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What do you get when you add six of America’s leading corporations together in an alliance to open their supply chains to small business? As much as $150 Billion in new business opportunities for American small business, that’s what.

In a press release on 9/14/2010, IBM announced that a six company alliance lead by IBM will launch an initiative known as “Supplier Connection” in the first quarter of 2011, opening the doors of these companies combined $150 Billion supply chain needs to American small businesses as new business opportunities.

Key to this opportunity is that Supplier Connection will serve as a free, single tool that small businesses will be able to use to plug into these large companies, find out about purchasing needs, and make their expertise known.

These six companies – AT&T, Bank of America, Citigroup, IBM, Pfizer, and UPS – are looking for small businesses like yours: Under 500 employees; For-Profit companies; Providers of excellent products and services; Well run and managed organizations that deliver on their promises.

And their need for products and services will be both broad and deep. According to the IBM press release, initial demand will include the need for services, marketing, food, construstion, and many more categories.

Here’s the only catch: The program is not launched yet. It’s scheduled to launch in the first quarter of 2011, and that leaves you just enough time to completely forget about this exceptional opportunity. And as of this writing (Sept 2010) there’s not yet a sign-up for more information on the Supplier Connection website.

So I've created a free sign-up for more information. To sign up for free alerts about this program, and to get your business ready to compete, just go to:

http://www.DustinWalling.com/SupplierConnection">http://www.DustinWalling.com/SupplierConnection/

The Supplier Connection initiative by IBM and the initial five launch partners will continue to grow: the initiative plans as many as 100 major company members in the initial launch period, meaning billions in opportunity for small business.

Simply sign up for program alerts and more information by visiting:

http://www.DustinWalling.com/SupplierConnection">http://www.DustinWalling.com/SupplierConnection/

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