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Did you Know?
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| Between 1997 and 2002, the number of Hispanic-owned businesses in Louisville jumped over 43%, beating the state average of 41% and the national average of 31%. |
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Opportunities for Minority-Owned Businesses with the Ohio River Bridges Project
Learn more from the KY Office of Business and Occupational Development or the Ohio River Bridges website.
Interested in starting a business?
The Greater Louisville Small Business Development Center (SBDC) now offers all of its services in Spanish and English. They provide free, confidential consulting services to for-profit small business owners, as well as entrepreneurs wishing to start a small business. They cover a 9-county area which includes Metro Louisville (Jefferson County), Bullitt, Carroll, Henry, Oldham, Owen, Shelby, Spencer and Trimble counties.
Their consulting services cover a variety of topics such as:
Business Plan Consulting
Financial Plan Development
Advice on Loan Programs and Alternative Funding Options
Advice on Marketing Plans
Greater Louisville SBDC also provides small business seminars, workshops, and online courses at no cost or low cost, which can be offered in Spanish or with an interpretor present. Visit their website for more information: http://www.louisvillesmallbiz.org/.
Connecting minority-owned businesses with corporate America
The Kentuckiana Minority Business Council provides a direct link between corporate America and minority-owned businesses. With its nationally recognized certification process, excellent training programs for corporations and MBE firms, and its affiliation with the National Minority Supplier Development Council, KMBC is this region's premier multi-ethnic business to business matchmaking organization helping MBEs earn contracts and helping corporations and the public sector improve their supplier diversity programs and results. Learn more at http://www.kmbc.biz/.
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