Lake One® announced today they have officially become a Certified LGBT Business Enterprise™ through the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC). The NGLCC is the largest advocacy organization dedicated to expanding economic opportunities and advancement for LGBT people and the exclusive certifying body for LGBT-owned businesses.
“We are so pleased to welcome Lake One to the ever-expanding network of NGLCC certified LGBT Business Enterprises and the hundreds of corporations and government agencies eager to put them to work,” said NGLCC Co-Founder and President Justin Nelson and CoFounder and CEO Chance Mitchell. “According to NGLCC’s groundbreaking America’s LGBT Economy report, America’s estimated 1.4 million LGBT business owners, many of them NGLCC certified, add over $1.7 trillion to the GDP and create tens of thousands of new jobs. We are proud to count Lake One among those who prove every day that LGBT businesses are the future of the American economy.”
Lake One is now eligible to participate in the NGLCC’s supplier diversity programs with the Fortune 500 and government agencies nationwide, can take advantage of the vast educational opportunities promoted by the NGLCC and can work to foster business-to-business relationships with other Certified LGBT Business Enterprise™ companies worldwide throughout the year.
“I’m honored to have Lake One join the ranks of NGLCC certified LGBT Business Enterprises. We join an economic force of LGBT owned businesses creating jobs and adding value to communities across the country. Diversity and impact are core to our DNA and this certification helps recognize those values,” says Ryan Ruud, Founder and CEO at Lake One.
About Lake One: Founded in 2014, Lake One is a revenue operations and growth firm based in Minneapolis, MN. They partner with B2B organizations to compete and win online by planning, building and implementing aligned sales and marketing programs. They help organizations navigate sales and marketing technology decisions to deploy right sized tools that scale program performance.
About NGLCC: The National LGBT Chamber of Commerce is the business voice of the LGBT community and the largest global not-for-profit advocacy organization specifically dedicated to expanding economic opportunities and advancements for LGBT people. NGLCC is the exclusive certification body for LGBT-owned businesses. www.nglcc.org