what is…. our objectives: immigrant self-employment shift side businesses to primary income source...
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WHAT IS…
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Our Objectives:
• Immigrant self-employment• Shift side businesses to primary income source• Increase longevity of immigrant enterprise• Foster more immigrant enterprises• Raise incomes• Fire small pops to expand regional economy• Make Greater Hartford a global city through
trade
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WHY?-- immigrants make excellent entrepreneurs
-- entrepreneurs need training-- many immigrants speak neither Spanish nor English
-- immigrants have cultural frames we must work within -- immigrants are slow to trust
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WHAT DO WE DO?
• refer clients to right classes• interpret in home languages if learner not
English or Spanish proficient• translate for coaches• subsidize market research (if indicated)• help entrepreneurs become loan-ready• monitor, encourage, manage clients
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WHAT DON’T WE DO?
• Teach classes• Duplicate counseling• Make loans• Encourage people without experience in field• Aid people with no present or planned nexus
to Hartford
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International Hartford board members at Brazilian Independency Day Festival city downtown September 15, 2013