Small Business Opportunities & News

Featured Event:

• Digital Marketing Clinic - Are You Ready for 2024? 
• Wednesday, December 13, 6:00 pm - 8:00pm On Zoom
• Featuring Presenter: Beth Guide
• Open Access - Register Now!

Community Partner Event:

• SURE Holiday Market - Saturday Dec 2, 11:00am - 2:00pm - onsite at University of Houston Student Center

Upcoming Small Business Opportunities From Around HCC:

• AARP Foundation’s Work for Yourself@50+ - Virtual Workshop - Dec 8, 10:00am - 12:00pm, Virtual
• SBA Lender Matchmaking Event - Dec 13, 8:30am - 12:00pm, Onsite at HCC Southeast - Learning Hub

More about this month's special topic: With all the recent changes in Google for AI content, learn tips on what you should be doing to make sure your website works within Google's helpful content framework. These changes will have a long-term impact on how easy it will be to find your business organically. The better your constructed your website is, meeting their criteria, the better the ROI your website will have.

Our Format: Open Discussion – Ask questions of our experts relating to your business about today's special topic or these other Clinic Topics: 

• Social Media 
• Web Design  
• Videos  
• Local Search Engine Optimization 
• Convertible Key Words – How to Make Sales 
• Analytics & Conversion Management

To Register Now

Join Beth Guide and Sandra Louvier with the Glenda & David Regenbaum Center for Entrepreneurship at Houston Community College Northwest and SCORE for our Monthly Digital Marketing Clinics, running now for two years and building a loyal following of entrepreneurs seeking to continuously improve their digital marketing effectiveness.

Community Partner Event

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Upcoming Small Business

Opportunities from Around HCC

For More & to Register:

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 https://hcc.idloom.events/sba-lender-match-making-Dec2023

About the Glenda & David Regenbaum Center for Entrepreneurship

HCC Northwest

OUR MISSION: To help entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses.

We do this by offering workshops, seminars, summits, classes and competitive training and advising, while also providing practical knowledge, resources and connections. We are also known for three Signature Programs: the Annual HCC Business Plan Competition, now in its 15th year; the Small Business Success Series by by HCC^©; and the HCC Mattress Mack School of Selling^©. More About Us



Contact us at c4e@hccs.edu or 713-718-6650

Houston Community College Wins 2022 Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers Award for Excellence in Specialty Entrepreneurship Education

Houston-based academic group called out top universities and programs from around the world — including one in Houston and another in Texas — that are excelling in educating future entrepreneurs at the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers Conference in October.

The GCEC is a consortium of more than 250 university entrepreneurship programs that is headquartered at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business, which has been named a top entrepreneurship program itself time and time again. Houston Community College's Office of Entrepreneurial Initiatives (led by Dr. Maya Durnovo) won in the Excellence in Specialty Entrepreneurship Education category for programming that serves women and minority owned businesses. GCEC Award-Innovation Map Article

Houston Community College Wins 2022 Bellwether Award for Entrepreneurial Initiatives

Houston Community College has won the 2022 Bellwether Award for its outstanding and innovative workforce development program: HCC’s Entrepreneurial Initiatives. The Bellwether Awards are widely regarded as one of the nation’s most competitive and prestigious recognitions for community colleges. Dr. Maya Durnovo, HCC’s chief entrepreneurial initiatives officer leads HCC’s mission of helping entrepreneurs start and grow businesses to bolster the local economy, create jobs and build Houston’s ecosystem by starting and growing small businesses, including minority-, veteran- and women-owned businesses. Dr. Durnovo said. “I am so fortunate to have a highly motivated and passionate team that strives for excellence in everything they do.”

Houston Community College Receives 2021 Diversity In Business Award from the Houston Business Journal!

Congratulations to all students, faculty, staff, entrepreneurs (aspiring & existing); and to all our community participants, supporters, volunteers, partners and sponsors who collaborate with us to make awards like this possible! Congratulations also to all of the other honorees and awardees! 

#WeAreHCC # HoustonStrong #HBJDiversity

Houston Community College 

2020 Entrepreneurial College of the Year

The Houston Community College System was selected as the winner of the 2020 Entrepreneurial College of the Year award by the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) at NACCE's annual conference, where entrepreneurial colleges from across the U.S. gather to share best practices. On behalf of all of our entrepreneurial programs and staff, we thank all of the entrepreneurs, partners, sponsors, volunteers, students, and HCC faculty and staff who have contributed to our efforts! Without your support and dedication to our programs, this wouldn't have been possible!