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AVANZAR 

Business Accelerator Program - Application Opens June 1, 2021


TAKE YOUR BUSINESS TO THE NEXT LEVEL

The U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) and Wells Fargo in partnership with the LA Latino Chamber of Commerce and six other Chambers nationwide are launching an accelerator program design to help small scalable Hispanic Business Enterprises (HBE) "AVANZAR" or "advance" to take their business to the next level.

The five month accelerator program will help participating HBE's learn the skills they need to become stronger business owners and help scale their small businesses to eventually become an enterprise. Each class will be instructed by a subject matter expert in their respective field.  The topics are targeted to help participants overcome their biggest obstacles and to apply knowledge immediately to their business.  


Throughout the Avanzar Program, the local organizations will track and monitor certain performance metrics with the Hispanic Business Enterprises (HBD's) including jobs created, access to capital and access to contract opportunities.


Businesses accepted to this program will be announced.


The start date of the program is scheduled for the summer of 2021.

Participant Criteria

            • Latino business between $100k - $1M in revenue
            • Must be an established business with at a minimum of three years of operations
            • Must have a active EIN number
            • Must have a businesses that in the long term is scalable into an enterprise
            • Be in good membership standing with the LA Latino Chamber of Commerce
            • Minimum of 20 participants will be selected
            • Participants must have a business in the County of Los Angeles. We will consider businesses from neighboring counties

MDeadline TO APPLY IS

JUNE 22, 2021



2020 COHORT


IT Systems Solutions Inc

RG Taxes

Be Social Productions

The Grande Law Firm

Avenida Productions

Mundo Academy

Movement Energy Inc

EcoPoint

Product Develop Int'l

Jesse Navarro Insurance

JSL Creates

MP Urban Marketing

Maria Krangel Designs

CME Landscaping

Advantage Baseball

Wicket Bionic

Viano Decor

Duck Punk Productions

GOLD

AB Unlimited






2021 Program & class schedule

Program will begin with a virtual welcome session followed by nine (9) class sessions combined with one-on-one consulting. Classes will be every other Tuesday from 6pm to 8pm. Minimum of two hours per session. All sessions will be presented via zoom. Start date will be the middle of July 2021.


       class schedule

Topics include:  Financial Literacy & Access to Capital by Wells Fargo; Business Strategies and Etiquette; Procurement; How to do business with the government, Corporate America and the Department of General Services; Capabilities Statement;  Workforce Development; Becoming a certified as a minority owned business; E-commerce and embracing technology; Human Resources and Insurance. *Topics subject to change.

Apply

Link to apply will open June 1, 2021 for three weeks and will close on June 22, 2021 at 11:49 PM Pacific Standard Time. 

REGISTRASTION CLOSED.


Applications will be reviewed by the Avanzar Committee.  Selected businesses will be notified by June 30th of their acceptance to the program.  Only 25 qualified businesses will be part of the 2021 Avanzar Cohort.



Presenters

Presenters for this course are subject matter experts in their respective fields.  CLICK here to view the 2021 Presenters for

the program.


For more information contact the our staff or call us at (213) 422-9019 during office hours Monday - Friday between  9am - 5pm.

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