Tell Webster Is it time to change the way we define minority entrepreneur?

By Cynthia E. Griffin • May 1, 2000

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.

In some respects, "tween" is the best way to describeC. Michael Gooden's com-pany. Integrated Systems Inc. hasoutgrown the SBA's definition of small, but it's definitelynot a Fortune 1000 corporation.

But if a controversial initiative approved by the NationalMinority Supplier Development Council works as planned, Gooden anda select group of minority entrepreneurs could break into theFortune ranks.

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