Sponsor/Partner Engagement

BlackBiz Development Group LLC 

BlackBiz Development Group LLC promotes, empowers, trains, exposes and enlightens people on their entrepreneurial journey. Our target market is challenged Black businesses and consumers locally, nationally and globally. Our mission is to uplift and restore justice for community-based Black-owned businesses so the future of our businesses and communities are financially assured and sustainable. Our compass is the 7 principles of the celebrated African American holiday, Kwanzaa

*Unity, Self-determination, Collective Work and Responsibility, Cooperative Economics, Purpose, Creativity/innovation, Hope and Faith.  

The BlackBiz Initiative and the component BlackBizBall com has been marked by the COVID 19 pandemic. At this time our businesses have experience the most difficult time in their experience of setting up and maintaining a business. The Initiative intends to solve problems small businesses say they experience. With collaborative strategic relationships, the support of the businesses we serve and the consumers that use these services our business will support our communities. The time is now to support our business through share equity and give to those who have been left out of so much from systemic racism and discrimination a better world of opportunity.

BlackBiz Pilot Initiative Components: 

1.  BlackBizBall Awards Ceremony www.BlackBizBall.com 2022 celebrating 28 Boston businesses, presenting performing artists and over 30 other businesses and entertaining over 1500 people. Once a year event to expose and boost member and community businesses and to gain membership while having fun! 
2.  BlackBizBall Reality Show documentary with 7 awardee businesses based showing a yearlong process of ups and downs, business training and technical, consumers responses, highlights both personal and professional. (Treatment available) Sponsorships.
3.  Black Biz Ebony100 Directory and Events Services www.Ebony100.com an interactive digital directory for small Black businesses. The directory has 10,700 active and inactive members in our free listing and mailing lists of 10,000 Black Businesses and Black consumers that is grown through the site. Ebony100.com.
4.  BlackBiz Magazine featuring Black Business stories celebrates, sponsors and the realities of having and growing a business. 400,000 views
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5. BlackBiz Spotlight events showcase featuring 3-5 Black Business Awardees based on seven principles. Also featuring sponsors and reality based issues. 
6. BlackBiz Training Entrepreneurship Apprenticeship Practicum (EAP-Training) Curriculum and Training Website www.ebony100.net 
7. BlackBiz Performance Play Project are Queen Mekada Skit and “Darker than Blue” movie. Our creative projects are looped to entrepreneurship. Sometimes it is not the theory and the practice that makes you an entrepreneur but the stories and lessons of others. The project will start as a cartoon comic 
8. BlackBiz Cultural Conference 2023 The conference will be together the BizBall Awardees, small Black Businesses and their sponsors from Boston, MA. and nation and global communities Topics on health wealth and training. 3000-5000. 

Our Business Team for BlackBiz Development Group LLC Includes: 

Marie Firmin M.Ed. CAGS President, CEO 

Andrea Rosario, Technical Services 

Andre Rosario, MD Health 

Kamal Hubbard, Media Marketing Consultants 

Kenneth Fax, Esq Chief Finance Consultants 

Nancy Goodman M.Ed. Administrative Executive 

Lita Rosario, ESQ. Attorney 

Barry Jackson, M.B.A., C.P.A. Financial Officer 

Richard Phipps, Real Estate, Financial Literacy, Finance 

Marie Firmin, President

BlackBiz Development Group LLC

Mfirmin@ebony100.com

Ebony100.com, Ebony100.net & BlackBizBall.com