The Next Idea

New initiative hopes to boost entrepreneurship in West Michigan’s Latino community


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The Next Idea West Michigan's got a bigger Latino population than the state average, but the number of Latino-owned businesses in the region has not been keeping pace. Ferris State University wants to change that with something called the Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative (LEI). Carlos Sanchez is director of the Latino Business and Economic Development Center at Ferris State. According to Sanchez, there are a number of barriers that are keeping the number of Latino businesses down in West
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The Next IdeaBy Mark Brush