Tag: Small Business Administration

African-American

Jackson State University Counsels Local Small Businesses Impacted By COVID-19

Jackson State University’s Small Business Development Center is working with local small businesses impacted by the pandemic.

April 30, 2020

HBCUs

Letter Requests Progress on Small Business Administration’s Outreach to HBCUs

Five members of Congress has signed a bipartisan letter to  the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) associate administrator, Allen Gutierrez, requesting that the agency report its progress in implementing last year’s outreach goals to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). In April 2019, Gutierrez testified on how SBA could provide better entrepreneurial services to HBCUs in […]

February 7, 2020

Military

Program Helps Prepare and Educate Veterans for Self-Employment

As a way to provide veterans, active military members and their spouses with resources, support and workforce training, Hillsborough Community College (HCC) has established an entrepreneurship program in partnership with Syracuse University’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families.

September 5, 2019

News Roundup

Facebook To Teach Small-Business Owners Social Media Marketing

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg announced on Wednesday the company is partnering with the National Urban League to bring training programs to many popular cities to teach small-business owners how to market their businesses on social media. Beginning in 2019, the social media company will host biannual training sessions at Urban League facilities, free of cost. […]

August 2, 2018

News Roundup

Tom Brokaw Cancels Commencement Speech Amid Allegations

FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A Connecticut university says former news anchor Tom Brokaw has withdrawn as commencement speaker after facing allegations of sexual harassment. The Hartford Courant reports Sacred Heart University announced the cancellation Friday. University president John Petillo says Brokaw didn’t want to district from students and families, “given the events in the news.” A […]

April 29, 2018