Container Housing Project “Affordable Home Program” in Los Angeles

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Affordable Home Program by Pacific Rim Business Council.

Tuesday, August 22, Holmes Stoner, Chairman of American International Chamber of Commerce ( AICC), Pacific Rim Business Council (PRBC) held a press conference of Container Housing Project “Affordable Home Program” for the presentation by government officials and the veterans administration in Marina City Club Los Angeles.

Cascon Industries, one of the largest container manufacturers in the world, based in Hai Duong Vietnam, will donate a container home to a deserving homeless veteran to show sincerity and respect for America and its deserving veteran soldiers making an event of historic importance.

Cascon leads in the world of container home manufacturing providing new ideas and development in eco living and sustainability through their exclusive relationship with the Pacific Rim Business Council based in Los Angeles. With the upcoming TPP trade talks this offer is of great importance showing the priority Vietnam and America relations share in the future; making this a very historic event!

This monumental event is being supported by Support our Servicemen (SOS), a public charity set up to support and assist American who have needs.

Vietnamese VIP’s including Mr. Pham Thang, Chairman of Cascon industries builds modular container homes in his state of the art factory in Hanoi, Vietnam. In a gesture of friendship between Vietnam and America he presented an home to a Veteran.

A homeless veteran and his family were given a home that is part of the tiny houses trend and is a way to fight homelessness in the U.S.

Tommy Weir and his family had been living in a homeless shelter, but now they have a place to call their own. They were the first to receive a new prefabricated home that was built from a steel container.

The home was created by Affordable Homes 4U, which mass produces steel and container-based homes as a way to house the homeless. It was started in Las Vegas and brought over to Los Angeles.

The Affordable Home Program hopes this move is just the beginning as one homeless veteran family has been taken off the streets. They said their mission is for everyone to enjoy the American dream of home ownership.

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United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

07/27/2016 AICC Government, Information, Services

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is the federal agency for granting U.S. patents and registering trademarks. In doing this, the USPTO fulfills the mandate of Article I, Section 8, Clause 8, of the Constitution that the legislative branch “promote the progress of science and the useful arts by securing for limited times to inventors the exclusive right to their respective discoveries.” The USPTO registers trademarks based on the commerce clause of the Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3). Under this system of protection, American industry has flourished. New products have been invented, new uses for old ones discovered, and employment opportunities created for millions of Americans. The strength and vitality of the U.S. economy depends directly on effective mechanisms that protect new ideas and investments in innovation and creativity. The continued demand for patents and trademarks underscores the ingenuity of American inventors and entrepreneurs. The USPTO is at the cutting edge of the nation’s technological progress and achievement.

The USPTO advises the president of the United States, the secretary of commerce, and U.S. government agencies on intellectual property (IP) policy, protection, and enforcement; and promotes the stronger and more effective IP protection around the world. The USPTO furthers effective IP protection for U.S. innovators and entrepreneurs worldwide by working with other agencies to secure strong IP provisions in free trade and other international agreements. It also provides training, education, and capacity building programs designed to foster respect for IP and encourage the development of strong IP enforcement regimes by U.S. trading partners.

Business Plan Services

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AICC welcome the opportunity to meet you and discuss your requirements.We value your business and look forward to working with you. AICC team work with professional advisers provide all the available resources and support to our members so they can achieve their goals.

Market Research Plan

A Market Research Plan provides recommendations on how to enter your new market by answering the following questions:
• What are the trends in my industry
• Where should I set up shop
• What is my competition
• What is the typical offer and pricing on the market
• What is the target market for my product or service

A Market Study, also referred to as a Market Research Study is an objective collection and analysis of information that covers your competition, location, target markets, and industry factors that could affect the success – or failure – of your endeavor.

Direct Investment and Regional Center EB5 Business Plan

With the number of foreign investors showing interest in the EB5 program, establishing your venture as a regional center is a surefire way to find funding for your operations. However, the process of establishing of your venture as a regional center project, is not exactly an easy one. While regional center EB-5 visa applicants do not need to provide a business plan with their visa application, entrepreneurs looking to establish their venture as a regional center for the purpose of securing EB5 funding need to submit a business plan with their application. However, the type business plan submitted with your application will differ depending on where your venture stands in the process of development.

The EB5 visa, commonly known as the immigrant investor program, is one of the most flexible and most expedient paths to permanent residence for wealthy individuals. EB5 Applications require a specific type of business plan that is Matter of Ho compliant. These plans must include:
• A clear description of your business including organization and staffing, products, services and suppliers
• Market information including market and industry analyses,
• Financial projections
• Investment summary and proof of investment source
• Plan for job creation

E2 Visa Business Plan

The E2 Visa, commonly known as an investor visa, is given to individuals who come the US to either purchase or create a new business. Every E-2 application must be accompanied by a Business Plan that should:
• Define your business and its objectives
• Explain your products or services
• Highlight the qualifications of the applicant
• Provide financial projections for at least 5 years

Bank Business Plan

An Bank Business Plan is written in support of an application for funding, and needs to show:
• That your business is well thought and all risks have been considered.
• Financial projections for 3-5 years that are both reasonable and promising.
• The route your company intends to take to reach its yearly milestones.

L1 Visa Business Plan

The L1 Non-Immigrant Visa classification was created to allow U.S. employers to transfer a professional employee with specialized knowledge relating to the organization’s interests from one of its affiliated foreign offices to one of its offices in the United States. While the list of requirements may be seem daunting at first glance, the core of L1 Requirements can often be met with a well developed Business Plan that provides:
• A description of the parent company and subsidiary
• The products or services provided by each
• The qualifications of the applicant
• Financial projections for at least 5 years on the US company, and financial data on the parent company

Inventor & Entrepreneur Forum

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Thursday, March 17, 2016
8:30 am to 2:30 pm (PDT)
UCI Applied Innovation / The Cove
5141 California Ave.,
Irvine, CA 92697

You saw us bring together an AMAZING group of successful people and experts willing to share their time and insight with an audience of creative inventors and entrepreneurs.

If you weren’t able to make it that day or tune in to the live stream, you’re in luck! Below you’ll find links to the live stream recording of the forum and two excellent PowerPoint presentations that USPTO attorneys Jason Lott and Jeff Siew presented.

U.S. Small Business Administration, Santa Ana District Office

Build Your Business Plan

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Build Your Business Plan

Are you interested in starting a business? Creating a business plan is one of the most important steps you will take because the plan serves as your road map for the early years of your business. The business plan generally projects 3-5 years ahead and outlines the route a company intends to take to reach its yearly milestones, including revenue projections. A well thought out plan also helps you to step-back and think objectively about the key elements of your business venture and informs your decision-making on a regular basis.

SBA’s Business Plan Tool provides you with a step-by-step guide to help you get started. All of your information entered into this tool can only be viewed by accessing your account using the password you have specified. Not only can you save your plan as a PDF file, you can also update it at any time, making this a living plan to which you can often refer. You can also use your completed business plan to discuss next steps with a mentor or counselor from an SBA resource partner such as SCORE, a Small Business Development Center (SBDC) or a Women’s Business Center (WBC).

Complete each section of SBA’s Business Plan Tool at your own pace. Save your work at any time and pick up where you left off the next time you log into the tool. Your information will be saved for up to six months after your last login date.

During the step-by-step process, this tool will update the status of your business plan. Once you save your information and move to a new section in the business plan, a checkmark will appear in the numbered section menu at the top of the screen denoting when each section is complete.

(sba.gov)

Franklin International Group

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Franklin International Group was established in 1999 and the FIG team have the most experience. In fact at the start of the search engines we were companies’ advertising in our respective categories such as reverse merger, public shell company, OTC Exchange etc. The law firm that we have been partnered with for over twenty years has now grown to the point that it is now recognized and ranked with the SEC as the firm that represented the highest number of pre-effective IPO registrations in the States.

We don’t get paid unless we perform and get your company listed. All monies are paid in staged payments to an escrow attorney and are not to be released as per agreement between us until certain milestones are reached. Bottom line: We don’t get paid until your company is listed and trading on the OTC Exchange period.
We are the most competitively priced consulting company to list private companies on the OTC Exchange. Our price of and shares includes absolutely every aspect of the listing process including all legal, subscription agreements, offering memorandum, supply of licensed sponsoring market maker to file a 15C211 on behalf of your company etc. The only thing that is not included in our price is the cost of having your audit completed, electronic filing fees and transfer agent fees. You do not give up any shares to us for assisting in listing your company. You could keep 100% of your company.
We could introduce you to third party such as auditors, electronic filing agents or transfer agents. Our transfer agent will give you first class rapid speed personal service.

We do not make promises that we are going to raise capital for your company if you use our listing services. At times we have assisted clients in the raising of capital but we do not make that promise to everyone that calls our office as some other consulting firms do. I do not believe that wise Businessmen/women believe that story.

If a promise is made to you by another consulting company that if you use their services they will raise you money, you should suggest that they raise the money first. You could than use all or a portion of the money that they raise for your company to pay for their services.

Franklin International Group Start Up Program

FIG is pleased to announce business Start Up program for small, micro cap and nano cap companies. The Start Up program is designed for nano cap companies with revenues in the $500k to $700k dollar range to access capital through public markets and through private placements of accredited investors.

If you believe your company qualifies, or if you are looking for capital to get your small/nano cap company off the ground and to the next level, please contact us and we will be more than happy to answer any questions you may have and point you in the right direction.

Although your company is a start up, you should have some infrastructure in place, such as office or a warehouse, and you should be in the position to start generating revenues, or you are generating some revenues already. If your company doesn’t generate revenues, then we require that the company has some asset, or “some skin” in the game, where you are proceeding with your business plan and seeing your business plan come to fruition.

If this is within your parameters, and you are looking to take your nano cap company up to the next level, by accessing additional capital, please feel free to contact one of our consultants at your earliest convenience, and we will be more than happy to assist you.

FIG website

Business in America

03/28/2016 AICC Agriculture, Business, Culture, Economic, Energy, Entertainment, Financial, Food, Home, Information, Investment, IT, Logistics, Manufacture, Programs, Services, Technology, Trade, Transportation

Innovation

America’s economic growth and international competitiveness depend on our ability to innovate. President Obama believes that we will create the jobs and industries of the future and restore middle class security by doing what America does best – investing in the creativity and imagination of our people. We must out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world to ensure that our nation achieves rapid, sustained and broad-based economic growth.

Small Business

President Obama is committed to helping America’s small businesses grow and prosper. Small businesses are the engines of job creation and essential to strengthening our national economy. That’s why he has cut taxes for small businesses and helped them get access to the capital they need to expand and create the jobs we need now and for decades to come. And that’s why the American Jobs Act provides tax relief for every small business, rewards for those that hire and invest and includes new measures to cut red tape and ease access to capital.

Competing Globally

President Obama set a goal of doubling America’s exports within five years and his Administration is taking steps to do just that: getting Congress to pass three critical trade agreements, expanding loans to exporters, preserving the free flow of information on the Internet and promoting American manufacturing. And he is working to make America the best place for people to do business, by reforming our patent system, improving our infrastructure, and investing in our workers.

To restore security to the middle class and create an economy built to last – that creates the jobs of the future and makes things the rest of the world buys -we have to out-innovate the competition. But to win that competition, American companies must be able to take their ideas to market quickly without the constraints of undue regulation and costs. That’s why President Obama has directed his Administration to reduce barriers to American business success, including reforming our patent system, reviewing federal regulations, and promoting trade.

Entrepreneurs

President Obama knows that today’s entrepreneurs are tomorrow’s Fortune 500 companies and exemplify America’s competitive edge in ingenuity and innovation. That is why the President has tasked his administration with crafting policies that eliminate barriers to startup formation, drive investment to the best ideas, and accelerate the growth of young companies in the marketplace.

( White House)

USDA Seeks Applications for Loans and Grants to Help Grow Rural Businesses and Spur Economic Development

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USDA Seeks Applications for Loans and Grants to Help Grow Rural Businesses and Spur Economic Development

WASHINGTON, March 22, 2016 – Rural Business Cooperative-Service Administrator Sam Rikkers today announced that USDA is seeking applications for loans and grants to help support the start-up or expansion of rural businesses.

“Our small, rural businesses need financing to compete in the global economy,” Rikkers said. “With this announcement, USDA is demonstrating its continued commitment to investing in small towns and rural communities. These loans and grants will spur entrepreneurship, create jobs and improve the quality of life in rural America.”

The funding is being provided through the Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant (REDLG) program. Under this program, USDA provides zero-interest loans and grants to local utilities, which use the funding to create revolving funds for projects that will create or retain jobs in rural areas.

USDA is making $37 million in loans and $11 million in grants available. A recipient may receive a loan of up to $1 million, or a grant of up to $300,000.

Since 2009, USDA has invested more than $330 million in loans and grants through the REDLG program.

In 2015, Aiken Technical College in Graniteville, S.C., received a $1 million loan to build a facility to provide training in advanced manufacturing. The 35,000-square-foot facility, called the Center for Energy and Advanced Manufacturing, or CEAM, will help the college’s students graduate with degrees in technically advanced fields of study.

The REDLG program has also been successful in StrikeForce counties. The StrikeForce for Rural Growth and Opportunity Initiative is part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to address persistent poverty across America. As areas of persistent poverty are identified, USDA staff work with state, local and community officials to increase awareness of USDA programs and help build program participation through intensive community outreach and technical assistance. In 2015, the South Mississippi Electric Power Association used part of a $2 million REDLG loan to help the city of Greenwood buy and renovate a building for the Milwaukee Tools company. Once completed, this project is expected to create more than 100 jobs in Lenore County, a designated StrikeForce area.

For information on how to apply for REDLG loans or grants, contact your Rural Development state office or see page 14415 of the March 17 Federal Register. The first round of applications is due March 31, 2016, and the second round of applications is due June 30, 2016.

President Obama’s historic investments in rural America have made our rural communities stronger. Under his leadership, these investments in housing, community facilities, businesses and infrastructure have empowered rural America to continue leading the way – strengthening America’s economy, small towns and rural communities.

About Multilateral Development Banks

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About Multilateral Development Banks

Financing and Business Opportunities
The Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) are international financial institutions that promote economic and social progress in their developing member countries. Each year, the MDBs (the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the African Development Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) extend a combined total of almost $50 billion in loans, grants, and investments to the public and private sectors for economic and social development in developing markets.

However, many U.S. exporters are missing out on these extremely lucrative opportunities because they lack the necessary information about the projects and are unfamiliar with the MDBs and foreign government tendering procedures.

There are five MDBs available to assist you:
African Development Bank
Asian Development Bank
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Inter-American Bank
World Bank

Download the following brochures to learn about:
The procurement and project cycle from programming to execution
Identifying potential business opportunities that you can pursue through the Multilateral Development Banks.
Constructing winning bid proposals

Business Development in Emerging Markets the
World Bank

How to Do Business with the
Asian Development Bank

How to Do Business with the
African Development Bank

How to Do Business with the
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

How to Do Business with the
Inter-American Development Bank

The United States plays an important role in the activities of the multilateral development banks (MDBs) and is typically the largest single shareholder, contributing generously to the development projects in the countries where the banks operate. As a result, Congress has mandated that the U.S. Department of Commerce have a Commercial Liaison Office at each of the MDBs in order to protect American commercial interests and advise U.S. firms on how to work with the MDBs, promote risk mitigation strategies for emerging market activities, and advocate on procurement and contracting issues.

For additional information on MDBs,
please visit: www.export.gov/advocacy.

The U.S. Commercial Service in China

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The U.S. Commercial Service China

The U.S. Commercial Service in China offers valuable assistance to American businesses exporting goods and services to China. The office is part of a global network of trade specialists dedicated to assisting U.S. commercial interests worldwide.

Trade specialists at each of regional locations in China, including the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and four Consulates in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Shenyang, are happy to help identify trade opportunities and local potential trading partners within their perspective regions, as well as provide invaluable information across a variety of different industry sectors.

Upcoming Events

Webinar Series: Avoiding and Managing Business Disputes in China,
March 8-29, 2016

A Catalyst for Change in Reducing the Global Cardiovascular Disease Burden
March 22, 2016

U.S. – China Business Summit, Wuhan & Fuzhou
March 23-25, 2016

Connect to U.S. Companies and Organizations at Hannover Messe
April 25-29, 2016

IE Expo, Shanghai
May 5-7, 2016

China Beauty Expo (CBE), Shanghai
May 18-20, 2016

U.S. – China VOC Control and Air Quality Management Symposium, Shenyang
May 20, 2016

China Aerospace Propulsion Technology Summit, Guiyang
May 25-26, 2016

SelectUSA Investment Summit, Washington DC
June 19-21, 2016

Mobile & Mobility China, Shanghai
August 25-27, 2016

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