Business Assistance Center

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Business Assistance Center

• What information does a small business need to
  start a business
• Business license
• Permits
• Lenders
• Services
• Classes
• Space to lease
• Centralize small business services to one
  location
• Physical location and web site

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Action Items for Business Assistance Center

• Located space at 250 Frank Ogawa Plaza
• Located computers and office equipment
• Need to build out space
• Working with One California to build a Web site
• Looking for sponsors Public Private Partnership
• Get the word out that location, web services
  exists
• For more information, contact Larry Chang
  510-534-1804 or Mike McPherson (CEDA)
  510-238-4727

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100 New Business in the African American Community

• Biggest need
• Provide options and role models in the community
• Micro loans social lending
• Type of business to support
• Home business to corporate business
• Looking for low hanging fruit and success
• Money for loans services are not the main
  issues
• Need for organizational seed money and grant
  funding

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Moving 100 New African American Business Forward

• Traction Call for Action
• Private grant financing
• Commit resources
• Individuals and business that are interested
• Establish a structure
• Funding
• Home business to corporate business
• Establish a market place CO-OP

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Small Business Economics

• City of Oakland and the entrepreneur spirit
• Plan
• Business license
• Cash Flow
• Hustle
• Underground to above ground
• Economic civil rights issue
• Mayors support