Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc.

The Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council now operates as the New England Business Growth Collective, a regional nonprofit that helps small, diverse and socially and economically disadvantaged businesses grow across all six New England states. It connects minority-owned and other diverse businesses with corporate and public-sector buyers, capital and strategic resources, serving companies from pre-revenue startups to established enterprises in both business-to-business and consumer markets.

Members get access to corporate opportunity information, structured matchmaking events with corporations and other minority business enterprises, and personalized consulting on strategy and growth. The organization also works the other side of the table, helping public and private buyers build supplier diversity programs and pipelines of qualified vendors. Core services come from its own team, with specialized offerings delivered through trusted subject-matter experts, and it helps businesses navigate national certification networks when appropriate.

What to Know

• Members can receive scholarships and low-cost access to executive programs such as those at Tuck and Kellogg.
• Growth & Gather sessions pair corporate presentations, such as one from CVS Health, with networking time.
• The organization hosts a Business Opportunity Conference.
• Members can showcase their businesses at quarterly meetings, in newsletters and at trade expos.