Sentences with phrase «owned business community»

In the minority - and women - owned business community, the talk is typically that the city isn't doing enough to give them contracts and that the state's leading the way.

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SBA CDC / 504 Lending is a long - term financing tool designed to encourage economic development within under - served communities and among minority - owned businesses.

«The 30 % Club is really taking a business - based approach to this, and enlisting the business community itself to perform better in terms of getting women onto boards and in positions of leadership, really for its own self - interest,» Trenowden explains.

Successful people don't see money solely as a personal reward; they see money as a way to grow a business, reward and develop employees, give back to the community... in short, not just to make their own lives better but to improve the lives of other people, too.

Wells Fargo, according to my own analysis of its Q1 earnings report, showed surging deposits in its «community banking» category (consumer and small business), but declining deposits in its «wholesale banking» category, and plunging deposits in its Wealth and Investment Management (WIM) category.

The community rallied, and Kepler's reopened later that year with a new business plan and more than $ 1 million invested by locals who didn't want to see the family - owned business perish.

We have seen a boom in minority - owned businesses, particularly in the Latino and immigrant communities.

Third, the business community must approach these efforts with the same long - term investor mindset and management rigor they apply in their own companies, making data - driven investments and evaluating, learning, and adjusting as they go.

They can make business connections, reach out to customers, locate contract workers and find people they could never meet in their own local communities.

Most of the business community, and many of the president's own economic advisers, are urging him not to do it, or at least soften the blow by targeting certain offending countries.

Today, Jumpstart not only helps Cleveland - based entrepreneurs get their businesses funded and supported, it also advises other communities around the country, says Jumpstart chief executive officer, Ray Leach, working with 18 different cities on how they too can create their own thriving entrepreneurial economies.

With his ambiguous response to the unambiguous situation in Charlottesville, President Trump has now completed his alienation of the congressional leadership of his own party, his top military leadership, and his top allies in the business community.

«My son and I always wanted to run our own business together, and we wanted our business to reflect something we were passionate about that that benefits the community,» Jerry says.

Whether it involves Bitcoin or not, it seems entirely possible that if Reddit continues to go down the road towards becoming a business - oriented company, hard - core members of the community could start looking for alternatives — or possibly even get together to build one of their own.

A thriving entrepreneurial community filled with people striking out on their own for all the right reasons can provide the right platform to launch a thriving small business.

«They save lives in local hospitals and own businesses in communities urban and rural throughout this country.»

The more startup successes there are in Canada, he argues, the more rapidly the tech community — and thus his own tech business — will grow.

Phil and Sheila Harris wanted to own a business that would give them the opportunity to help out those in need, both in their local community and around the world.

«We can't just be a southwestern Ontario school doing business in our own backyard, as we need to develop skills and knowledge to successfully participate in a global community,» he said.

If you are a sandwich - shop owner with loyal customers and want to open a second location, why not allow the community a chance to own a piece of the business?

Depending on a company's requirements, owned online communities exhibit numerous possibilities for an enhanced business value.

That's because many of the so - called nonbank banks — some of the big credit - card companies and brokerage houses, for instance — have based their own business plans on growth within the entrepreneurial marketplace, in large part because that segment of the economy has been ignored by much of the banking community for years.

After week 8, due to an overwhelming response from the entrepreneurial community, 52businesses shifted its focus from building proprietary ventures to collaborating with aspiring business owners to help them kickstart their own dreams.

Obviously, besides immediately abandoning its propaganda campaign, the Chinese government should reassure the global business community with concrete, honest, realistic, and market - based solutions that address the underlying pathologies of China's poor economic performance: massive debt, endemic overcapacity, and an economic system that channels low - cost capital into inefficient state - owned enterprises at the expense of private entrepreneurs and consumers.

A report from the nonpartisan Fiscal Policy Institute's Immigration Research Center, for instance, looked at data from the Survey of Business Owners and the American Community Survey and determined that though immigrants make up 13 percent of the U.S. population in general, they make up 18 percent of small business owners, and that immigrant - owned businesses account for 14 percent of private sector empBusiness Owners and the American Community Survey and determined that though immigrants make up 13 percent of the U.S. population in general, they make up 18 percent of small business owners, and that immigrant - owned businesses account for 14 percent of private sector empbusiness owners, and that immigrant - owned businesses account for 14 percent of private sector employment.

If you really believe in the future and believe that your work is important to your community, you'll be able to overcome adversity, win clients, and own a respected, profitable and successful business.

An order for two dozen community tables from a family - owned furniture business in North Carolina is one of the ways Starbucks exhibits its commitment to locally - relevant design using sustainable materials.

Any company in the business community can be considered for the award, provided the company is a Canadian - owned private business in at least its third year of operation as of December 2016, with minimum annual revenues of $ 5 million and meets all eligibility criteria.

The big picture vision for Women Who Cowork is to have a global alliance of women - owned coworking spaces, and women coworking managers who are connecting with each other, providing support, gaining access to resources, services, funding and community in a way that promotes their business, helps them run a better business and provides visibility to them in both the press and the people in coworking.

As part of its commitment to investing in the community and partnering with women - and minority - owned businesses, Starbucks is also working with Rachel Bernier - Green, owner of Laine's Bake Shop, to supply a Red Velvet Cheesecake Brownie to the store in Englewood.

CMIT provides a tremendous amount of support and there is a large community of fellow business owners and technicians that I can leverage so I am never completely on my own.»

If you're interested in becoming a business owner in a rapidly growing and community - oriented marketplace, get ahead of the curve with your very own CMIT franchise.

Toronto businesses can take advantage of the cryptocurrency community, which ultimately gives your business another demographic on top of your own to leverage.

Loopstra Nixon is proud to serve the Chinese Canadian Community and Chinese Canadian owned and operated business.

Auto dealers and other opponents say Tesla would open the door for other carmakers to sell directly, undermining a system of locally owned dealerships that employ thousands in Connecticut, give to local charities and are committed to, and entrenched in, the communities where they do business.

The multi-million dollar commitment benefits Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), Main Street Launch (California), Carolina Small Business Development Fund (North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida), and PeopleFund (Texas), to provide loans for veterans looking to start or grow their own businesses.

Wright - Lacy urged corporate America to increase its use of minority - owned businesses because, by promoting supplier diversity, these corporations are helping to support the economic base of the communities in which they live, work and do business.

Choose your own path to happiness by owning your own frozen yogurt franchise and making your community a happier place If you've ever found yourself unable to face one more gray day in a cubicle farm working toward somebody else's dream, you may have daydreamed about owning your own business.

Due to the nature of local business, local dealers also care a lot about their own reputation in the communities they serve.

Luckily, «Momtrepreneurs» across the country are starting online communities to provide a support structure to help one another — not just in the aspects of raising a family, but in offering advice so women entrepreneurs can grow their own successful businesses.

As a matter of fact, when it comes to women - owned businesses, it has been shown that when women thrive, families, communities, and entire economies also thrive.

There are specialized 7 (a) program options for exporting companies, those in underserved communities, those with military ties (such as a veteran business owner or businesses owned by the spouse of an active service member), and those with cyclical or seasonal businesses that need help with short - term financial needs.

The goal of the presentation is to provide audience members with information that will inspire them and encourage them to return to their own town or city and work to increase engagement of underrepresented segments of their community in entrepreneurism and small business growth.

betahaus is a community and coworking space in Berlin for people who want to work on their own projects and businesses while exchanging knowledge, ideas, and inspiration with others.

Many of the trade measures that President Trump has proposed, including tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum, have divided his own advisers, the business community and the Republican Party.

If you want to start your own day care business, take a look at your local community.

While we've all heard stories about family businesses gone bad (think McCain Foods and its bitter succession feud), family - owned firms are the bedrock of communities and the backbone of economies...

She is thrilled to open a studio of her own in Burlingame, California and finally live her dream of operating her own business and being a positive role model in the community.

The 2012 budget removed part - time panels of three community representatives — one labour, one business, and one government, and replaced them with full - time adjudicators working on their own.

The stores aim to boost local economic development through the creation of new jobs and by partnering with women - and minority - owned businesses and local nonprofits to provide job skills training opportunities for youth in the community.