ACG Louisiana To Host 2nd Annual Louisiana’s Got Talent – An Expo Showcasing ‘Excellent’ Small Businesses Of Greater New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG Louisiana) will host the Second Annual Louisiana’s Got Talent, a small business exposition, on Wednesday, November 18, 2015, at Harrah’s New Orleans Hotel in conjunction with Global Entrepreneur Week.
The free expo, from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., provides the region’s small businesses networking opportunities and a place to showcase their talents and expertise to a procurement officer from some of New Orleans’ top companies.
Exhibitors will be representatives of the outstanding talent listed on ACG Louisiana's Excellent Small Business list – an integrated referral network of approved small businesses with an outstanding track record, who provide excellent goods and/ or services and who have the desire and capacity to grow.
Dozens of excellent small businesses will have tables exhibiting their companies and capabilities. The half-day expo is designed to showcase excellent small businesses and cultivate connections with larger companies in the Greater New Orleans business community.
During the expo, some of the region's industry leaders will engage in SpeedNetworking sessions with the excellent small businesses. The SpeedNetworking sessions are short, pre-arranged meetings that allow prospective vendors or subcontractors to learn the specific needs, requirements and opportunities for becoming a vendor for the top businesses in the Greater New Orleans area.
Capping off the event will be a catered cocktail reception for less formal networking among participants and ACG Louisiana members.
ACG Louisiana expects to have hundreds of people in attendance. Event sponsors, supporters and members of the public can circulate among the exhibit tables and learn about the excellent small businesses operating in the New Orleans business community, many of which are minority or women-owned.
"ACG Louisiana is excited to host the second annual expo" says Scott Whittaker, chair of the ACG Louisiana's Business Community Outreach Committee. "The idea behind ACG Louisiana’s Business Community Outreach Program is to help foster sustained economic growth of the local economy from the ground up. The expo is an opportunity for local, small businesses to develop relationships with established businesses, so that they can organically build and grow capacity as the economy continues to develop.”
ACG Louisiana is the regional chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth (“ACG”), a non-profit organization, created to facilitate the networking of businesses and professionals across Louisiana and surrounding areas. Founded in 1954, ACG is a global organization with 58 chapters and over 14,000 members. Doing business is at the heart of the ACG membership experience. Chapters in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia bring dealmakers together to help them achieve their business and professional goals. Private equity professionals, investment bankers and intermediaries, attorneys, auditors and accountants, lenders, corporate development officers, company leaders and others focused on the middle market are members of ACG.
