Fast Facts of Business Clients Served – 2007

 

Type of Business                     # of Clients               Success Stories for 2006-07

Retail                                                    15                    Heavenly Visions Photography

Service                                                 12                    Mitchell General Contractor

Wholesale                                              0                     La Carib Catering+Kansas Commerce logo

Manufacturing                                        0                     40 Days & 40 Knights

Construction                                         22                     Kansas Small Business Promotions                  

Not in business                                     10                     A & W Construction   

Total                                                    58                    Black Contractors Association of KCK

 

Areas of Counseling                                                   Training Sessions

Business Start-Up/acquisition               17                      Entrepreneurship - 10

Sources of Capital                                 6                      Marketing & Sales - 17 

Marketing/Sales                                     7                      QuickBooks Instruction - 2

Govt. Procurement                                21                    E-Commerce Assistance – 3

Accounting Record Keeping                  3                      Employment Tax – 3

Financial Analysis / Cost Controls          2                      State & Federal Taxes - 5

 

Actual Business Startups                                           +Webpages Built/Registered – 74

Topeka Area                                        3                      Hispanic – 35

Kansas City, KS                                   8                     African American - 23

                                                                                    Disadvantaged – 16

 

Business Ownership                                                  Military status of clients            

Male                                                     12                   Veteran                       6

Female                                                  16                   Vietnam-era vet           0

 

Race                                                                           Ethnic Background

American Indian                                    0                     Hispanic origin             35MerchantCircle.com - Free online business listings

Asian                                                    4                     Not Hispanic               39

Black                                                    11

White                                                    9

 

Information Requests

Provided over 150 information request from non-IBSA clients to phone questions or via mailing packets of relevant small business information

 

Community Relations Activities - approximately 27 events attended

*Attended local Minority Business Breakfast sessions with business clients.Connect to Free Business Resources at BUZGate.org

*Over 60 visits to new and existing businesses that were non-clients.

*Staff and volunteer participation in local economic development projects & micro loan program as coach/mentor.

 

+Businesses with Webpages located online with Kansas Small Business Promotions.

www.KansasSmallBizPromotions.com

 

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