Project CommUNITY Conversation: Evelyn Lugo

Project CommUNITY Conversation: Evelyn Lugo

COMMUNITY THAT IS THE GOAL OFTHE SOUTH CAROLINA HISPANICCHAMBER OF CMEOMERC AS WECELEBRATE HISPANIC HERITAGEMONTH OUR JANE ROBELOT SHOWS USHOW THIS CHAERMB IS HELPING GIVEHISPANIC ON BUSINESSES A FIRMFOUNDATION.IT IS TONIGHT’S UNITYCONVERSATI EVELYN LUGO FOUNDEDTHE SOUTH CAROLINA HISPANICCHAMBERF O COMMERCE IN 2007 ANDCONTINUES TO SERVE AS ITSPRESIDENT AND EVELYN.I THINK IT’S AN STORY OF THENEED THAT YOU WANTED TO ADDRESSBY FOUNDING THIS CHAMBER.DEFINITELY JANE.I MEAN ITAS W OBVIOUS THAT OURCOMMUNITY NEEDED AN ORGANIZATIONTHAT WILL LOOK AFTER THEM SO TOSPEAK.WSOE SAW IMMEDIATELY THEY NEEDOF EDUCATION.BUSINESS EDUCATION AND WE JUMPEDIN AND WE DID THE ENTREPRENEUREMPORMWEENT SERIES AND SINCETHEN WE HAVE BEEN EDUCATING OURBUSINESS COMMUNITY.TELL ME ABOUT THE ENTREPRENEUREMPORMWET THEEN ENTREPRENEUREMPOWERMENT SERIES CAME ABOUT IWOULD SAY LIKE 10 YEARS AGO.WHERE WE HAVE A CURRICULUM RIGHTTO EDUCATE PEOPLE WE HAVE BEENCERTIFIED TO EDUCATE MICROBUSINESS.IN HOW TO SRTTA A BUSESINS HOWTO GROW YOUR BUSINESSADMINISTRATION MARKETING ALL THETHINGS THAT YOU NEED TO REALLYBE SUCSSLFUCE AS A BUSINESSOWNER OR IF IF IT IS REALLY THATYOU WANT TO BE IN BUSINESSBECAUSE A LOT OF SACRIFICE.SO BUT WERE A EXCITED THAT WEHAVE THAT AND ALONG THAT OFURCOSE, WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIPWITH COMMUNITY WORKS.THAT TIES UP THE ACCESS TOCAPITAL AND THAT CAN BE ABARRIER RIGHT TREHE.DEFINITELY AND I’M WE KNOW THATIT’S ACROSS THE BOARD, RIGHTUT BFOR HISPANICS IS WORSE.THE ACCESS THE CAPITAL THROUGHTHE REGULAR BANKING SYSTEM IS ISHARDER TNHA FOR ANYBODY ELSE ANDI KNOW THAT THERE ARE WHY ISTHAT I WANT TO INTERRUPT YOU.WHYIS THAT ESPECIALLY BECAUSEYOU KWNO THE THE BANKING SYSTEMIS SO RIGID.RIGHT,OU Y HAVE TO HAVE CERTAINTHINGS IN PLACE LIKE MORE THANFIVE YEARS IN BUSINESS.YOU HAVE TO HAVE CERTAIN REVENUEAND THEN YOUR CREDIT HAS TO BEPART OF ALMOST PERFECT, RIGHT?THEY NEED SOMETHING ELSE.LIKE A BUSINESS PLAN.BUT SOMETHING THAT THEY MIGHT BEABLE TO TURN AROUND AND ASK FORAND THAT’S WHY WE ARE HERE.AND I KNOW YOU'R’ SO PUDRO OFTHE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTCENTER.I MNEA LONG STORY SHORT NOW WEARE.SO READY TO HAVE THE FIRSTCONSULTED BILINGUAL BUSINESSCONSULTANT IN THE UPSTEAT WILLBE BASED HERE AND WE ARETHRILLED TO PANERTR WITH.COMMERCE WITH THE SBDC MICHELLEIS WONDERFUL AND THE CHAMBER ANDWLIL BE PICKING THAT PERSONAND WE’RE THRILLED THAT WE WILLHAVE FINALLY.SOMEONE THAT WILL HELP THEBUSINESS COMMUNITY.TO GET THAT YOU KNOWCONSULTATION THAT TYHE NEED TOBRING THEIR BUSINESSES TO THENEXT LEVEL.EVELYN LO,UG THANK YOU SO MUCHAND A NOTE YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BEIN HISPANICR O LATINO-OWNEDBUSINESS TO JOIN THE SOUTHCAROLINA HISPANIC CHAMBER OFCOMMERCE AT THE VIL