Leslie Pierson, owner of GoodHangups has been a long-term advocate for small businesses and social enterprises and has worked with Ventures for two years since she discovered InnoVentures.
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About Ventures
News Release: InnoVentures 2020 and Coronavirus
Ventures is responding to the coronavirus crisis by celebrating our 25th anniversary with a virtual pitch competition featuring local entrepreneurs and small business advocates, with more than $10,000 in cash prizes and other prizes.
InnoVentures 2020: Meet the finalists!
Meet our InnoVentures 2020 finalists and judges!
How to Watch InnoVentures 2020
Celebrate our 25th anniversary with a virtual watch party and recipes from a Ventures business owner.
VENTURES ENTREPRENEURS
Applications Are Open for Ventures’ 2022 Spring Mini – Grants
Each spring since 2020, Ventures has deployed mini-grants to small businesses for support with start-up, growth, and recovery. The Spring Mini-Grant program started in 2020 as an emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The initial Mini-Grant fund was created with...
COURSES & WORKSHOPS
Our Winter Programs
If you stop by the Ventures office on any weeknight this month, you'll see our entrepreneurs working on their business. And they are working hard. The New Year has brought another quarter of programming at Ventures. It’s been great to see our business owners reconnect...
ADVOCACY
Want Homemade Tamales? You’ll Have to Wait
Why our Microenterprise Home Kitchens proposal “died” in the state legislature this year.