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SUMMARY:MSU Small Business Summit
DESCRIPTION:Event Description:\n\n\n\nThe Small Business Summit is an outreach event designed to engage current and prospective small\, underrepresented\, and local suppliers\, business owners\, and entrepreneurs. The summit supports MSU's mission to advance outreach and economic development and reflects its commitment to being a regional and statewide economic driver.\n\nIt also demonstrates MSU's dedication to broadening its supplier base and creating equitable opportunities and competition by encouraging participation in its procurement process\, ensuring it reflects and supports the community that we serve.\n\n\n\nAttendees will learn how to do business with MSU\, navigate the process to become an approved vendor\, and gain insight into the university's current priorities and upcoming projects.\n\n\n\nSmall Business Summit goals:  \n\n\n	Engage current and prospective small\, underrepresented\, and local suppliers\, business owners\, and entrepreneurs interested in working with MSU\n	Increase opportunities for new suppliers to enter MSU's procurement process to create competition in price\n	Educate attendees on MSU's procurement policies\, supplier requirements\, and future project needs\n	Foster relationship-building\, information-sharing\, and a more inclusive supplier network that reflects the communities MSU serves
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><br />\n<strong>Event Description:</strong><br />\n<br />\nThe Small Business Summit is an outreach event designed to engage current and prospective small\, underrepresented\, and local suppliers\, business owners\, and entrepreneurs. The summit supports MSU&rsquo\;s mission to advance outreach and economic development and reflects its commitment to being a regional and statewide economic driver.</p>\n\n<p>It also demonstrates MSU&rsquo\;s dedication to broadening its supplier base and creating equitable opportunities and competition by encouraging participation in its procurement process\, ensuring it reflects and supports the community that we serve.<br />\n<br />\nAttendees will learn how to do business with MSU\, navigate the process to become an approved vendor\, and gain insight into the university&rsquo\;s current priorities and upcoming projects.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Small Business Summit goals: </strong>&#8203\;</p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li>Engage current and prospective small\, underrepresented\, and local suppliers\, business owners\, and entrepreneurs interested in working with MSU</li>\n	<li>Increase opportunities for new suppliers to enter MSU&rsquo\;s procurement process to create competition in price</li>\n	<li>Educate attendees on MSU&rsquo\;s procurement policies\, supplier requirements\, and future project needs</li>\n	<li>Foster relationship-building\, information-sharing\, and a more inclusive supplier network that reflects the communities MSU serves</li>\n</ul>\n
LOCATION:Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center\, Big 10 rooms
UID:e.3222.2998
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DTSTAMP:20260425T190737Z
URL:https://www.apacc.net/events/details/msu-small-business-summit-2998
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