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03.09.08 - Local Diversity Business Named and Ranked among Nation's Elite
BY SOT Staff Writer
Wellington, FL, March 9th, 2008: In recognition of the economic power of multicultural businesses, DiversityBusiness.com, the nations’ leading multicultural internet site, recently honored Source One with 5 separate awards.
AWARD |
RANK |
Top Hispanic American Owned Businesses in America (Div100HSA-2007) |
19 |
Top Diversity Owned Businesses in America (Div500-2007) |
105 |
Top Small Businesses in America (Div500SmallBiz-2007) |
60 |
Top Small Business in Florida (Div100SmallBiz-2007) |
4 |
Top Diversity Owned Businesses in Florida (Div100State-2007) |
7 |
The Impact of Diversity Business
“Diversity businesses and consumers are a growing force in the U.S. economy, and a force to be reckoned with,” said Kenton Clarke, CEO of Computer Consulting Associates International, the company that built DiversityBusiness.com. This is a whole business segment that can carry its own, that provides jobs, products and services, and generates wealth for their communities. These are the new leaders in American business.”
Affected by recent economic and demographic trends and changes, Fortune 1000 corporations throughout the country have recognized that buying products and services from diversity owned companies positively impacts their business. Diversity-owned businesses contribute over $1.4 trillion in sales to the U.S. economy.
Source One Distributors will be honored at a special awards ceremony at DiversityBusiness.com’s “8th Annual Multicultural Business Conference”, taking place April 23 - 25, 2008 at Disney’s BoardWalk Resort in Orlando, Florida.
About Source One Distributors
Source One Distributors is quickly being recognized as an industry leader in Military Tactical Gear Distribution, and is setting the bar for understanding and providing the highest quality equipment to men and women in the armed services, at a prompt and accurate pace. Source One Distributors, founded 2003 by Mark Llano, has committed itself to only working with products made in the U.S., by the world’s finest and recognized manufacturers, in the U.S.
Serving numerous military base stores and contracting offices nationally has given us the opportunity to listen to the needs of our men and women in the field, and in turn, develop a specialized department whose sole mission, is to create new and innovative designs based on their feedback.
Source One Distributors, Inc. is certified by the SBA as an 8(a), SDB, NMSDC, Veteran Owned, and Minority Owned and Operated Small Business.
About DiversityBusiness.com
Launched in 1999, with over 35,000 members DiversityBusiness.com is the largest organization of diversity-owned businesses throughout the United States that provide goods and services to Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies and colleges and universities. Members use the sites technology to find and track new business opportunities. It also produces the country’s largest conference on diversity education and training for major corporations and small business. Its research on top businesses appears in Fortune, Forbes, Business Week and numerous magazines and media publications. The site has gained national recognition and has won numerous awards for its content and design. DiversityBusiness.com is produced by Computer Consulting Associates International Inc. (CCAii.com) of Southport, CT. CCA was founded in 1980 by CEO Kenton Clarke.
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