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Register by August 20th to be eligible for one-on-one B2B Matchmaking appointments, where you will be be matched with Buyers one-on-one to pitch your business' goods or services. To be eligible, small businesses must also attend a mandatory 90-minute prep session ahead of Business Builder to ensure you put your best foot forward when it most counts. Small businesses must be from the 5-County Area (Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.) 

Expand your network with diverse small businesses specializing in the professional services and commodities when you book your sponsorship for Business Builder. Register by August 20th to be eligible for a B2B Matchmaking virtual room for one-on-one appointments with  pre-screened small businesses and suppliers. Sponsorships also include a live sponsor page on the event site, prominent logo placement on website and event site, as well as a menu of other opportunities for speaking, workshops and lunch sponsors.

We match small businesses and buyers for 15 minute one-on-one sessions based on self reported company profiles you build on Business Builder's registration site and NAICS codes. Small business subcontractors must attend a 90 minute pre-event prep session to ensure they are prepared to pitch. Eligibility deadlines for Matchmaking appointments is August 20th.

Matchmaking appointments are not guaranteed. Appointments are scheduled when there is a match. 

Plenary Session I: Representatives from the City and County, of LA to present bid opportunities in professional services, commodities and construction in LA County. Plenary II: OneLA presents Keynote Speakers LaMecia Butler, Program Manager of Supplier Diversity from Facebook, and Ricardo Roberts, Executive Producer from Bien in conversation about how to do business with Facebook, moderated by LA Area Chamber of Commerce President & CEO, Maria S. Salinas.