{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep. 24 - Minorities in Government Contracting with Giovanna May","description":"The Mahogany Thoughts team welcomes Giovanna May, Director for the Small Business Development Council at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. Topics this week included how to start a government business, challenges for minorities in starting or maintaining a business, the importance of building teams to improve revenue growth, and how to register on government websites to begin the process to respond to bids and grants offered by local, state, and federal agencies.&amp;nbsp; Director May can be reached at gdimagg@siue.edu or access the website https:\/\/www.siue.edu\/business\/sbdc\/ for more information. Hosts: Dr. Terrence Duncan, Terrence Butler, and Carmel Brown ","author_name":"Mahogany Thoughts","author_url":"http:\/\/mthoughts.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/19005788\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/19005788"}