BUSINESS INSTITUTE
The Chamber’s signature strategy for increasing entrepreneurial excellence in small businesses in Western Pennsylvania is our Business Institute.
BUSINESS INSTITUTE
The Chamber’s signature strategy for increasing entrepreneurial excellence in small businesses in Western Pennsylvania is our Business Institute.
The Business Institute serves as a national model for developing and sustaining profitable minority-owned enterprises. This is in response to a national study conducted on sustainability and the tools needed to move a firm to the next level of engagement.
Our Mission
The mission of the African American Chamber of Commerce of Western Pennsylvania is to continuously improve business and professional opportunities for small business owners and professionals. Guided by the core values of equity in opportunity, economic advancement, self-sufficiency, and entrepreneurial excellence, we will achieve economic parity for the small business community by ensuring full participation in the public and private sectors throughout the region.
Our Vision Statement
The vision of the African American Chamber of Commerce is to be the central conduit — “The Voice” — for small business access throughout Western Pennsylvania. We are committed to collaborating with entities, agencies, and organizations in support of our mission.
With a focus on creating a level playing field to achieve economic parity, the Chamber will advance the economic agenda of small business owners through advocacy, educational programs, mentoring, and member services that foster empowerment and self-sufficiency. In addition, we will build strong partnerships with small business communities across the region.
The Institute offers workshops in communications, financial and accounting and tax matters, business modeling and strategies, information technology including social media, law and legal matters, marketing, and other topics of importance for doing business in Western Pennsylvania.
Business Institute offerings carry these values through our focus areas into didactic and experiential exercises that increase learning and understanding of the realities of doing business for minorities in our region. The four foci are:
Accounting and Finance
Information Technology
Marketing and Communication
Law, Legalities and Legislation
Experts in business, industry, healthcare, technology, and the law provide basic principles, new developments, strategies in leadership and management, current thinking and advanced methods in business practices to bring the aims and values of the Institute to fruition with its participants.
The Business Institute features the expertise of industry and academic leaders who provide the coaching, leadership development, and business acumen needed to achieve entrepreneurial excellence.
Workshops since 2004, with over 2,700 participants
Members agree the Chamber is important in helping their business generate new revenue streams
of Members cited having received business or contracts directly from Chamber events
Workshops since 2004, with over 2,700 participants
Members agree the Chamber is important in helping their business generate new revenue streams
of Members cited having received business or contracts directly from Chamber events