Tony Scurry reflects on his experience as an Ascend Capital Accelerator graduate in a speech delivered to this year’s Thrive Cohort.
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Tony Scurry reflects on his experience as an Ascend Capital Accelerator graduate in a speech delivered to this year’s Thrive Cohort.
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On Tuesday, May 10th, 2022, Kimberly Gayle and Shauna Yeldell – Wacif’s Chief Program Officer and Chief Lending Officer – co-authored an article published in the Washington Business Journal. As we celebrate Small Business Month in D.C., Kimberly and Shauna remind us that entrepreneurs face a new normalcy of disruption today, from federal government shutdowns…
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Small Business Week is an opportunity to observe and support the 32.5 million small businesses contributing more than 5 trillion towards our national gross domestic product. And so, this week, from May 1 – 7, we are celebrating National Small Business Week. The U.S. Small Business Administration’s theme for this year’s National Small Business Week…
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Washington Area Community Investment Fund (Wacif) today announced the participants for the 2022 Ascend Capital Accelerator Cohort.
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Sheryl E. Ponds BSME, MBA entered the sustainability space while working at a chemical plant in West Virginia. Here, she witnessed chemical manufacturers dump toxic materials into the local river. “As a kid, you are told not to litter. Well, that was the nastiest place I have ever worked. And I knew if I had…
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During the 2022 National Cherry Blossom Festival, local entrepreneurs came together for the Anacostia Black Business Expo to demonstrate Black excellence in business. Held at the Anacostia Arts Center in historic Anacostia, the goal of the expo was to showcase the mission and impact entrepreneurs of color bring to the District of Columbia. Framed by cherry blossoms…
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“Our partnership with the Washington Area Community Investment Fund has been essential as we grow and scale the organization. GFTC is proud to work with an organization dedicated to removing barriers to accessing and leveraging capital, and we are deeply grateful for their continued commitment to small business development at the local level.” – Qyana…
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Nonprofit Times announced that Wacif is among the 2022 Best Nonprofit Places to Work For.
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In an effort to provide more relief to small businesses, the SBA recently announced that they are making an additional six-month deferment of all principal and interest payments available to the 3.9 million existing borrowers of the COVID EIDL (Economic Injury Disaster Loan) program. This deferment provides borrowers with a total of 30 months of deferment to…
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On International Women’s Day, March 8th, 2022, Program Director Messay Derebe’s article “Addressing yesterday’s inequities today: Strategies to support women entrepreneurs of color” was featured in the Washington Business Journal. Women of color entrepreneurs are leading the charge as the fastest growing population of entrepreneurs in the U.S. In her article, Messay outlines different insights…
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