Collective Cincy

Increasing Visibility and Partnerships for

SERVICE BASED &

CREATIVE

Minority Owned Businesses

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Pathways to equitable procurement look like transparent and mindful payment terms and deliverables

Mission

Our

The Noir Collective is on a mission to Increase the lifespan and earning potential of minority owned service firms by providing tools, revenue models and partnerships that allow these businesses to establish additional revenue streams via collective partnerships, targeted strategic consulting, collective visibility and pooled resources essentially creating an ecosystem for growth.

Our initiatives and activities are designed to catalyze true transformation in pursuit of more long-term goals, enabling our member businesses to make the leap from single-proprietors to employer firms.

OUR

WHY

OPPORTUNITY:

For minority business owners to establish meaningful connections and partnerships that lead to sustainable b2b revenue streams.

CAPACITY:

Provide capacity building resources for service-based minority businesses.

PATHWAYS:

Increase visibility and organize partnerships based upon equitable terms, payment transparency and more streamlined procurement processes.

journey

Our

through the years

Founding Year

2021 Emphasized a need for technical resources targeted at helping serviced based businesses to increase their revenue streams, capacity and ability to pivot.

2022

The Noir Collective grew to an online platform of over 112 serviced based businesses sharing industry standards and best practices for growth as service based businesses.

2023

With the help of the African American Chamber of Commerce we were able to accomplish our first “Open Door” encouraging Music Hall, a public owned entity to consider the addition of increasing the diversity of their preferred partner list.

2024

2024 We launched our “100 Open Doors” Initiative, with a goal of onboarding 93 more Partners that are committed to engaging with service based providers in a more equitable manor.

The

Reality

There are no business incubators or

accelerators in the region with curriculum tailored to addressing the nuances of service businesses.

16%

The number of Ohio Based Minority owned businesses with over $500,000 in revenue

3.5

The average lifespan of a minority business compared to the 5 year lifespan of non-minority owned firms.

Our Economic Imact for 2023

$546,000 Thousand

The dollar spend facilitated between our Community Partners and Member Businesses.

More Partner Companies Increased Spend Opportunity

Our growing network of Service based Businesses

Media Services

Event Services

Catering

Professional Services

HEALTH SERVICES

Health & Wellness

Inspire. Visibility.

Equity.

Bridging the Service Gap with Strategy

Our approach focuses on side by side consulting geared towards pairing businesses with larger organizations to participate in social impact bonds and impact matchmaking.

To do so, we identified the areas where capacity building was needed through training, consulting, measurement and design development. We then assist micro businesses on how to creating RFP's and proposals to better position and quantify thier offerings to partner firms.

Creating a Sustainable Ecosystem

Creating sustainable business infrastructure for Partner Doula Businesses.

Our "100 “ Open Doors Campaign

We are on a mission to create 100 Strategic Partnership Agreements between the collective and organizations interested in promoting procurement opportunities for small businesses. Equity initiatives are welcomed to work with the collective to establish a relationship with member businesses by becoming a "Collective Partner". Our Collective Partners are strongly recommended to participate in our “100 Open Doors Pledge“on a yearly basis. This pledge provides a facilitation relationship to key stakeholders within purchasing and procurement allowing them to rethink procedures, thresholds, micro-purchasing and establishing upfront and transparent guidelines for procurement.