Women and minorities are responsible for most of the small business start-ups across the country, but West Michigan is missing the boat. A planned entrepreneurial center will combat stereotypes to give these business owners a fair chance to succeed.
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It is time for Grand Rapids and all of West Michigan to tap into a new gold mine of entrepreneurs – women and minorities.
That is why Goei, along with the GRACC and other West Michigan community, civic and business leaders are moving forward with a new plan to build a resource center for entrepreneurs in Grand Rapids. They want to create a center where creative, new entrepreneurial visions can grow and flourish, with a focus on businesses operated by women and minorities.
“This goes right along with the New Agenda for Michigan in that we are addressing a future that is going to be very different from today,” said Goei.
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