Becoming certified as a minority-owned business allows you to access certain government and private-sector programs that can help support your efforts. In 2012, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that ...

Most first-time founders take the leap because they have a pretty good idea: a better product, an improved business model or key insights that the existing market has left unaddressed. Thinking, ...

After about 25 years in the IT field, Theresa Harris wasn’t moving up the ladder, she was “spreading out.” With clients in Ohio, Michigan and Kentucky, she was always on the road and feared she was ...

Local and county requirements have hampered a state of Ohio program created to increase the flow of business to minority business enterprises, or MBEs. Proposed legislation would remedy that by ...

Lorraine and Clifton Marshall, partners in marriage and business, have successfully climbed the minority business-certification mountain. Sitting in their office near the airport, they produce two ...

One way for minority- and women-business owners to secure larger contracts and increase their revenue is to become a certified minority contractor — a process that, in same cases, has been known to ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Small, women- and minority-owned businesses possess the ...