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“ I t ’s a p erso n alized serv ice
that we pro v id e here. We try to
stay in touch w ith our clients.
I ’ve been b lessed to have a good
stream o f em ployees whom 1 trust
very m uch w ith the accounts.
A lso, I ’ve got people out in the
c o m m u n ity w ho su p p o rt th is
p ractice. W ithout them , th e re ’s
no w ay this could be successful.
G E I 1 l \ G O \ I III IM •'< IR­
MATKIN HIGHWAY
“We are in the process o f develop­
ing a website. Our site will advertise
most o f our services and where clients
can go onto it and get some basic
answers to task questions without
having to call us up on those things.
W e’ll have some monthly updates
and newsletter items. I will be doing
this as a courtesy and for the exchange
ofinformation.”
gì tiin g g o o d si pport
‘When I first started out in Port-
land, Sam B rooks o f O A M E (O r­
egon A ssociation o f M inority E n­
terp rises) gave me a ch an ce w ith
his group. W hen I w as ju s t sta rt­
ing out, I d id n ’t b e lie v e it w as
going to go anyw here. I w as h u n ­
gry for w ork. 1 have done jo b s for
O A M E and they have referred
other people to me also. If it w asn’t
for Sam B rooks, I w o u ld n ’t be in
business right n o w .”
T A K E 11 I R O M ME
“ Y ou have to be p e rsiste n t.
Som etim es people w ill tell you
that you c a n ’t do it - th at y o u ’re
too sm all to do this or that. Y our
business m ay knock you dow n
som e days, but you have to be
Oct. 6, 1999
C8
The Sheltered
Market Program
AFRICAN AMERICAN SMALL
BUSINESS ASSOCIATION
WINNER
A cco u n tin g has g iv e n R ick
H arris the o p p o rtu n ity to e x e r­
cise lead ersh ip . R ick lik es ac­
counting because it allow s him to
use his an aly tical and co m m u n i­
catio n sk ills. H ow ever, he also
feels that it is im p o rtan t to have a
good sense o f hum or. H aving a
good sense o f hum or helps him to
relate w ell to his em p lo y ees and
clien ts and to keep his b u sin ess
and personal life in balance. Rick
believ es in w o rk in g clo sely w ith
clien ts in o rd er to p in p o in t m an ­
agem ent p roblem s and develo p
f e a s ib le s o lu tio n s . C o n s e ­
quently, his em ployees keep in
touch w ith c lie n t th ro u g h o u t the
year. Since the form atio n o f his
com p an y in 1987, R ic k ’s firm has
exp erien ced steady grow th. T his
grow th is the result o f his d e d ic a ­
tion to providing q u ality services
and p e rso n a liz e d a tte n tio n to
each clien t. His firm p ro v id es a
w ide range o f p ro fessio n al se r­
vices in a u d itin g , acco u n tin g ,
m anagem ent, b usiness and in d i­
vidual taxes. Q uality and p e rso n ­
alized atten tio n to clien ts has
m ade his firm successful.
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‘ N atio n al M in o r it y 'busines^ 'W eek
(Elje Ç ortlanù (íDbeerüer
resilien t to sta rt all o v er again.
You have to have enough cap i­
tal to su rv iv e the bad tim es. We
sta rte d o u t w ith z e ro c lie n ts and
1 had a lim ited am ount o f cap ital.
It was to u g h up fro n t.
I talk w ith C P A ’s and told them
that I w ant to sta rt a b u sin e ss.
W hen my D ad d ie d in A u g u st o f
1987, I w as d o w n sta irs at the
m ortuary and I w as ju s t th in k in g
th at I m ay be aro u n d fo r years
saying the sam e th in g and m ay
die befo re e v e r do in g it. E v e n tu ­
ally, like me you ju s t have to do
it!
As m in o ritie s, w e are m ore
c o m fo rta b le w ith ju s t h a v in
jo b s. Y ou ju s t have to go out
there and have faith in y o u rse lf.”
U n d er the F a ir C o n tra c tin g
and E m p lo y m en t S tra te g y the
C ity o f P o rtla n d has d e v e lo p e d
and ad o p te d the S h e lte re d M a r­
ket Program (SM P). The program
is d e sig n e d to p ro v id e a v e h ic le
for re a d y , w illin g and able m i­
n o rity , w om en, and em e rg in g
sm all b u sin e sse s o p p o rtu n itie s
to co m p e te a g a in st lik e firm s to
o b ta in v a lu a b le p rim e c o n tra c t­
ing e x p erien ce.
In a d d itio n to c o n tra c tin g o p ­
p o rtu n itie s, p a rtic ip a n ts re c e iv e
pre and p o st aw ard te c h n ic a l a s ­
sista n c e from P in n e ll-B u sc h , a
c o n stru c tio n m a n a g e m e n t-c o n ­
su ltin g firm , c o v e rin g a w ide
range o f te c h n ic a l and fin a n c ia l
re fe rra l n eeds.
P in n e ll B usch p ro v id e S h e l­
te re d M a rk e t P ro g ra m c lie n ts
with:
•C onstruction c o n su ltin g (pre/
p o st aw ard)
•S trateg ic p la n n in g
■Job c o st a c c o u n tin g sy ste m s
im provem ent
T o ta l Q u a lity M an a g e m e n t
training
A ssista n c e w ith p ro p o sa ls on
n e g o tia te d c o n tra c ts
•Cost e stim a tin g
•P roject e stim a tin g so ftw a re
training
•C ritical p a th sc h e d u lin g
•C om puter sy stem s and s o f t­
w are su p p o rt
•Job c o st c o n tro l
M /W /E S B s u b c o n t r a c t o r
tra in in g and su p p o rt
P ro g , am m a n a g e m e n t c o n ­
su ltin g
•Capital im provem ent program
m anagem ent
P in n e ll-B u sc h is also re s p o n ­
sib le fo r a ssistin g SM P p a r tic i­
p a n ts to se c u re b o nding and lo­
c a te n e c e ssa ry funds for cash
flow and equipm ent upgrade. The
re so u rc e s p ro v id e d by Pinnell-
B usch have pro v en in v alu ab le
to th o se firm s th a t have taken
a d v a n ta g e o f th ese o p p o rtu n i­
ties.
O I I Rl \ ( II
In a d d itio n to the tech n ical
a s s is ta n c e p ro v id e d P in n e ll-
Busch Services, B ureau o f Pur­
chases sta ff have taken extraordi­
nary strides to inform SMP firms
o fb id opportunities. A dditionally,
CD D sta ff conduct inform al m eet­
ings with SMP participants to alert
them o f forthcom ing bid opportu­
nities.
I’RO.II ( I M O M I O R IN G
O nce a project is aw arded to an
SM P p a rtic ip a n t, concerns re ­
garding subcontractor paym ents
and utilizatio n are no different
from those on a project o f larger
proportion. The C ity now con­
ducts on-site progress visits on
all S heltered M arket projects re­
gardless o f project size or amount.
A ll firm s participating in the
S heltered M arket Program are re­
quired to provide a com m ercially
useful function. To satisfy this
requirem ent, SMP contractors are
generally required to perform and
execute at least 50% o f the work
and have prim e responsibility to
m anage and supervise all workers
and subcontractors involved.
For m ore inform ation on The
Sheltered M arket Program , call
C om m issioner D an Saltzm an at
503/823-4151.
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