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How The SBA Helped This Black-Owned Media Company Get Started
Among the largest African-American owned and operated media corporations in the United States, Radio One was started by Catherine L. Hughes in 1980. Key to her sucessful start was a SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loan for $600,000 in 1980.
Radio One owns and/or operates 53 radio stations located in 16 urban markets in the United States. Radio One received investments totaling $9.5 million from SBA-licensed SBICs in the late 1990s.
Many of the SBA programs offering Small Business Grants, Loan Programs and Counseling Programs for women are offered through state agencies.
Introduction to the Small Business Administration
Small Business Administration HUBZone Program
SBA Low-Interest Disaster Loans
SBA Loans Explained
HUBZone Certification Program Webinar
HUBZone certification allows certain small businesses to compete for set-aside contracts aimed at spurring investment in low median income or high unemployment areas.
SBA 8(a) Business Development Program Webinar
Local Assistance from the Small Business Administration
These nearby offices and online assistance can help your business start up, succeed and grow. This short video provides a good introduction to services near you.
Small Business Administration Resources for Veterans
SCORE Services to Small Business - An Introduction
Featured Government Grant Resources
Community Development Credit Unions
A Community Development Credit Union, more commonly known as a CDCU, is a credit financial institution which owned and controlled by its members in an effort to sustain the ability of being able to provide a wide array of financial services.
Minority Business Enterprise Centers for Minority-Owned Businesses
The The Minority Business Development Agency has recently constituted the Minority Business Enterprise Centers (MBEC) Program wherein it aims to support minority-owned businesses by providing them with electronic and one-on-one business development services for a reasonably nominal fee.
Social Entrepreneurship
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Role Philanthropy Plays in Impact Investing
Learn How SCORE Can Help Your Business
Find Funding for Your Invention
Learn How to Identify and Avoid Grant Scams
