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To get started with the MBAC Cincinnati client process, let’s first connect you to the best resource.
- Complete the Salesforce Intake Form at https://development.my.
salesforce-sites.com/mbac/ - Book an appointment below.
- The Business Assessment will automatically pop up after you book. If it doesn’t, please use this link: https://wkf.ms/4cb9oLk
- Fill out the assessment before your appointment.
- You will receive a confirmation email.
Certifications & Business Assistance
Our business and certification specialists provide comprehensive support in business guidance, state certifications, and related services to small business owners. Book an appointment below.
Financial Assistance
The Financial Advisor will meet with the business owner(s) on a 1-to-1 basis. Assistance with a profitability analysis, and/or a breakeven analysis, to determine how a product contributes to the overall profit of the company – can be provided.
Book with Ricky Pleasant, our Financial Advisor.
Capability Statement Assistance
An eye-catching capability statement showcasing your company‘s strengths can be the differencebetween winning & losing a contract. It helps defineyour core competencies and unique qualities.
Financial Assistance
The Financial Advisor will meet with the business owner(s) on a 1-to-1 basis. Assistance with a profitability analysis, and/or a breakeven analysis, to determine how a product contributes to the overall profit of the company – can be provided.
Book with Shaquille Riston, our Financial Advisor.
Located in the Appalachian Region?
Book with Marlene Fout, our Business Counselor & Appalachian Outreach Specialist located in Piketon, OH.
Providing comprehensive support in business guidance, certifications, and related services to clients within the Appalachian counties.
Common Questions
These services are available without cost to businesses located throughout Ohio.
MBEs are defined as businesses that are at least 51 percent owned and controlled for more than a year by an Ohio resident and U.S. citizen who belongs to one of the following ethnic groups: African American or Black, Asian, Latino, and Native American.
EDGE certified businesses are defined as enterprises that are owned by economically and socially disadvantaged entrepreneurs.
WBEs are defined as businesses that are 51 percent owned and controlled by a woman who is a U.S. citizen and has an established residency in the state of Ohio or a reciprocal state.
VFBEs must meet one of the these criteria: at least 10% of its employees are veterans or on active service; at least 51% of the applicant business is owned by veterans or persons on active service; if the applicant business is a corporation 51% of which is not owned by veterans or persons on active service, at least 51% of the board of directors must be veterans or persons on active service; the business is certified by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business or a Veteran-Owned Small Business and the owner(s) of the business meets the definition of veteran as defined in Ohio Administrative Code.
Yes, we have a satellite office at the Ohio State University Endeavor Center located in Piketon, Ohio. The primary focus of this office is in providing MBAC services to business in the Appalachian counties we serve across Southern Ohio.
You will need to complete the client intake form HERE. Once you have completed the client intake form you will receive a welcome letter from the MBAC Program Administrator informing you of the next steps in the process. You will be instructed to complete a Business Assessment Form and assigned a business counselor who will work with you on your journey of becoming state certified.
- You can visit the ABOUT US page of our website.
- You can call us at 513-751-9900 and speak with a Counselor who will be able to provide additional information to you.
- You can visit our:
Cincinnati office at 2303 Gilbert Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45206; or our
Piketon Office at 1862 Shyville Road, Piketon, OH 45661 513-475-7145