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START-UP / USA Self-Employment Q and A: Braiding and Blending Funding for Business Start-Up

Self-Employment Q and A: Assistance not Assessment: Getting at the Heart of Small Business Feasibility

Self-Employment Q and A: Small Business Development Centers

Self-Employment Q & A: An Analysis of Self-Employment Outcomes within the Vocational Rehabilitation System

Self-Employment Q & A: Low Cost/No Cost Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses

Self-Employment Q and A: Selecting a Business Structure

Self-Employment Q and A: Information on Entrepreneurship for Youth with Disabilities

Self-Employment Q and A: Discovery

Self-Employment Q and A: Frequently Asked Questions from Families

Medicaid Home and Community Based Services

Disabled Veterans and Self-Employment

Community Resources

Successful Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Speak Out

Accessing VR Services

Develop a Business Plan

Self-Employment

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Start-Up/Florida Student Turns Passion for Art Into a Vocation

Joe's Story As Told by His Parents to START-UP/USA

START-UP/Florida Shares Leila's Story

Admiralty Westside Lodge - William (Bill) Brent

START-UP/NY Case Study: The Real Estate Society

START-UP/Florida Case Study: Monllor Rods, LLC

Small Business Resource Links

Minnesota Procurement Policies

Targeted Group/Economically Disadvantaged (TG/ED) Small Business Program

To be certified as a Targeted Group small business, the business must be at least 51% owned by a woman, racial minority, or person with a substantial physical disability. In addition, the business must be operated and controlled on a day-to-day as well as long-term basis by the qualifying owner.

Once certified, Targeted Group small businesses may be eligible for up to 6% preference in selling their products or services or bidding on construction projects to the state in accordance with the Commissioner's designation of eligible businesses. In addition, Michigan has the authority to set goals which require prime contractors to subcontract a portion of the work to certified Targeted Group businesses on contracts for construction or consulting services.