Why Join?

If you’re a minority business enterprise, you’ll have the opportunity to expand your business prospects. By becoming a corporate member, you’ll have access to the most diverse minority businesses, both in products and services provided. It’s a win-win for everyone.

Whether you’re a minority business enterprise (MBE) or a corporation, there are several reasons for joining our organization.

MBE Certification
Corporate Membership

MBE Benefits

• Expanded business opportunities. Our minority businesses have secured billions of dollars in contracts from our member corporations. In fact, more than two-thirds of MBEs confirm an increase in revenues as a result of partnerships with corporate members.
• Local, regional and national referrals of minority businesses to member corporations.
• Exposure to about 3,600 leading national companies, and 300 SCMBDC corporate members throughout Southern California.
• Participation in education programs and workshops.
• Opportunities to network with corporate members at various SCMBDC events and activities.
• Scholarship awards for CEOs of minority businesses to prestigious business schools in the country.
• Access to working capital loans.
• Opportunity to showcase or exhibit your products and services at SCMBDC’s annual Minority Business Opportunity Day.

Are you interested in becoming certified with SCMBDC?
If so, please proceed to our "Join SCMBDC" page.

Corporate Benefits

• Access to a larger pool of qualified suppliers.
• Meets strategic objective of having your supplier base reflect your customer base.
• Provides greater savings and higher quality goods and services due to increased competition.
• Direct correlation between minority business development and corporate economic development efforts in the community where you do business.
• Opportunity to open the door to new markets.
• Offers assistance in developing or improving your company’s diversity programs.
• Exhibits strong corporate social responsibility.

Are you interested in becoming a member of SCMBDC?
If so, please proceed to our "Join SCMBDC" page.