Entrepreneurs Club at HCC Central

06/02/2022

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Today's TOPIC: Human Resources
Hiring and Retaining The Right People Hiring the right individuals is one of the most important decisions you will make in order to successfully grow your business. Learn how to legally recruit, interview, and hire excellent employees as well as learn techniques to keep them motivated, or rehire post-pandemic shut-down. Thursday, June 2, 2022, Free, online webinar!

03/16/2020

08/09/2019

Nitya Capital and Swapnil and Deepika Agarwal were recognized at the HCC Board of Trustees meeting on August 7th for their gift of $92,000 to HCC’s West Houston Institute. The gift will underwrite the West Houston Institute video wall to serve as a focal point for the HCC state-of-the-art learning space.

Swapnil is a graduate of Hastings High School in Alief ISD, just a few miles from the West Houston Institute. His higher education began at Houston Community College where he started his coursework before self-financing his way through college at the University of Texas. Swapnil then worked in the real estate and finance industry before launching Nitya Capital and Karya Property Management in 2014.

“For those of you who have not been in the lobby of the West Houston Institute, the video wall is going to be truly impressive, spanning two stories and adding to the bold and innovative design of the space," said HCC Foundation Board Chair David Regenbaum. "It will provide an attractive element to the building for both students and outside community visitors."

Swapnil, whose company primarily focuses on providing housing to middle- and lower-class families of America, is humble about his philanthropy. The self-made businessman remarked, “It’s my privilege and honor to support and give back to the community. … I’m in this position because of what I learned at HCC.”

01/30/2019

10/12/2018

This is Rick Wright, a Mentor at SCORE, speaking about how to create a Business Plan at an Entrepreneurs Club meeting on 5 Oct 2018. For more on this, look at their website at https://houston.score.org/resource/easy-business-plan-system

11/01/2017

The U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency recently awarded a $500,000 grant to HCC for its Hurricane Harvey Disaster Recovery Plan...

08/29/2017

08/02/2017

03/09/2017

Thank you SURE for presenting power of networking!

03/02/2017

Houston (February 8, 2017) – Capital One Bank is accepting applications for its Getting Down to Business small business development program in Houston. New sessions of this nationally recognized free, seven-month program begin March 30.

Created by Capital One Bank, Getting Down to Business addresses the core needs of a small business. The program offers qualified business owners an opportunity to grow their businesses by increasing their knowledge of credit, budgeting, marketing, business plans, financing, accounting best practices, networking, insurance and much more. Getting Down to Business includes a matched savings component of up to $2,000 that the business owners can use for operations, staffing or the purchase of supplies – upon completion of the program. In addition, participants are paired with knowledgeable professionals and volunteers who serve as mentors during the class sessions and will make themselves available for continued support following completion of the program.

Getting Down to Business debuted in Houston in 2009. The program has helped a majority of the participating businesses increase sales and profits, hire additional employees, secure new capital, and increase credit scores.

The Getting Down to Business 16-course, in-depth curriculum was developed by Capital One bankers and local partners SCORE, The BridgePath, PeopleFund and LiftFund. Additional partners include: the City of Houston Office of Business Opportunity and the Houston Public Library.

“Through an integrated approach that we call ‘Investing for Good,’ Capital One Bank orchestrates the delivery of core banking services along with specialized community development, philanthropic and volunteer support to generate lasting, local community impact and valuable business results,” said Jim Nicholas, Houston Market President for Capital One Bank. “The Getting Down to Business program is a great example of how we bring Investing for Good to life in Houston.”

The upcoming Getting Down to Business classes will be held from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. every other Thursday beginning March 30 at Alice McKeon Young Public Library, 5107 Griggs Road, Houston, Texas, 77021.

The program will be limited to 15 participants selected through an application and interview process. Applications are available online at www.cybergrants.com/capitalone/GDTBHouston. For additional information about the program and the curriculum, call 832-224-6756, or email Mark Boucree at [email protected]. The deadline to submit applications is 11:59 p.m. Thursday, March 16.