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Kiva Delaware

KIVA Delaware provides small business lending to small businesses statewide, providing mircoloans as small as $1000. KIVA is the world’s first personal micro-lending website enabling everyday people to lend as little as $25 to provide financial access to entrepreneurs in developing communities across the globe.

Women’s Business Center

The Women’s Business Center at True Access Capital provides in-depth, outcome-oriented business services to entrepreneurs. WBC training includes courses on business planning, business financing, social media and marketing.

Delaware Black Chamber of Commerce

Delaware Black Chamber of Commerce (DEBCC), we are driven to do our part in changing the economic footprint for small businesses in the First State and beyond. The Chamber remains a solid voice for the Black business community while continuously refocusing its efforts to meet the ever changing needs of its members.

EnrichDelaware

EnrichDelaware is a Minority Business Initiative that provides practical business education utilizing the nationally recognized Interise’s StreetWise ‘MBA’ curriculum. Complete the program with a customized, three-year strategic growth plan – plus, the confidence and ability to turn those plans into action.

Minority Small Business Program

The Minority Small Business Program helps minority entrepreneurs improve the way they do business via business coaching, creating business processes & systems, and strengthen their financial performance.

Delaware SBDC

The Delaware SBDC delivers training programs and FREE professional consulting services to help innovators, startups, and existing businesses (with 0-500 employees*) formulate and execute strategies to grow and succeed.

Launcher

Launcher is a 12 week Business Plan writing course that provides instruction on how to start your business as well as one-on-one entrepreneurship guidance.

Review Committee

  • Charuni Patibanda

    New Castle County

  • CJ Bland

    Community Member

  • Councilmember Bregetta Fields

    Wilmington City Council

  • Councilmember Chris Johnson

    Wilmington City Council

  • Councilmember Yolanda M. McCoy

    Wilmington City Council

  • Felicia Davis

    Be Ready CDC

  • Henry Smith

    Wimington Community Advisory Council

  • India Colon Diaz

    Nuestras Raíces

  • James C. Williams

    Mayor's Office of Economic Development

  • John Naughton

    Launcher

  • Jose Lopez

    LACC Board Member & Business Owner

  • Kelsey Keeling

    Eastside Rising Career Development Center

  • Mary Walker

    KIVA Delaware

  • Renata Kowalczyk

    Wilmington Alliance

  • Rep. Sherry Dorsey-Walker

    Delaware General Assembly

  • Sen. Tizzy Lockman

    Delaware General Assembly

  • Tish Bracy

    Wilmington Alliance

  • Wayne DeShields

    Be Ready CDC

  • Sarah Lester

    West Side Grows Together

  • David Ortiz

    True Access Capital

  • Tamara Varella

    WIN Factory

Questions? | ¿Preguntas?

Contact Jacqueline Castañeda | jcastaneda@westsidegrows.org or (302) 888-5336.

Comuníquese con Jacqueline Castañeda | jcastaneda@westsidegrows.org o (302) 888-5336.