WHAT IS…

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

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

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

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

International Hartford board members at Brazilian Independency Day Festival city downtown September 15, 2013