CS Creative Gains Nations Recognition as a “Top Business”
DiversityBusiness.com, the nation’s leading multicultural internet site, will honor CS Creative as one of the “Top 2008 Businesses in the U.S.” during its 9th Annual Multicultural Awards Ceremony and Conference beginning on April 29, 2009, in Orlando, Florida.
This is the second year in a row that DiversityBusiness.com has recognized CS Creative’s entrepreneurial spirit with a top business award. CS Creative will appear on their “Top Business List,” a trusted source which corporate organizational buyers reference when developing multicultural and women-owned business partnerships.
“Women-owned businesses and consumers are a growing force in the U.S. economy and a force to be reckoned with,” said Kenton Clarke, CEO of Computer Consulting Associates International, the founding organization of DiversityBusiness.com. “This is a whole business segment that can carry its own, that provides jobs, products and services, and generates wealth for their communities. These are the new leaders in American business.”
DiversityBusiness.com, the largest organization of diversity-owned businesses throughout the United States, launched in 1999 with over 35,000 members. Its members provide goods and services to Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies, and colleges and universities. DiversityBusiness.com hosts the country’s largest conference on diversity education and training for major corporations and small businesses, and its research on top businesses appears in
Fortune,
Forbes, and
BusinessWeek, as well as numerous magazines and media publications.
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BNSF Named Small Business Advocate of the YearBNSF received the 2009 Small Business Advocate of the Year at the recent Fort Worth Entrepreneur Expo.
Mayor Mike Moncrief presented the award to Matt Rose, BNSF chairman, president and chief executive officer. BNSF was recognized for its contribution to the Agenda for Building Capacity, or ABC, an initiative the expo launched in 2008. ABC is a collaboration between Fort Worth, Tarrant County, BNSF, the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce and the American Indian Chamber of Commerce of Fort Worth. This award was created to recognize organizations for their support of business diversity in general and the ABC program in particular.
“BNSF Railway has been a leader in the ABC program from its inception. The corporation is approaching the $400-million mark for purchases in its supplier diversity program. That’s special,” Moncrief said. “But here’s the quote that won this award: ‘Diversity can no longer be just another program. It must become a way of life.’ That’s a strong message, don’t you think?”
“Matt Rose and his company are charting the path for other companies to follow,” Moncrief said. “We appreciate his commitment to diversity and business development.”
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HOOKS U, LLC was featured in Dallas Morning News & The Gourmet Retailer Breaking News Dispatch
We first saw Hooks U Salsa at Texas Salute! during the Dallas Wine & Food Festival. It was the best one at the tasting event. The medium heat and thickness are just right, and the tangy zing makes it taste super fresh. Not at all like something out of a jar. It’s made with no sugar, vinegar or preservatives, just tomatoes, onions, jalapeños, cilantro, salt, garlic, paprika and other spices.
Salsa maker Zoubida Hooks is working on mild and hot versions of her Fiery Food Challenge-winning recipe. She says her first flavor was medium because she wanted it to be “not so hot that the flavors get lost in the heat.” Ms. Hooks started making the medium salsa in her Colleyville kitchen, and she has given it to friends and family for several years; she started selling it in 2004.
A16-ounce jar is $2.99 to $4.24, depending upon the store. Available at Market Street in
Colleyville and McKinney, Albertson’s, Tom Thumb, Wal-Mart and some Kroger stores. It should also be available in select Whole Foods Markets and Brookshire’s supermarkets this month.
Hooks U Salsa was also featured in the January 14
th, 2009 The Gourmet Retailer Breaking News Dispatch, the leading voice of the gourmet industry.
Recipes using Hooks U Salsa in everything from chili to soup are available at
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Two minutes with Paula Stein McIntyre of My Personal Valet 
Paula Stein McIntyre, president of My Personal Valet, would frequently run errands for friends and family. In 2007, she made a career out of it with My Personal Valet. Her personal assistant firm helps clients with day-to-day tasks such as setting up appointments, planning events, running errands and having an extra pair of hands for home projects. Clients receive an initial consultation, select a package with prices beginning at $30 per hour and then hand over their “to-do” lists. McIntyre worked at Neiman Marcus for 10 years before starting My Personal Valet. She and her sister also co-own and operate Having an Affaire, an event-staffing company. My Personal Valet received the Emerging Business of the Year award from the National Association of Women Business Owners DFW. McIntyre was interviewed by staff writer Nima Kapadia.
To read more of her Dallas Biz Journal Interview, please
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AMP Local Production Support for Dallas DNA TV Show DALLAS, Texas (April 27, 2009) - Abernethy Media Professionals, an award-winning video and television production company, provided crews for the UK-based Touch Productions series Dallas DNA, premiering Tuesday April 28th on the Investigation Discovery cable channel.
Dallas DNA is a 6-part Dallas-based series following the groundbreaking criminal DNA testing process which is leading to the exoneration of people serving life sentences for crimes they did not commit. “To be trusted with telling these stories is not just a ‘job’ for our camera crews,” said Frances Peterson, AMP’s production coordinator, who arranged the people, logistics and equipment necessary to capture footage for the show. “A third of our business is supplying cameras and crews for shoots all over the region, and providing seamless production support for international companies continues to be a point of pride for us.”
With 5 seasons of television programming under its belt, AMP continues to expand its television genres--from game shows to lifestyle programming to sitcoms to documentary style pilots. They also provide cameras and crews for other production companies and broadcasters. AMP’s founders and principles, Amy Lou and Sandy Abernethy have over 30 years combined experience writing, producing, shooting, editing and delivering video projects. To learn more about AMP, visit www.ampproductions.tv.
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Elizabeth E. Solender, President of Solender/Hall, Inc. makes The Best Commercial Real Estate Brokers in Dallas 2009, in D CEO Magazine
The D CEO magazine list of Best Commercial Real Estate Brokers in Dallas was produced in partnership with Crescendo Business Services LLC, an independent market research firm based in Minneapolis.
