Small business owners have the opportunity for grants to further grow their business and help the economy grow.
RISE: A SLOW ECONOMY DOESN’T HAVE TO SLOW YOU DOWN. I’M RISE JILL MILLER.
ACCORDING TO THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, THERE ARE MORE THAN TWENTY-SEVEN MILLION SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE U-S. AND, BETWEEN SIXTY AND EIGHTY PERCENT OF ALL NEW JOBS CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THEM.
IN ITS TWELTH YEAR, MILLER COORS WILL AWARD ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS THROUGH ITS MILLER COORS URBAN ENTREPRENEURS SERIES — MUES. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE FOR A TOTAL OF $150,000 IN BUSINESS GRANTS AND HAS BECOME A STAPLE IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
BLACK ENTERPRISE’S EDITOR-AT-LARGE, ALFRED EDMOND, JR.:
ALFRED: WE KNOW JOBS ARE NEEDED TO BUILD COMMUNITIES. MUES IS A VIABLE RESOURCE FOR ASPIRING ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. THROUGH THIS COMPETITION, ENTREPRENEURS COMPETE FOR MUCH-NEEDED CAPITAL TO FUEL AND GROW THEIR BUSINESSES.
RISE: ENTREPRENEURS CAN SUBMIT BUSINESS PLANS BY OCTOBER THIRD AT MILLER COORS M-U-E-S DOT COM. THE COMPETITION IS OPEN TO PARTICIPANTS 21 AND OLDER WHOSE BUSINESS IS LESS THAN FIVE YEARS OLD.
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