Women and minority entrepreneurs, who together own more than 10 million U.S. businesses, have access to more resources than they might realize

• How Minority-Owned Businesses Can Catch a Break

  Minority- and women-owned businesses may not be using all the resources—such as professional associations and municipalities—that can help them

• Meet Founders Who Certified Their Businesses

  How women- and minority-owned business certification helped boost revenue at three companies

• Slide Show: Lessons from Women and Minority Entrepreneurs

  Renowned business figures from historically marginalized groups offer advice on how to beat the odds

• A Booster Shot for Gay-Owned Businesses

  GLBT certification from the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce is "a channel to business opportunity"

• Video: How Gay Business Certification Works

  Stephanie Blackwood, co-founder of ad agency Double Platinum, and Irwin Drucker, director of GLBT supplier diversity at IBM, discuss the pros and cons

• A Talk with Bruce Bastian

  The WordPerfect co-founder on his fight for GLBT equality

• A Talk with the Enterprise Center's Della Clark

  The Philadelphia facilitator for inner-city business on how small companies can thrive in recession

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