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Build Up Houston is a comprehensive, seven month program designed to increase the capacity and success of small businesses in the construction service industry with doing business in the City of Houston. Build Up Houston utilizes curriculum provided by Interise, a non-profit organization, focused on helping established small business owners take their companies to the next level for continual growth and success. Interise has an award-winning curriculum that was developed and refined by working hand-in-hand with small business owners and national business experts. Interise has established themselves as a proven leader in educating and training established business owners to grow their businesses. Source: City of Houston
===Criteria===Applicant must be the owner or co-owner of business<br />Business must be certified with the City of Houston (MWSBE, DBE, PDBE, ACDBE)<br />Business operating a minimum of three years<br />Business has a minimum of four employees<br />Business has a minimum of $250,000 annual revenue<br />Business must be in the construction industry<br />[[category:Public]]
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|WebsiteURL=http://www.houstontx.gov/builduphouston/
|Contact Phone Number=(832) 393-0935
|Contact E-Mailemail=will.norwood@houstontx.gov|Location=UHD College of Business, 320 North Main Street Houston, TX 77002|Project= [[Small Business Development Ecosystem of Houston]]
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|Cost=$$$
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|Location=UHD College of Business, 320 North Main Street Houston, TX 77002
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In 2014, The University of Houston partnered with the Houston Office of Business Opportunity to launch the first ever Build Up Houston program. Build Up Houston is a seven-month program designed to aid construction companies in working with the city of Houston. Small business owners, nonprofit organizations, and other national business experts developed this curriculum to help small businesses in construction develop the necessary skills for working with the government, and prime these businesses for continued growth and success. ==ProgramActivities==Construction industry expertsThe cost of participating in the program is $1500. This provides enrollees with a 7 month curriculum, business peerscomprised of 42 hours of class time held every other Tuesday, and instructors provide insights, strategies, motivationCEO mentoring group time, and accountabilityother elements of program time. It’s an interactive formatPart of the curriculum includes strategic planning, where you get the toolsestimating and bidding, know-howaccess to capital, and confidence to take the next stepproject management. During that timeFor a full list of program details, you can expect to learn aboutplease see Build Up Houston's [http: <br />Business Development Strategies <br />Strategic Planning<br />Estimating and Bidding<br www.houstontx.gov/>Finance and Financial Management<br builduphouston/>Bonding and Insuranceclass description page]. Marketing and Sales<br /> Human Resources<br />Accessing Capital<br />Government Contracts<br />
