Making Connections

NGLCC brings together LGBT businesses and big corporations through its diversity initiative

Published on May 10, 2012, 5:46am

It's a maxim in business: It's not what you know, it's who you know. While much can be said for the inverse, good connections are vital to business success. Programs around the country have certified businesses owned by women or minorities to connect suppliers with corporate participants. Those programs inspired the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) in 2004 to create a Supplier Diversity Initiative for LGBT-owned Business Enterprises (LGBTBEs). Eleven corporations joined the program's launch, a number ...[more]