by cbrinkmann | Mar 26, 2025 | Resources for MBEs
For minority-owned businesses looking to develop their business and unlock new opportunities, becoming a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) can be a game-changer. However, there are many misconceptions about what MBE certification does and doesn’t offer....
by cbrinkmann | Mar 21, 2025 | MBE Highlights
When you enter the Macadons store in Downtown Renton, you enter a paradise of colorful Macarons, each flavor equally as intriguing, innovative, and delicious as the next. Sitting by the big windows overlooking Renton’s idyllic main street, you get to enjoy Macadons’...
by cbrinkmann | Mar 21, 2025 | MBE Highlights
As soon as Deborah Tuggle starts talking about her business, Bite Me! Cookies, a glowing smile lights up her face. For over 26 years now, she has been leading Bite Me! Cookies – a wholesale cookie manufacturer in Lakewood, Washington. Deborah, who also created...
by cbrinkmann | Mar 21, 2025 | Council News, MBE Highlights
When listening to Leena and Vikas Tomar talk about their business, Seattle Samosa, you can feel their love for samosas the way you can taste it when you get to try them. Hand-crafted in Washington state, when served samosas at Seattle Samosa’s, you’re served a smile....
by cbrinkmann | Mar 17, 2025 | Featured, MBE Highlights
The corporate world and coffee tend to go hand in hand. Some may even argue that the “C” in corporate stands for “coffee.” As much as caffeine tends to energize us, it can also leave us feeling jittery, bloated, anxious, and in dreadful anticipation of the inevitable...