Day 73 of Mentor on Road, USA

“When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state.”
― Swami Vivekananda

Day 73 of Mentor on Road, USA started with a remarkable event with New York Women’s Chamber of Commerce.

Mentor on Road enjoyed a qualitative discussion on wide range of challenges faced by women entrepreneurs in USA and India and how to overcome those challenges, with the board of New York women's chamber of commerce.

Mentor on Road has successfully come up with several strategies on these areas and would be executing them soon.
                                                   

The New York Women’s Chamber of Commerce (NYWCC), established in 2002, is a not-for-profit charitable tax exempt organization dedicated to assisting women and other disadvantaged minorities achieve success and economic independence through small business, micro-enterprise ownership and self-employment. 

Furthermore, NYWCC advocates and actively works to create equal and fair business opportunities, while striving to foster an environment that nurtures the growth of women and minority-owned businesses in the city and state of New York. 

NYWCC is the only chamber of commerce in the city of New York that provides direct business development services to small businesses and microenterprises through its Minority and Women Business Center and its Women’s Microenterprise Institute. Both the MWBE (Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise) Center and the Micro-enterprise Institute have been successfully operating since 2005.

NYWCC works with the MWBE Community, with public and private entities as well as with the elected officials, business advocates and community organizations to ensure the participation of M/WBE contractors and workforce in city, state and local projects. 

Since its creation, the Women’s Chamber has provided business services and training to more than 20,000 individuals, assisted with the creation of more than 5000 new businesses and aided entrepreneurs in accessing 35 million in capital and 45 million in procurement contracts. The organization has also assisted more than 500 entrepreneurs in applying for minority certification and has incubated 30 new businesses. 

The organization, has worked with more than 1000 contractors to help them with bid proposals, cost estimates, contract resolution, payment disputes, scope clarification, financing and more. 

The NYWCC is a network of over 5,000 businesses, and growing. Their programs, seminars and trainings help business owners build the skills they need to achieve economic independence through business, micro-enterprise ownership and self-employment. The NYWCC has provided such services to more than 10,000 individuals. 

Also, NYWCC advocates and actively works to create equal and fair business opportunities, while striving to foster an environment that nurtures the growth of women and minority-owned businesses in the city and state of New York.

Mentor on Road feels extremely thankful for having the opportunity of meeting a bunch of highly motivated and passionate women who are working really hard on the issue of women empowerment. We would soon start working with them for the same and connect them to India.

The journey till now has been tremendously fruitful and memorable. Mentor on Road hopes it continuous to be the same till the end.

Jai Ho! (Let victory be yours)