July 21st Soiree to feature Odessa Hopkins: Business Networking at its Finest
(PRINCE GEORGE'S - July 16, 2009) - The Tuesday, July 21st Business Soiree is all set and ready to go. It will be from 6 to 8 pm and held at Velleggia's Italian Seafood Restaurant at 110 Water Street in Downtown Baltimore. RSVP to 443.858.2684.
Featured guests include Wendell Sutton of the Governor's Office of Minority Affairs. Sutton will bring some clarity to the topic of President Barack Obama's Stimulus Package for Maryland. Also featured are real estate gurus Marcel Umphery and his partner - Mike Jones, Eric Stewart of e Media and e Mortgage Solutions, and a wonderfully charismatic dynamo from the Prince George's County/Washington area - Ms. Odessa Hopkins.
Who is Odessa Hopkins?
Odessa Hopkins is the CEO of Another Approach Enterprises, Home of MinorityBuzz.com
A marketing and advertising industry professional, Hopkins was bitten with the entrepreneurial bug around May 2007 when she created Another Approach Enterprises (AAE). AAE empowers small business owners to compete in a big-business world. Specifically, they create unique opportunities for entrepreneurs to promote their products and services in an effective, innovative, creative, cost-effective and collaborative way.
Her products/services include: MinorityBuzz.com (their online consumer and business directory); Buzz Talk Radio with Lady O (special guests include prominent business and political figures as well as entrepreneurs); the Annual Celebrating the Minority Business Dinner & Awards Gala (Brings corporate sponsors, political officials and other decision makers out to celebrate the achievements and accomplishments of small minority and woman businesses – Next one is Oct. 15, 2009), and the MinorityBuzz MeetUp Group (brings online members offline to network and build relationships).
Odessa is a member of a number of established entities, including MinorityBuzz.com, Prince George's Chamber of Commerce, Women Business Owners, Greater Bowie Chamber of Commerce, National Association Of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), Sisters4Sisters Network, Inc. (S4SN), Girlfriends4Life.com, Maryland Black Chamber of Commerce, and the Mid-Atlantic Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
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