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Dropbox requests you to take action with TealBook by November 4, 2022.

Create an account with TealBook by inputting your information. For instructions on how to upload a diversity certification or self certify as a diverse business, click here. 

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Hello Dropbox Supplier,

Here at Dropbox, our mission is to design a more enlightened way of working—and we’re committed to being a force for positive change. Our diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts are a major part of our culture, how our systems function internally, and how we think about our business. Investing in our communities both within and outside Dropbox is important to us. 

Your company may qualify as a small or diverse business—i.e. an organization owned by women, minorities, veterans, LGBTs, individuals with a disability, or any of the other categories listed in the table below. If so, we encourage you to self-certify or upload your diversity certification to TealBook.

At Dropbox, we embrace many different forms of diversity, and have adopted a number of different ways that you might become certified as a diverse supplier. The supplier diversity certification path can be time consuming and resource heavy, so we’ve partnered with TealBook to enable self-certification for all our partners.

For step-by-step instructions on the quick and easy process to self-certify or upload your existing diversity certification, see below. The use of the TealBook platform for uploading your diversity certification or to self-certify is free of charge, optional and takes less than 10 minutes. 

We appreciate your partnership.

Lauren Halpern, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Manager, Dropbox

 

How to Upload a Diversity Certification

1. Sign up for a free TealBook account with your email, log in, and navigate to your Profile page.
2. Navigate to the Qualifications section, and in the Add a Certification drop down menu, select Diversity.
4. From the Name of Certification drop down menu, select the appropriate Certification Name.
5. Upload the appropriate certificate, and enter the certification expiration date and certificate number.
3. Under Certification Agency, select one of the available agencies. If the Certification Agency is not available, select Other, and manually type in the Agency Name.
6. To conclude the process, check the supplier verification box, and click Add. This process can be replicated multiple times, one for each unique certificate you would like to upload. 

How to Self Certify

1. Sign up for a free TealBook account with your email, log in, and navigate to your Profile page.
2. Navigate to the Qualifications section, and in the Add a Certification drop down menu, select Diversity.
5. Fill in additional details including your certifying location (out of locations currently listed on your Supplier Profile), and the certification subtype (if applicable).
3. Under Certification Agency, select Self Certify.
4. From the Name of Certification drop down menu, select the appropriate Certification Name.
6. Verify that the certified information is correct, and then click the Add button. Once you have clicked Add, you will see a link to a downloadable certificate generated by TealBook. 
Category Definition
MBE Minority Business Enterprise is a business at least 51% owned by someone Asian, Black, Hispanic or Native American.
WBE Women Business Enterprise is an independent business that is at least 51% owned and controlled by one or more women; whose business formation and principal place of business are in the U.S. or its territories; and whose management and daily operation is controlled by a woman with industry expertise.
SB Small Business includes privately owned corporations, partnerships, or sole proprietorships that have fewer employees (500) and/or less annual revenue than a regular-sized business or corporation.

SDB

Small Disadvantaged Business is a small business that is at least 51% owned by one or more individuals who are both socially and economically disadvantaged.

Self-Certified SDB

Self-Certified SDB is a self-certification recognized by the Small Business Association (SBA) of the US Government.

DBE

Disadvantaged Business Enterprise is a program intended for for-profit small business where socially and economically disadvantaged individuals own at least a 51% and also control management and daily operations.

WOSB

Women Owned Small Business is a small business concern that is at least 51% directly and unconditionally owned and controlled by one or more women.

ED-WOSB

Economically Disadvantaged Women Owned Small Business is a small business concern that is at least 51% directly and unconditionally owned and controlled by one or more women who are economically disadvantaged.

Veteran

Veteran is a business that is at least 51% directly and unconditionally owned and controlled by a Veteran.

Service Disabled Veteran

Service Disabled Veteran is a business that is at least 51% directly and unconditionally owned and controlled by a registered Service-Disabled Veteran.

HUBZONE

Under-utilized Business Zone is a small business at least 51% owned and controlled by U.S. citizens, a Community Development Corporation, an agricultural cooperative, a Native Hawaiian organization, or an Indian tribe. Has its principal office located and at least 35 percent of its employees living in a HUBZone.

HBCU

Historically Black Colleges and University and Minority Institutions are any historically black colleges or universities established before 1964, whose principal mission was, and is, the education of black Americans, and that is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association determined by the Secretary of Education.

ANC

Alaska Native Claim (ANC) / INDIAN TRIBES are any Regional Corporation, Village Corporation, Urban Corporation or Group Corporation organized under the laws of the State of Alaska in accordance with the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA).

Disabled Business

Disabled Business, often referred to as Disability-Owned Business Enterprise (DOBE), is a business that is at least 51% owned, operated, and controlled by one or more individuals with a disability.

8(a)

8(a) Business Development Program designed to assist socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses.

LGBT

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender is a small business at least 51% owned, operated, managed, and controlled by an LGBT person or persons who are either U.S. citizens or permanent residents.