Dear Reader,

















Positive energy expands!

Negative energy contracts!

We've been showing people how to create and attract positive energy for a goodly number of years now.

38+, if I remember correctly.

We teach a development methodology that produces a predictable result!

It's not magic.

It's a methodology that you can learn and apply.

I invite you to come meet with me any Wednesday morning via Skype at 7:30 to 8:30 AM and we'll get you started to being a source of positive energy.

Successful regard$,

C. Dean Kring ~ 713.932.7495
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Making a positive difference in lives and businesses.

Please join us Wednesday, January 27th.
Welcome to Houston's MaturPreneurs
We look forward to meeting you!
Motivational Speaker:
"A New You?"
C. Dean Kring - Director of Research, Services Cooperative Association
Featured Speaker:
TO BE ANNOUNCED
Business Showcase:
Business of The Week: Real Estate Agent
The Houston housing market defies pandemic to set new records in 2020 (The Houston Chronicle)

Should you be in this business, please attend for special recognition

Houston Crossroads Professional Development Breakfast
Location VIRTUAL $5.00 via SKYPE "Houston Crossroads"
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"Houston 2021 - An Economic Forecast"
Patrick Jankowski - Vice President, Research - Greater Houston Partnership
"Krister Ungerböck Talk SHIFTs"
Zoom Webinar
Introduction to Entrepreneurship, an introduction to the Small Business Development University program and network. Participants will have the opportunity to explore creative and innovative managerial practices of successful entrepreneurship.
For Additional Information: Contact Phillip Yates at pyates@haul.org 
Location: Virtual Meeting - Cost: Sponsored by Community Partners of the The National Urban League
Success/Resilience - Turning Obstacles into Opportunities
Friday Forum
January 29th
Noon until 1:00 PM via Skype.
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February 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd
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2021 MITEF Economic Business Forecast Program
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ANNOUNCEMENTS/NOTICES
I'm seeking an introduction to Scott Arnoldy, Founder, Triten Real Estate Partners, regarding the 1111 Fannin property. C. Dean Kring
You may have heard that more money is available for PPP loans, EIDL grants, and special grants for live venue operators. This is true, but it will take a little time - at least 10 days or longer - until the programs start running. There will also be important changes to the PPP program, traditional SBA lending programs (7a, 504 and micro loans), and more. 
Stay tuned to the Houston SBA office. As soon as guidance is completed and in our hands we will hold informational webinars to assist you in understanding if this funding is right for your business and how to access it.
Be sure to check with all the groups, organizations and programs the SBA has.
ON THIS DAY JANUARY 27TH
1888
Having gathered together for the first time two weeks previously, 33 founders, mostly scientists, explorers, and wealthy travelers, incorporate the National Geographic Society to promote "geographical knowledge." Their magazine will begin publishing nine months later.
1944
A Soviet offensive pushes German troops from the southern border of Leningrad, breaking the devastating military blockade on the city 872 days after it had begun. Surviving residents of Leningrad have endured a stranglehold on their city that cost the lives of roughly 1 million of their neighbors and defenders.
1996
Politicians and former concentration camp prisoners participate in ceremonies around the country, as Germany observes it first Remembrance Day. The day marks the anniversary of the 1945 liberation of the Auschwitz death camp.
2003
The newly created National Recording Preservation Board announces that 50 audio recordings are to be preserved in the Library of Congress for the National Recording Registry. 'The Message'—a 1982 rap single by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five—is inducted alongside recordings of StravinskyBessie Smith, FDR, and others.

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Why do I have to press one for English when you’re just going to transfer me to someone I can't understand anyway?
 
Of course I talk to myself. Sometimes I need expert advice.
 
At my age “Getting lucky" means walking into a room and remembering what I came in there for.
 
Actually I'm not complaining because I am a Senager (Senior teenager). I have everything that I wanted as a teenager, only 60 years later. I don’t have to go to school or work. I get an allowance every month. I have my own pad. I don’t have a curfew. I have a driver’s license and my own car. The people I hang around with are not scared of getting pregnant. And I don’t have acne. Life is great!
 
I have more friends I should send this to, but right now I can’t remember their names.
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"Attitude is everything."

"Those who truly serve lead."
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We are a not-for-profit cooperative association of independent
business owners for market expansion, business development,
entrepreneurial education and professional growth.

We were created from an independent research project of the Houston Chamber of Commerce in the late 1970's on the importance of start-up and emerging small businesses. We brought you Houston's first small business incubator, which became Texas' oldest, the first co-working space in Texas, the first Womens Business Center in the United States and the first Residency Incubator and first Virtual Accelerator Program in the World. Our clients have ranged from pre-start-ups to the largest companies in the United States! We clearly demonstrated that entrepreneurship could be taught and that business plans were not a requirement for a successful business. Our start-ups have won virtually every award in Houston for business growth, some nationally, some even internationally and some of our established client companies are household names in Houston. We operate entirely without grants, gifts, donations or public funding. We don't have our hand out and are NOT your tax dollars at work! We are totally self-sufficient!

We grow companies, build careers and advance ideas!
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