Impact Hub Houston: Empowering Impact Entrepreneurs, Startups, and Community!

Launch and Scale Your Business with Limited Capital
2025-01-09 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Online Event
Discover practical strategies to build and grow your business on a budget with La’Daska Mechell.

Starting and scaling a product-based business can feel overwhelming, especially when working with limited capital. For founders, navigating everything from customer profiling to pricing strategies requires focus, creativity, and a willingness to learn from both successes and setbacks. Thankfully, with the right tools and insights, growing your business on a budget is entirely possible.

The Nasdaq Center is excited to be joined by La’Daska Mechell, President and Executive Director at LM Foundations and Founder at LADASKA MECHELLE and The LM Factory, to help you build a strong foundation for success by exploring key strategies for understanding your customers, analyzing the competitive market, and strengthening your positioning. Learn step-by-step approaches to creating an effective pricing strategy, leveraging good credit (or improving bad credit), and bootstrapping your way to profitability—all without outside capital. Join us to learn how to launch and scale your product-based business on a budget!

Key Takeaways:

Learn how to conduct customer profiling and competitive market analysis to stand out and succeed.
Discover actionable strategies for leveraging good credit, improving bad credit, and creating a pricing strategy that drives profitability.
Gain insights into how to build and scale your business without outside capital, including opportunities to seize and pitfalls to avoid.

OUR SPECIAL GUEST

LaDaska Mechell
Founder, LADASKA MECHELLE/The LM Factory

The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center is a 501c(3) public charity whose mission it is to make entrepreneurship accessible to all. We deliver world-class resources and mentoring to enable every entrepreneur across the globe to realize their maximum potential. Please join us and make your gift to ensure these transformative programs may continue to reach the underserved.

All Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least 48 hours in advance of this event; please send an email to webinarhost@thecenter.nasdaq.org with the subject header ACCOMMODATION REQUEST. For assistance with registration or other technical difficulties, please contact anna.vanmaanen@thecenter.nasdaq.org

Healing Financial Wounds for an Abundant Future
2025-01-07 12:00 - 13:00 | Online Event
Learn how to shift limiting beliefs to boost financial resilience and manage uncertainty for lasting success with Kalpashree Gupta.

Are hidden scars holding your business back? Our early experiences often shape our beliefs about money in adulthood and can create deep-rooted financial trauma that sabotages our success as entrepreneurs. What if you could heal those hidden wounds and unlock your true financial potential?
The Nasdaq Center is thrilled to be joined by Kalpashree Gupta, CEO at Knekxt Group LLC, to share insight focused on understanding how your early money stories influence your decisions and how to shift toward beliefs that better support you and your financial goals. Learn how to manage wellbeing during financial uncertainty, break free from limiting patterns, and build a foundation for financial resilience!

Key Takeaways:

Explore how early beliefs about money shape your financial decisions today and discover how to identify patterns that may no longer serve you.
Learn strategies to rewire limiting beliefs and adopt a mindset that supports your financial healing and personal wellbeing.
Gain practical tools to establish financial habits that reflect your true values, foster unwavering resilience, and support long-term growth and success.

OUR SPECIAL GUESTS

Kalpashree Gupta
CEO, Knekxt Group LLC

Kalpashree Gupta is a coach, public speaker and author. Kalpa is the CEO of Knekxt Group, helping clients build trust and connection, and create awareness for leaders who have used their achievements to deflect from dealing with trauma. She experienced childhood sexual abuse and her vision for this world is to transform & heal so that billions of people can reclaim their personal power, use their voice & create a kinder world.
Kalpa has 20 years of experience including several executive roles within fortune 100 companies (General Electric, American Express, Early Warning Services/Zelle, and Bristol-Myers Squibb) in diverse domains in product, fraud risk management, marketing, analytics & consulting. She has been a guest speaker at Google, Microsoft’s Africa Development Centre’s Women and Allies forum, Financial Executives International (FEI) and many podcasts including Ellevate Network. Kalpa is a published author of the Amazon bestselling multi-author book “Going Places: Soul-Stirring Essays About the Travel That Changed Us”.
In her spare time, she loves to travel, read books, write, connect with people and sing. Born in a mining town in India, Kalpa moved away from her family at age 16 for higher education. In her mid 20s, she relocated to the US. After 16 years in Phoenix, Kalpa now lives in Austin with her husband, Arnab and their 11-year-old son, Aryan.

The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center is a 501c(3) public charity whose mission it is to make entrepreneurship accessible to all. We deliver world-class resources and mentoring to enable every entrepreneur across the globe to realize their maximum potential. Please join us and make your gift to ensure these transformative programs may continue to reach the underserved.

All Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least 48 hours in advance of this event; please send an email to webinarhost@thecenter.nasdaq.org with the subject header ACCOMMODATION REQUEST. For assistance with registration or other technical difficulties, please contact anna.vanmaanen@thecenter.nasdaq.org

Doña Ana Small Business Program
2024-12-30 12:00 - 13:30 | Online Event
Join us in the Doña Ana Small Business Program

LiftFund is a nonprofit small business champion that supports small businesses with affordable financing and business education. We’ve partnered with local organizations to create the Doña Ana Small Business Program and help you start or grow your small business.

The objective of this session:

Learn how to manage the different areas of business in order to keep on top of things and make a profit. This includes hiring, training, and managing employees.
Explore how to manage family members and good and bad employees.
Learn about the concepts of profit, loss, and break even.
Discuss what to do if a busiconcepts of profit, loss, and break even.ness is not profitable.
Review the components of a Profit and Loss Statement.
Consider some reasons why a business may not make a profit and how to correct this.
Learn what to do when a business is profitable.
Consider how to manage time, money, and information.
Enter information into a business plan.

🌟 Event Highlights:SPACE IS LIMITED TO NO MORE THAN 15 ATTENDEE. REGISTER NOW!!
📝 Step-by-Step Checklist: Unveil the crucial roadmap to business success.
🤝 Supportive Network: Connect with like-minded individuals.
📣 Virtual Session: Accessible from anywhere!
🔒 Limited Space

📢 Who Should Attend?
🌟 Aspiring Entrepreneurs: Looking to kickstart their entrepreneurial journey.
🚀 Startup Business Owners: Seeking to take their business to new heights.
🔑 Pre-Startup Enthusiasts: Get ahead of the competition before your launch!

🚨 Don’t miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights and set yourself up for success. Our expert trainers will provide you with the essential knowledge and guidance you need to navigate the challenging path of launching your business.

📌 Key Information:
📅 Date: Monday December 30, 2024
🕒 Time: 11:00am – 12:30pm (MDT)
📍 Location: Virtual Event

Secure your spot now, as space is extremely limited. Be a part of the Ready, Set, Launch revolution and take the first step toward making your entrepreneurial dreams a reality. Register today!

🔗 Register Now
🚀 Ready to take off? Let’s launch your business together! 🚀

Irene Benavides
Program Manager

Born Global Venture Lab (ONLINE)
2024-12-18 18:00 - 19:00 | Online Event
The best way to pitch is to build. Join us at Born Global Venture Lab to share your startup, ask for support, test ideas, and iterate.

Z OOM LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83239874364?pwd=[REDACTED]
Join us on the 3rd Wednesday of each month from 6:00 to 7:00 pm CT if you are looking for startup support or if you are looking to support founders. Let’s build together!
Please fill out the Join Us form if you’d like to present your startup and join our community slack space, and our team will reach out to make the arrangement with logistics details. Kindly note that we will do our best to accommodate, but we cannot guarantee everyone gets a slot at the next event given the time limit. Thanks for your understanding.
Once you complete the form, you will be invited to join our community slack space and WhatsApp groups. Please follow the URLs, and we cannot wait to see you in the loop!

BORN GLOBAL VENTURE LAB is an entrepreneur-centred program for founders to showcase their startups, update their business progress, share their best practice with fellow founders, and seek feedback and resources from investors, experts, partners, and members of the Born Global Community.
Our goal is to help foreign-born and native-born founders with storytelling, problem-solving, product development, testing marketing, decision-making, talent acquisition, business development, fundraising, etc.
This is NOT a pitch competition. There will NOT be judging or ranking. There WILL be interactive discussions. Entrepreneurs will share their stories, ask for support, test ideas, and iterate for optimized growth, powered by collective intelligence from the community.

Special thanks to our community partners:
SBA
SBA Houston District office provides help with SBA services including funding programs, counselling, federal contracting certifications, and disaster recovery. We can also connect you to our partner organizations, lenders, and other community groups that help small businesses succeed. The Houston District Office services 32 counties in southeastern Texas.
SCORE
SCORE, the nation’s largest network of free, expert business mentors, is a nonprofit association dedicated to entrepreneur education and the formation, growth and success of small business nationwide. Because our work is supported by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), and thanks to our network of volunteers, we are able to deliver our services at no charge or very low cost.
SBDC
The Houston Center SBDC is a business advising and training center of the University of Houston Texas Gulf Coast SBDC Network serving 32 counties in Southeast Texas. The SBDC is funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact Houston Center SBDC at (713) 752-8488 for accommodations.
Impact Hub Houston
Impact Hub Houston is a locally rooted, globally connected 501c3 nonprofit working to make Houston a role model for how the world solves its most pressing issues. We champion inclusive, impact-driven innovation, providing spaces and programs that inspire, connect, and empower people who are working to solve real-world problems, especially those outlined in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and those that directly impact diverse underserved, under-resourced and overlooked communities.
Women in AI
We are a Global community of women experts and influencers of women in AI. Our goal is to close the gender gap in the field of Artificial Intelligence by empowering women and raising awareness about gender diversity in AI.
World Chamber of Commerce of Texas
The World Chamber of Commerce of Texas (WCCT) Mission Statement is to promote/teach international trade, and foster cultural and humanitarian exchange to develop economic opportunity worldwide. An important WCCT goal is to act as a liaison between organizations developing global trade, creating synergy and assisting companies to reach out to lucrative international markets. The WCCT is a 501(C)3 nonprofit organization and this status will benefit all WCCT members and sponsors.
Born Global Ventures
Born Global Ventures is an investment firm focusing on early-stage globally scalable tech startups led by resilient immigrant/foreign-born founders reshaping the world. We provide financial capital, intellectual capital, human capital, and social capital to build startups at a lower cost and higher speed, with greater success rates and maximized capital efficiency.
Born Global Community
Born Global Community is a 501c3 nonprofit organization with a mission to propel diverse entrepreneurs and investors with a global mindset and to interconnect local and international innovation ecosystems. We are committed to cultivating the galaxy of global innovation by starting and growing businesses and investments through educational programs, support systems, media content, and network expansion.
Check out https://bornglobal.co/events/ for all of our upcoming events!

Join Us
1 . Born Global Community Slack Space to connect with global community members, share your updates, and stay in the loop on the latest programs, discussions, and opportunities.
2. . Born Global Community chapter WhatsApp Groups for local-based events and happenings.
3. Get more involved as speakers, startup founders, SME, or a volunteer by filling out this form: https://bornglobal.co/join-now/
Please follow us on Eventbrite and LinkedIn and stay informed of future programs. We look forward to seeing you online or in person soon!

HBDi Presents: An Orientation to our Services
2024-12-05 11:30 - 13:00 | BIT Center at Houston Business Development, Inc (HBDi), 5330 Griggs Road, Houston, TX 77021, Houston, TX, 77021, US
Join us for a fun orientation session to learn all about what HBDi has to offer!

GROW Community Meeting
2024-11-14 11:00 - 13:00, 2024-10-10 11:00 - 13:00, 2024-09-12 11:00 - 13:00 | Hiram Clarke Multi-Service Center, 3810 West Fuqua Street, Houston, TX 77045, Houston, TX, 77045, US
Discuss green economy resources & opportunities for disadvantaged groups to engage in the energy transition and climate action.

ENERGY | ENVIRONMENT | TECH
11 AM: WELCOME + INTRODUCTIONS
11:15 AM: GROW Overview
11: 30 AM: GROW Updates
11: 45 AM: Funding & Contract Opportunities
12 PM: Lunch
12:30 PM: Next steps – Community Benefits Survey, Cooperative Agreement, Letters of Support
12:45 PM: Attendee Announcements
1 PM: Closing
STEAM EDUCATION | WORKFORCE TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT| ENTREPRENEURSHIP & INNOVATION

Launch of Pathways to Entrepreneurship Program: Powering Small Businesses in Emerging Transportation Markets
2024-09-10 08:00 - 17:00
USDOT Launches Pilot Program to Help Small Disadvantaged Businesses Grow in New Emerging Transportation Markets
Pathways to Entrepreneurship Program: Powering Small Businesses in Emerging Transportation Markets aims to build equity and increase small, disadvantaged business utilization.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) announced today the launch of its “Pathways to Entrepreneurship Program: Powering Small Businesses In Emerging Transportation Markets” with a one-day pilot program experience on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (EST) at the USDOT Headquarters, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE, Washington, D.C., and virtual live broadcast.
The comprehensive Pathways to Entrepreneurship Program (P2E) has three pillars or “pathways” to entrepreneurship designed for Small Disadvantaged Businesses, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), and HBCU students. The one-day pilot program experience is an overview of the P2E and will feature highlights of the six-month pilot program for small, disadvantaged businesses.
The Pathways to Entrepreneurship Program is created to empower small, disadvantaged businesses seeking to pivot into new and emerging transportation markets; engage HBCU institutions; and educate aspiring HBCU students with an entrepreneurial mindset eager to explore new transportation markets and help them consider transportation career options upon graduation.
Our overall Pathways to Entrepreneurship Program goal is to provide participants with the knowledge, skills, and resources to navigate cutting-edge technology markets and contribute to wealth-building in underserved communities.
Small business owners and others attending the one-day pilot program will meet key USDOT leaders; engage and network with industry professionals and successful entrepreneurs; and provide valuable feedback to help OSDBU refine the program before launching the six-month initiative. Participants will also receive information on potential funding opportunities and learn about business growth possibilities in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).
“The Pathways to Entrepreneurship Program is a groundbreaking initiative aimed at unlocking the potential of small, disadvantaged businesses in the emerging transportation sector,” said Tyra Redus, Director of OSDBU. “By providing access to emerging markets and cutting-edge technologies, we are not only empowering these businesses to thrive but also fostering innovation and economic growth in underserved communities. We look forward to collaborating with our participants to create a program that truly meets their needs and drives impactful change.”
Who Should Attend:

Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDBs) seeking and exploring new opportunities in emerging markets in transportation
Prime and Subcontractors looking to partner with SDBs
HBCU/MSI/PWI Presidents, Chancellors, Researchers, Development Administrators, Faculty and Students
Transportation Stakeholders, Associations, and Organizations

Registration Deadlines:

September 3, 2024, for In-Person Attendance
September 9, 2024, for Virtual Live Broadcast

For more information and to register, visit Pathways to Entrepreneurship Program: “Powering Small Businesses in Emerging Transportation Markets” (Hybrid Event) Powered by: My Business Matches (dotcmp.com)

If you have questions, please contact p2e@dot.gov.
