Small Business Workshop Series

707 West Main Street,Louisville KY 40202

21 July, 2022

Description

Free business resources, food and funding! Small Business Workshop History In 2020, we received a $25,000 grant from Render Capital to give five for-profit businesses a $5,000 unrestricted investment. We hosted our first six-month cohort of twenty businesses with five to graduate. Render Capital has remained connected to those businesses and recently provided a networking night and free headshots for those who participated. With the success from our first cohort our second cohort attendance more than doubled in size. Our first meeting we had over 80 local Black-businesses in one space! With the high-turn out in mind we set some lofty fundraising goals. We were able to graduate and fund fifteen local Black-women owned businesses unrestricted checks of $2,500 a piece. I raised almost $40,000 without a grant, and it was hard work! Small Business Workshop Updates Due to lack of funding we are switching up our approach to how we provide free business information and funding! Please join us at Leadership Louisville (707 West Main Street) on: Thursday July 21, 2022 from 7-9 PM to discuss starting a nonprofit Thursday August 18, 2022 from 7-9 PM to discuss opening a for-profit business Thursday September 15, 2022 from 7-9 PM for Speed Networking and Fundraising There is no attendance commitment and there will be no graduation from these courses. Attending a session guarantees you a one-on-one business assessment and resource packet. Participants who attend a session will be incentivized with a free meal, childcare provided, and an opportunity to win $1,000. Pocket Change Updates We will be opening Pocket Change back up on Wednesday June 1, 2022! Our new hours of operation will be: Wednesday 4-8 PM and Thursday 4-8 PM Friday 5-9 PM and Saturday 5-9 PM Pocket Change is now a stand-alone LLC located at 1519 Baxter Avenue and we no longer wholesale products. How can you get involved? Do you have a youth ages 16-21 in your household? We are hiring for the summer and have been given four positions with the SummerWorks program. If your teen is looking for summer work please let them know we are hiring for a retail position and the application can be found here: https://dashboard.kentuckianaearns.com/components/dashboard?controller=job&task=previewFromDatabase&id=692