Doing Business with Giants
About
The Coastal Bend Business Innovation Center ("CBBIC"} at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi ("TAMU-CC"), and Cheniere Energy ("Cheniere") have teamed together to facilitate a series of six (6) workshops designed to assist innovative, local entrepreneurs in developing business models that align with and fulfill industry supply-chain needs while strengthening the local economy.
At the conclusion of the six (6) workshops, participants can apply for awards up to $20,000. These awards are open to those small businesses and entrepreneurs in the Coastal Bend who complete all six (6) workshops and are within the SIC/NAICS codes designated by Cheniere.
Program Description & Benefits
The program seeks to achieve two important outcomes for the Coastal Bend economy:
- Inspiring ambitious small businesses and entrepreneurs in the Coastal Bend to pursue their next challenge by offering a series of specific professional development programs culminating in an opportunity for select businesses to apply for business development funds through a competitive application process.
- Supporting the major industry and public sector employers in the Coastal Bend economy through strengthening supply chain participation by providing potential funding opportunities and assistance to local businesses and entrepreneurs on how to leverage their business and/or skills to fulfill growing need for vendors, business services, catering, fabrication, manufacturing, construction, and more.
Competitive applications will describe how the small business will use these funds for growth, increased productivity, or improved access to markets. Targeted business and public sector employers have been provided by Cheniere below:
- Catering Services
- Events Organization and Rentals
- Printing/Advertisement Services
- Consultancy/Training
- Janitorial Services
- Safety Services
- Pest and Control Services
- Landscaping
- Small Scale Fabrication
- Others as determined by Cheniere
Community Benefits
The program is designed to provide small businesses with the knowledge and guidance needed to bridge gaps in their capacity to market their products and services to major industry partners in the Coastal Bend region. In addition to the opportunity for select businesses to apply for awards after the successful completion of the program, recipients will receive the following benefits:
- Guidance through specialized curriculum from the CBBIC with input from industry and public sector professionals for businesses aiming to fulfill the growing needs of the Coastal Bend Region of Texas.
- CBBIC will provide on-going consultation to businesses as appropriate
- Other small business resources, as available, to support business growth.
- When culminating awards cycle opens, at Cheniere's discretion, businesses that particularly meet industry supply chain needs will be invited to submit applications for funding up to $20,000.
