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FORUM RULES, POLICIES & GUIDELINES (PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING)

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Question...
What exactly is the Minority Busines Exchange forum?

Answer...
A public forum for minority business owners or interested parties to directly exchange information, make business contacts, and seek services and assistance. A place to meet people, like yourself, to create business opportunities and acheive success by reaching out and sharing. This is a B2B forum, your target audience is other MBEs only. Do not expect MBDA to intercede and answer questions posted here.

** Please address all questions to other MBEs **

MODERATION POLICY:

This forum is NOT moderated by MBDA staff for support issues or questions not intended for other MBEs like you, this forum is intended for direct MBE to MBE communication in a public, shared manner. Members who do not conform to our forum rules stated above and/or our Privacy Policy (linked at the bottom of this page) are subject to having the topics they posted removed and their posting permissions disallowed on the entire forum, without notification or consent by MBDA.

PRIVACY POLICY:

Only your username and profile information is posted publicly. You may edit your profile at any time by clicking on the 'Profile' link at the top of the page. All default profile settings come from your MBDA portal user account. View our complete privacy policy here.

To post your business profile (name, location, business type, goals, acheivements): CLICK HERE

** ONLY REGISTERED MEMBERS OF MBDA.GOV MAY POST BUT GUESTS MAY READ **

Our rules here are very simple and apply to ALL members, ALL forums:

* No cross posting of one topic in more than one forum - select only one
* No blatant advertising for the sole purpose of sales or pyramid/get rich quick schemes
* No direct sales - our forum is a place to exchange ideas of selling, not just sell your products
* No illegal activity of any kind permitted
* No abusive language or personal attacks (flaming) of any kind permitted - keep it business professional.
* Please be patient and allow for MBEs to reply - delays occur due to variances in work schedules and time zones, etc.


(COMMON QUESTIONS) - OTHER RESOURCES ON OUR PORTAL:

Need help, i.e. grants/money, certification, licensing? Here are 3 things you should try on our portal:

1) For all financing matters click on "Home" button above, then click on "Financing" and you'll see various tips on how to obtain financing (note: MBDA does not offer direct financing, we only offer a repository of available resources)

2) On our Home page, look to the right and click on the button that says "FAQ Center" which is our online knowledge base and then search there. If you're logged in, you can ask a question and MBDA will review for possible inclusion in our knowledge base with an official response.

3) Use our SEARCH ENGINE which is at the top right of our home page - type in keywords and you'll get articles, highlighted topics, upcoming events/conferences that might be related to your search criteria.

And of course post a question in this discussion forum with your target audience being other MBEs such as yourself, and all we ask is that you remember this forum is for direct B2B correspondence, a useful way to talk to people who have the direct experience. To ask questions intended for MBDA, please use the 'Contact Us' links at the top and bottom of this page.

Thank you for your cooperation and understanding. Please keep it friendly at all times!

-MBDA


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