Are you a small business owner, or someone who is thinking about starting up a new business? Well then you NEED  to listen to this!

Today Jean will chat it up with Laketa Johnson, District Director for Michigan District Office on the programs and resources available for FREE to anyone who is interested in starting a new business, as well as current business owners looking for that edge to take their business to the next level.
This is NOT just for Michigan residents! The SBA is a national government organization who is there to help United States business owners start, grow, & develop their business.

From lending strategies to personal one on one coaching, The SBA is there for YOU~ Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to learn more!

You can watch this podcast at my YouTube Channel!

No time to watch? No worries, LISTEN HERE~

About Laketa…

Laketa Henderson, Deputy District Director has been with the U.S. Small Business Administration
(SBA) for nine years. During her tenure with the SBA, she has worked in the Washington Metropolitan
District Office (WMADO), the Alabama District Office as a Business Opportunity Specialist (BOS) and as
a Supervisory BOS. Prior to joining the Michigan District Office (MDO), she was the Deputy District
Director at the San Antonio District Office. Currently, at the Michigan District Office, as the Deputy
Director she is an executive leader, responsible for the operations of the MDO. She provides effective
leadership, management and oversight required to optimize the deployment of SBA programs and
services. She manages a team that counsels and provides resources to small businesses to help
facilitate their development and growth in the 8(a) Business Development Program. She collaborates
with the public and private sector agencies, organizations, and individuals to ensure that identified
underserved communities have knowledge of and access to SBA and other federal, state, and
community programs and resources that support entrepreneurs and small business owners. Just
prior to joining the SBA, Ms. Henderson was a Marketing Director and Community Relations Manager
in the Medical field in the Atlanta, Georgia metro area. In those roles she created marketing strategies
and campaigns to aid in determining customers and to target markets; she managed marketing
technologies, resources and tools to fulfill those needs. She organized and managed events to boost
brand awareness which resulted in an increase in sales. Ms. Henderson began her private sector
career in the automotive industry with General Motors at the Cadillac Assembly Center in Detroit,
Michigan, where she was selected to attend the North American Operations Process Engineering
program. She became the first non-Engineer at the Cadillac Assembly center to be selected to such a
position. She then went on to work with Toyota Motors Manufacturing in Princeton, Indiana (TMMI)
and was a part of the team that launched the East Plant where the tundra and sienna were built. She
was also a part of the team that launched the first Greenfield North American operations plant for
Hyundai Motors Manufacturing (HMMA) in Montgomery, Alabama in 2003. Ms. Henderson is a Detroit
Native and a Wayne State University graduate, who holds a bachelor’s degree in public affairs and a
master’s in business administration; she is also an Army Veteran who served abroad and stateside.

“SBA works to ignite change and spark action so small businesses can confidently start, grow, expand, or recover.

Created in 1953, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) continues to help small business owners and entrepreneurs pursue the American dream. SBA is the only cabinet-level federal agency fully dedicated to small business and provides counseling, capital, and contracting expertise as the nation’s only go-to resource and voice for small businesses.”

To learn more about how the SBA can HELP YOU, click these links!
https://www.sba.gov
https://www.facebook.com/SBAgov
https://www.instagram.com/sbagov/ | https://www.youtube.com/user/sba
https://www.linkedin.com/company/us-small-business-administration/

To learn more about SBA’s Resource Partners & Programs, check out these links:

To learn more about the WOSB please use the following link below.
WOSB  Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract program (sba.gov)             

Resource Partners list websites and Directors of the POC’s names in case you many want to contact them to speak to them.

Abron Andrews State Director VetBizCentral for Michigan, Ohio, Indiana
Email: abron@vetbizcentral.org

SBDC
Michigan Celebrates Small Business | Celebrating Entrepreneurs Michigan Celebrates Small Business
JD Collins State Director of Michigan SBDC
Email: colljaso@gvsu.edu

Home page | SCORE
Doug Knapman Director SCORE
Email: doug.knapman@scorevolunteer.org

Women’s Business Center Cornerstone Alliance – Home (cstonealliance.org)
Kristen Patzer Director Cornerstone Alliance (WBC)
Email: kpatzer@cstonealliance.org

Women’s Business Center Home – Grow (growbusiness.org)
Milinda Ysasi CEO: Grand Rapids Opportunity for Women GROW (WBC)
Email: mysasi@growbusiness.org

Great Lakes Women’s Business Council
Homepage – Great Lakes Womens Business Council (WBC) (greatlakeswbc.org)
Shawntay Dixon Director of Business Education
Email: Shawntay Dixon sdixon@greatlakeswbc.org

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