minority_grantsMinority-owned businesses grew more than four times as fast as U.S. firms overall, according to a report recently released by the Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce. Since 1992, minority owned businesses have increased from 2.1 million to almost 2.8 million firms.

A major factor in this growth growth is because the government is making more minority grant money available to small businesses owned by minorities. Read the rest of this entry

Originally posted 2009-03-24 10:03:12. Republished by Old Post Promoter.