each State the Top 50 Small businesses and Top 50 Diversity owned businesses.   

The winners will be announced on October 25, 2004 and will be honored at the 5th Annual Multicultural Business Conference in March 2005. The awards are based on annual sales volume. To participate, businesses must register by September 30, 2004 at DiversityBusiness.com. All Small, Women, and Minority owned businesses are encouraged to register.

DiversityBusiness.com is the nations largest and most comprehensive online resource center for Small, Women and, Minority owned businesses and large procurement organizations.  It is a membership-based exchange platform that facilitates contacts and communication, streamlines business processes and provides vital business news and information.

“Diversity businesses are now a fundamental element of the business landscape in America,” said Kenton Clarke, CEO of Computer Consulting Associates International, Inc. “Our job is to provide full administrative and organizational support to our members at every stage in their business cycles.  With DiversityBusiness.com behind them, they can fully concentrate on expanding their multicultural markets: publicizing their organization, negotiating contracts, and providing or receiving goods and services,” said Clarke.  “We are actively and continually working toward a prosperous, nationwide small business community.  Our mission is to provide a powerful nationwide resource platform for the expansion of multicultural business opportunities.”

 

About DiversityBusiness.com

Launched in 1999, DiversityBusiness.com has won numerous awards and gained national recognition for its content and site design. DiversityBusiness.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of Computer Consulting Associates International, Inc. (CCAii), headquartered in Southport, Connecticut.  CCAii provides professional IT services to Fortune 500 and 1000 companies.  Founded in 1980 by CEO Kenton Clarke, CCAii is the largest multicultural owned computer-consulting firm in New England. Some of the firm’s corporate clients include Pepsi-Cola, Kraft Foods, Pitney Bowes, Bank of America, BellSouth, Kmart, SBC, IBM, United Technologies Corporation and General Electric.  Throughout its 25 years, CCAii has garnered many awards by entities such as the Small Business Administration, the National Minority Supplier Development Council and Black Enterprise Magazine.

 

 

Press Contact:

Odetta Rogers,

Director of Communications

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www.DiversityBusiness.com


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