i ve created a partnership with city bank and sfmta to look at how to mine some of the san francisco businesses and prepare them for contracting opportunities. we have a program scheduled for august 10 and we re looking for construction in marketing related companies that can specifically sell to department or to some of the primes of the first tier. so any company that s under $5 million and san francisco based we think would be a good candidate for the program. that the way it will look is taking applications on august 10. we have a full day seminar. helps people put together their company binder then get them through the application process through the department of transportation and then we have several different content experts. financing, c.p.a., legal services, a lot of the basic services that small businesses need and then we start working on marketing collateral. teaching them how to design. one-page fax sheets that create their identity and understanding of their
this is long overdo and it will be a sense where the office of small business can start talking to other city agencies as much as planning or health. so this is great and great job. thank you so much. this is long overdo and it will put san francisco in the 21st century. [laughter] yes, thank you. thank you. great. president adams: ok, chris, next item, please? commissioners, next item is item number eight, presentation on opening doors. doing business with the transit authority by richard ventura. this is a flier that was presented in advance of the presentation. president adams: welcome, richard. afternoon, commissioners. i have a great opportunity to share with you something we haven t seen. a high level of participation with local businesses with contractors in the city. and the levels have been kind of low other than the three departments that we know of. i m with the economic empowerment fund and we re a personal foundation that helps empowering the emerging
website? it s not live yet. i m currently conducting the did the data testing, but you can get like from our website i think we re also going to link it from the main business page on the sfgov home page. commissioner riley: sounds good. thanks. president adams: any other questions? this is great. i get lots of questions about how do i go through the process. this will be fantastic and i think it will really help you at the desk yes, i think so too. president adams: that s great. and then the desk activity will help you augment because you ll find out ore oh, that s not on the website. . yes, this is how we work. small budgets, big impact. thank you very much for doing all the work. it s going to be a huge benefit to small businesses. thank you, commissioner. this is long overdo and it will be a sense where the office of small business can start talking to other city agencies as much as planning or health. so this is great and great job. thank you so much. t
president adams: welcome, richard. afternoon, commissioners. i have a great opportunity to share with you something we haven t seen. a high level of participation with local businesses with contractors in the city. and the levels have been kind of low other than the three departments that we know of. i m with the economic empowerment fund and we re a personal foundation that helps empowering the emerging market with education and add vo casey. i ve created a partnership with city bank and sfmta to look at how to mine some of the san francisco businesses and prepare them for contracting opportunities. we have a program scheduled for august 10 and we re looking for construction in marketing related companies that can specifically sell to department or to some of the primes of the first tier. so any company that s under $5 million and san francisco based we think would be a good candidate for the program. that the way it will look is taking applications on august 10. we have
with it as frequently as a larger employer so they re just not as familiar with it. it can be a lot. for anyone. employers big and small. understanding how to comply with orders and who to call when you have questions and what to do when things aren t adding up and making sense. the small business employer has access to fewer resources. so we want to extend ourselves to give them one-on-one attention with that so they understand better going into the future. commissioner white: ok. any other questions? president adams: well, i think that it s great to you re doing the outreach and i like the idea that during small business week when we do the workshops, i think you should have a booth there and definitely be there for outreach. i would suggest contacting the different merchant organizations in the stiff. you just said it the best. a lot of these people are everything. they re the h.r., the and i ve seen those come through before. and you have to fill it all out. garnish