Latina entrepreneurs share wealth, knowledge
Call it Latin influence. A growing group of successful Latina entrepreneurs are serving as role models for the next generation of food artisans and farmers with Latin roots.
Minnesota seeing boom in Latino owned businesses
The number of Latinos who own and operate small businesses in Minnesota is booming. This state-wide trend is spreading to Moorhead.
Latinos lead charge of new small businesses in Minnesota (Audio)
The number of Latino owned-businesses in Minnesota has grown by one quarter in just five years, according to Census figures. That's nearly double the rate of overall business growth in the state.
How immigrants will help reshape the future wealth of Los Angeles
A new report from the California Community Foundation points to what some might find an unexpected driver of wealth in the Los Angeles region: entrepreneurial immigrants.
Want jobs? Encourage immigration
If we want to create jobs in America, we must welcome foreign-born innovators. "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses of immigrant entrepreneurs yearning to breathe free"
New report shows Latinos have unprecedented success in lawncare and landscape industry — but for how long?
According to a recent report the lawncare and landscaping industry is the perfect entry into business for entrepreneurial Latinos. Why? Because it takes very little money to start the business but a whole lot of sweat capital, which we know is an abundant asset among most hard-working Latinos.
788,000 Latina’s are business owners: and growth is projected
According to the most recent Survey of Business Owners (SBO), a total of 788,000 Latinas now run their own businesses in the United States.
“La Cocina” launches street food entrepreneurs
La Cocina’s mission is to transform talented home cooks into successful businesswomen by removing obstacles to entrepreneurship. Rooted in the Mission District of San Francisco, La Cocina provides commercial kitchen space and technical advice to help low-income, immigrant women start their own food businesses from square one.
Study: Latino firms hurt by lack of financial savvy
Hispanic companies are more exposed to financial risks than the average U.S. firm due to the owners’ lack of access to good advice in making business decisions, according to a study published Tuesday by insurer MassMutual.
Competitiveness through immigration reform
America needs a 21st-century immigration policy that meets our national security needs, but also our diverse economic needs. It’s an economic imperative. If we don’t want to find ourselves playing catch-up in the global competition for the cutting-edge, high-growth industries of tomorrow, we need to do something now.
New sounds, new approaches, old challenges are hot topics at Latin Alternative Music Conference
This year's four-day LAMC fluctuated between being repetitive and innovative; it was buzzing with fresh new faces and at times lagged from disappointing attendance.
Ruiz Foods named No. 1
Ruiz Foods, the Dinuba-based manufacturer of the El Monterey and Tornados brands, has been ranked first among the top 10 U.S. Hispanic-owned manufacturing companies in the United States.