![]() Bureau of Industry, The Justice Department, Bureau of Industry and Security, OFAC, Department of State Trade Control, United Nations, fugitive lists, FDA, Health and Human Services just to name a few. Some of the resources include INTERPOL, Bank of England, Canadian sanctions, European Union, World Bank, FBI, U.S. ![]() MYB performs a comprehensive worldwide search under the USA Patriot Act, Homeland Security and Terrorist Act for debarred, politically exposed and blocked persons, sanctioned and no- cooperative countries territories, cities and ports, ineligible firms, numerous most wanted lists including terrorist lists. Department of the Treasury administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions based on US foreign policy and national security goals against targeted foreign countries, terrorists, international narcotics traffickers, and those engaged in activities related to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC, of the U.S. You cannot let one of them go.Global Screening, OFAC and Government Watch List Search: I've also got to balance that with the logistical side of the business. Kohagen: Being present while I'm here and engaging with the people who come in. Probably my biggest focus has been getting my name out there in a cost-effective way.īurnsville Patch: What is the key to minding your business? ![]() As you can imagine we've got only a small budget to get our name out there. For example, we're a small coffee shop with a good location but we can be hard to find. You've got to do as much as you can with as few resources as possible. To follow the strategy of minding my own business, it’s best to stay quiet, analyze things silently, and know the truth rather than assuming the truth. 3) Don’t assume, know the whole story: There is always two sides of a coin. What are some of these challenges to owning and operating a small business during a massive recession? Remind yourself that minding my own business is bliss and I have to stick to this strategy. I also listen to suggestions from customers and vendors and employees.īurnsville Patch: On the subject of business, you opened Buzz during a particularly difficult time for the small businesses. My sister went to culinary school so I ask her a lot of questions. I pull from a lot of different resources. I definitely cannot take credit for all of it. Everything we have are creations from me or the staff here. Is everything on the menu exclusive to Buzz? Aside from that though, we make great coffee and great food and we offer a lot of entertainment and we have lot of fun doing it.īurnsville Patch: On the subject of food, when I look at the menu I see a lot of things I have never seen anywhere else. I would put 'creating community' as the number one goal of Buzz. Kohagen: For me, the most important thing we offer is community By that I mean the community we've created in here as well as the larger community we are a part of outside these doors. But Buzz seems to be much more than that. We've also got a website too.īurnsville Patch: When I come in here, the first thing I see is a coffee shop. As Black Entrepreneurs we can experience being targeted, feeling taken advantage of, or worse being made to feel invisible. I know we're on twitter, so follow us there. Minding My BLACK Business is a podcast exclusively for Black Entrepreneurs who are looking to engage, inform, and support other Black Entrepreneurs as they manage the business of work Working for someone else can be hell. I know it's out there but I don't personally do it. I've got someone who helps me with social media and apparently, we do tweet regularly. But with Twitter I've got some kind of mental block. I laugh because I think Facebook is wonderful and I can handle that. Kohagen (laughing) : We're on Facebook for sure. Burnsville Patch: Where can readers find you on social media?
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