You are cordially invited to attend the 6^th Annual Asian American Business Forum hosted by the Asian American Chambers of Commerce of Tampa Bay in conjuncture with USF Small Business Development Center.

Topic: Doing Business with Major and Emerging Markets in Asia

Featuring speakers from Sykes Enterprises’ Upper Management and Previous CEO of Dairy Farm, that owns Starbucks, 7-Eleven, and grocery chains all over Asia.

Date:    Saturday, April 24, 2010.

Time:   8:00 AM – 8:50 AM - Registration

            9:00 AM – 1:00 PM - Program

Place:  USF College of Business – Graduate Wing

            4202 E. Fowler Ave

            Tampa, FL 33620

Registration:    $10 before April 18, 2010, $20 at the door.  Tickets include breakfast, lunch, networking and participation in all discussion panels.

For More Information visit:  www.sbdctampabay.com or www.aacctampabay.org,

The forum will also feature a panel of successful entrepreneurs, including Mr. Sidd Pagidipati, who grew Freedom Health from $0 revenue and 3 employees in 2004 to $500 million and over 400 employees in 2010, and Dr. Wen Chung, an engineer and real estate developer who designed and constructed more than 1,500 acres of single family subdivisions ranging from 10 acres to 400 acres communities, more than 500 units of residential condominiums, 3 industrial parks, 6 office/warehouse buildings and 7 shopping centers.

LET US LEARN FROM OUR LOCAL BUSINESS LEADERS AND GET INFORMATION THAT WILL TAKE YOUR BUSINESS TO THE NEXT LEVEL BY DOING BUSINESS IN ASIA!

• The upside/downside to global outsourcing
• How to determine whether outsourcing is right for you and your business.
  
• Ways to evaluate outsourcing companies
  
• What employees overseas cost.
  
• What to expect from overseas employees
  
• What your competition is doing
  
• How outsourcing affects the economies of the world.
• and more..

Monthly Business Meeting/Networking Event

Wednesday 2/17/2010 6:30 pm

Topic:

Incorporating Tax Strategy in your Business Plan

Succeeding with Good Tax Planning in 2010

Presented By Amol Nirgudkar, CPA

 www.reliancecpa.com  amol@reliancecpa.com
Managing Partner, Reliance Consulting, LLC

No RSVP Required: This is a Free Event. Dinner will be Served.

6:30- 7:00 Registration, Dinner, Networking

7:00 - 7:30 Networking, Introductions

7:30 - 8:30 Presentation and Q&A

Presenter's Bio: Graduating with the highest honors from University of South Florida, Amol earned two bachelors degrees in Accounting and Finance and a Masters degree in Accounting. Amol started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP as a staff auditor and later worked with a well- known Tampa Bay CPA firm as tax and business consultant.

Throughout his professional career, Amol has advised clients ranging from small businesses to large corporations and provided sophisticated tax and advisory services. Amol has developed a significant niche in the healthcare space and has served over 500 physician clients in the Tampa Bay area. He has authored a handbook (Navigating the Business of Medicine) for medical residents and physicians who wish to start their own private practice.

In Amol’s words, “a CPA must look beyond the tax returns”. Most of Amol’s clients compose of highly successful entrepreneurs and professionals who need “hands-on” help and advice in setting up and operating their businesses. Amol views the role of a CPA as a trusted advisor that helps business owners make timely and effective decisions that add value.

This novel approach was appreciated and featured in CPA Today magazine who named Amol as the new generation of CPAs who are changing and shaping the profession. Amol has delivered lectures at USF classrooms discussing this new important role of the CPA profession. In 2008, the USF School of Accountancy awarded two $ 1000 scholarships in Amol’s name for students who excelled in accounting.

www.IIFFTampa.com

The Indo-US Chamber of Commerce is proud to present the IndiaInternational Film Festival (IIFF) of Tampa Bay. The chamber’s missionhas always been to provide active forums for interaction, education andcommunity involvement. We have been successful in the past in theseendeavors through various events like the MOSI partnership forDemystifying India, Expo and training with the International BusinessSummit and black tie events like the Banyan Ball.

Over35,000 people of Indian origin call Tampa bay their home. It is one ofthe fastest growing demographic and contributes approximately 3 billiondollars in revenue through diverse business fields such as Healthcare,IT, Retail, Hospitality, Real Estate and Manufacturing.

Onefield that plays a vital role in connecting this community and engagingothers is films. India is one of the world’s largest makers of filmsproducing over a thousand films annually in several languages. Thesefilms are widely viewed and enjoyed in over 80 different marketsworldwide.

With the IIFF we hope to bring the community andbusiness together through this medium of films, while providing aplatform for independent film-makers to showcase their efforts.

TheIndia International Film Festival (IIFF) of Tampa Bay will take placebetween 22nd January 2010 and 24th January 2010 at Channelside Cinemasin Tampa. This three day festival will open with a main featurepresentation and opening night gala, followed by a variety of featurefilms, short films, and documentaries from different genres.

We invite you to join us in the festival. 

Indo-US Chamber of Commerce is once again sponsoring Thanksgiving Day Dinners this year to needy families in east Hillsborough county. Please join us and pour your heart into another's soul, see the smile of appreciation and the relief of families knowing that they will have a hearty thanksgiving meal. The chamber has partnered with a local grocery store to provide food items at a special discount as we try to feed one family for $25. Qualifying families will be presented with a $25 certificate on November 19th, 6:30 pm at Dover Elementary School, 3035 Nelson Ave. Dover, FL 33527.There will be no food distribution, only gift certificates to purchase food.

We are also collecting new/unused blankets to be donated at the same event. Blankets can be brought to Indo-US business meetings or please call numbers below to make arrangements.

Please make checks payable to Indo-US Chamber of commerce, P.O. Box 20232, Tampa, FL 33622 . Checks should reach us by November 13th to be used for this purpose. Please call us at the numbers provided below to let us know if you need more time to get the checks to us. You may also pay online through our website www.indo-us.org
For more information Contact Kavita Marballi 813-767-3538, Kamala Chetty -813-943-3768, Francis Vayalumkal 813-719-0303

November 18th Business Meeting

Business Meeting - October 21st, Wednesday 6:30 pm
Topic :Micro-Lecture Series

Come and Join the Indo-US Chamber at this networking event and learn through the presentation :

"Micro-Continuity" How to build small streams of passive income that become a river of cash flow by Chris Krimitsos.

Come and join Indo-US for a Joint event with Florida Association of Physicians of Indian origin (FAPI)
 

 Topic: How the Healthcare Reform will affect you and your business.

Location: Quorum Hotel, 700 N. Westshore Blvd, Tampa, FL 33609

March Networking Event and Business meeting

When: March 18th, 6:30 pm

Where:

Come and Network with the members of the Indo-US Chamber of Commerce and learn more about "Wine Pairings ettiquette for professionals" and taste some of your favorite wines.

6:30 pm - 7:00 pm - Registration, Networking and Dinner

7:00 pm - 8:30 - Presentation, Wine Tasting