Thank you for taking the time to visit my page. Hopefully, as a result you will learn a little more about me and what I do. As Chairman of the National Black Business Trade Association and one of the coordinators for Black Expo USA events for ten years, I have traveled quite a bit and have had the opportunity to speak in front of thousands of Black entrepreneurs around the country.I have given entrepreneurial seminars in the top markets for African American audiences, including New York, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Memphis, Detroit, Birmingham, Richmond, Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta, Oakland, Jacksonville, Miami, Houston, Dallas, Charlotte, Baltimore, and New Orleans.I have been interviewed by the Washington Post, New York Daily News, New York Times, Amsterdam News, Afro American, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Houston Sun, Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times.My companies have also been mentioned in both Black Enterprise and Essence magazines. I have been on several local, national and international radio talk shows including BBC, CNN and Cathy Hughes (Radio One) and television shows including Tony Brown's Journal and Bev Smith on BET. I have also maintained an Internet website and presence since 1994.In addition to my NBBTA activities, I run two separate companies, LG Management Group (LGMG) and The Avaran Group and a social networking site, BlackBusinessSpace.com. My companies provide internet marketing and management consulting and services, small business coaching, financial services and entrepreneurial development to individuals and companies big and small. Internationally, I helped establish the first International Black Business Summit 2000 in Nova Scotia, Canada with participants coming from Africa, Europe, the US and Canada. For years, I have conducted entrepreneurial workshops to groups near and far, some sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation's Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership.Specialties: business development, entrepreneurial coaching, personal developmentI am just an ordinary man, seeking to best utilize my time making a difference in the world. I am and will always be a Black business advocate. Thank you for taking the time to read my page. I look forward to connecting with you as our paths meet.