BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:St. Joseph County Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:St. Joseph County Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:945acc04-65be-4b83-afc3-848738a96c1b SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260726T162246Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240516T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240516T190000 SUMMARY:Executing the Dream LOCATION:Main Library - Community Learning Center\nMain Library - Communit y Learning Center X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Main Library - Community L earning Center;X-APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Main Library - Community Learning Center:geo:41.6734594,-86.2505397 GEO:41.6734594;-86.2505397 DESCRIPTION:Tracie Davis\, Business Advisor at the North Central Indiana S BDC\, will moderate a panel discussion on challenges and opportunities for entrepreneurs. .\nhttps://sjcpl.libnet.info/event/10116865 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Small businesses are the lifeblood of the U.S. economy: they create two-thirds of net new jobs and drive U.S. innova tion and competitiveness.  \;

According to the United State s Census Bureau (Minority Business Ownership Differs by Sector\, 2023)\, i n 2020\, there were a total of 5\,775\,258 U.S. firms in all sectors. They employed about 129\,363\,644 workers and had a total annual payroll of $7 .3 trillion. \; Approximately 20% or 1.2 million of these employer bus inesses were owned by women and minorities. They employed about 9.9 millio n employees and had an annual payroll of $357.4 billion.

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Tracie Da vis\, Business Advisor at the North Central Indiana Small Business Develop ment Center (SBDC)\, will moderate a panel discussion on challenges and op portunities for entrepreneurs. The event will take place Thursday\, May 16 \, 2024 from 5:00 p.m. &ndash\; 7:00 p.m. in the St. Joseph County Public Library Leighton Auditorium.

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