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Tag: MEDA

Business

Meda now accepting applications for Million Dollar Challenge

June 5, 2019June 5, 2019 - by MSR News Online

Get your business pitches ready, the Meda Million Dollar Challenge for Minority Entrepreneurs is back!

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Gary Cunningham
Bulletin / FYI / Good News / Local / News / Slider

Gary Cunningham to leave Meda, accepts job in D.C.

May 30, 2019February 19, 2020 - by MSR News Online - 1 Comment

Meda announced today that Gary Cunningham, CEO and president, will step down at the end of June.

Gary Cunningham to leave Meda, accepts job in D.C. Read More
Meda $1M dollar challenge winners
Local / News / Slider

The color of money: Meda challenge awards $1.475M to minority entrepreneurs

February 5, 2019December 6, 2019 - by Stephenetta (isis) Harmon - 1 Comment

‘There isn’t ā€˜Black’ money — it’s green and that’s what everybody is in this for.’

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Bulletin / Business

Meda launches $1 million competition for minority-owned businesses

August 30, 2018 - by Stephenetta (isis) Harmon

The ā€œ$1M Challenge For Minority Entrepreneursā€ is a Shark Tank-style competition launched by Metropolitan Economic Development Association (Meda) in partnership with the City of St. Paul to support early-stage minority-owned businesses that have potential for high growth.

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Local / News

Getting a business past its plateau

August 23, 2018August 28, 2018 - by Judith Hence

  Meda’s Mini-MBA program offers help through the second stage of growth Black business ownership is experiencing major growth. According to the Minority 2018 Small Business Trends survey, the number …

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Gloria Freeman
Community Profiles

Entrepreneur finds success through business and goodwill

June 11, 2018June 14, 2018 - by Keith Schubert

After opening Olu’s Home, Inc. in 1999, Gloria Freeman knew she had found her calling: helping people live their best potential life and leaving a legacy for her family.

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Bulletin / FYI

Meda to recognize outstanding advocates for minority entrepreneurship

May 28, 2018 - by MSR News Online

Minnesota minority business owners and the partners, volunteers and community leaders who support their work, will be honored at Meda’s 47thĀ  annual recognition meeting at the Walker Art Center.

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Community Profiles

Teens prepped as future entrepreneurs

March 7, 2018March 14, 2018 - by Dwight Hobbes

As class lets out, North Minneapolis’ Patrick Henry High’s hallways, like any school’s, teem wall to wall with chaotic vitality, the boisterous signature of spirited teenagers.Ā It isn’t just any school, …

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Local / News

The Black business story: tales of woe or signs of hope?

November 14, 2017November 24, 2017 - by Charles Hallman

Second of two partsĀ  There are nearly three million U.S. Black-owned businesses, according to the latest U.S. Census data, generating an estimated $150 billion in annual revenues and providing 3.5 …

The Black business story: tales of woe or signs of hope? Read More

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