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Our Mission
The
mission of the African American Chamber of Commerce of New Mexico, Inc.
is to promote and empower African American businesses, communities, and
organizations by promoting growth, economic development, and expanding
entrepreneurship within the State. Read More. . .
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Contact Us
The African American Chamber of Commerce of New Mexico
Physical Address:
100 Arno Street Northeast
Albuquerque, NM 87102-3448
Mailing Address:
PO Box 8920
Albuquerque NM 87198
505-243-3949
Fax 505-243-1504 Read More. . .
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AFRICAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NM, INC.
"Our Business is to Make Your Business, Better!" |
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WHAT IS SATOP?
If your business is facing a technical challenge, the Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program (SATO) wants to help. SATOP offers a service of up to 40 hours of FREE engineering assistance for qualified requests, utilizing the vast expertise of NASA and our participating Alliance Partners.
SATOP'S Alliance Partners are aerospace industry companies, NASA sub-contractors, national laboratories or universities doing NASA research.
Who Can Apply?
This program is available to any US-based small business (under 500 employees), non-profit group, inventor, or entrepreneur. You do not need to be a high-tech, manufacturing, or aerospace company to utilize SATOP.
What's the Catch?
There is no catch! SATOP dos not charge for our services. SATOP is funded by a grant from NASA, and our mission is to transfer knowledge from the U.S. space program to small businesses, to help spur economic growth.
How Does it Work?
Submit a simple Request for Technical Assistance (RTA) to SATOP.
A SATOP Project Engineer will contact you to discuss our request.
SATOP's Project Engineers work to match your RTA with an Alliance Partner who has the necessary engineering expertise.
When an Alliance Partner accepts an RTA, they provide up to 40 hours of free help. You work directly with them by phone, fax, or e-mail. (Alliance Partners do not travel to your site).
Most RTA's will be resolved within 90 days.
GUIDELINES FOR REQUESTS
Is the request focused and task specific?
SATOP can help businesses solve well-defined technical challenges. However, we cannot take a projct from start to finish, or resolve a vague, unclear issue. A SATOP Project Engineer will help foucs your request, if necessary.
Does the task fall within one of the following engineering specialties?
Mechanical Electrical Electronics Manufacturing Chemical Materials Industrial Structural Environmental
SATOP does not accept software, internet, or information technology requests.
Have you looked for a solution in the private sector?
SATOP does not wish to compete with commercial services. Please exhaust any other option before submitting an RTA.
Do you believe this task is "solvable" by expert engineers within 40 hours?
SATOP project engineers can help assess this.
If applicable, can you provide a drawing, picture, prototype, or patent?
Complete information is vital to help us find an Alliance Partner to solve your request.
Do you have time to address this issue?
Please be sure you have the time to work with the SATOP Engineer and Alliance Partner, to return their calls or provide additional information quickly, so we can provide a solution in a timely manner.
Fax requests to 505-983-8654, or submit online at www.spacetechsolutions.com
Please call us at 05-428-7762 if you have any questions about SATOP, or about submitting requests.
BUSINESS CREDIT NOTIFICATION
Your business credit file is something that desrves your attention on an ongoing basis. By monitoring your D&B (Dun & Bradstreet) credit file, it shows banks, vendors and customers that you're serious about your financial standing.
Monitoring your D&B profile activity can help protect you and your family from debt. Understanding how other companies use YOUR business data helps you identify ways to improve your profile, making it easier to secure loans, mortgages, equipment leases, and supplier terms for your business.
You'll avoid using your personal credit to obtain credit for your business, safeguarding your personal assets as well as your financial reputation.
D&B recommends using DNBi SelfMonitor to help you understand what's in your credit file and ensure that you are the first to know when it changes.
With DNBi SelfMonitor, you will receive oline access to:
- Key D&B scores & ratings, including D&B Rating, Financial Stress Score, Commercial Credit Score and PAYDEX(r) Score
- Comprehensive overwiew of payment history
- Ongoing monitoring of your report with notifications of any changes that occur.
Please contact D&B today to review your credit profile and to learn more about DNBi SelfMonitor. You can reach a D&B credit specialist by calling 1-877-625-0331, Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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Sincerely,
Ron Hinson
African American Chamber of Commerce of New Mexico
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