What Minority Business Owners Need to Know About the PPP2 Stimulus Bill

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Perseverance Under Pressure:
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Success Stories

Steve Phillips

CEO
Conform Automotive

With the assistance of the Detroit MBDA, a strategic alliance between Detroit Technologies Inc. (“DTI”) and Formed Fiber Technologies (“FFT”) into an acquisition of FFT by DTI to rebrand as ConForm Automotive, a thriving advanced manufacturing enterprise with Steve Phillips as the company’s President and CEO.

Joseph Anderson

CEO
Shared Vision

Shared Vision Company, majority-owned by Joseph B. Anderson, with the aid of the MBDA, achieved significant operational improvements that led to strong sales growth and increased the headcount for highly-skilled labor.

Adrian Walker

Founder & CEO
Senetur

A former engineer and data scientist in the automotive industry, Walker is the founder and CEO of Senetur. Offering an easy-to-use cloud-based dashboard, this is a company that prides itself on being an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) predictive analysis and data intelligence company focused on providing services to the manufacturing and logistics industries.

Peter Vazquez

CEO
Brand Echo Media Solutions

Connecting with the customer base is a major key to success. Companies have to know how to connect, including knowing what communication channels to take advantage of.

Michael Antaran

Founder & CEO
CARROT Pass, LLC

CARROT Wellness seeks to address important healthcare concerns facing the United States with a focus on obesity and inactivity. CARROT Wellness is a win-win-win situation for everybody involved. The fitness application provides employers an easy-to-use and rewarding tool to promote wellness within their companies. Employees become fitter, healthier, and gain points that allow them to obtain rewards.

Sai Naik

CEO
Mavin Global

Mavin Global is a company that develops cloud-based software solutions for others. Also touching on the instant gratification issue, Naik realizes that as companies are required to provide services and products in quick and innovative ways, their employees need to be skilled enough to make it happen.