MEDA Return on Your Investment
As our client companies grow, they continue to need help overcoming obstacles that could derail their success. Right now, the demand is high for creative ways to survive and thrive in the present dynamic marketplace. Their continued success contributes an economic impact for the entrepreneur, his/her family, neighborhood, community and for all of us as Minnesotans.
Typically, entrepreneurs of color employ people of color so that the growth and development of these businesses is inseparably linked to the health of minority communities and serves to narrow the racial & economic disparities in our community. We provide business consulting, training, leadership development, financing and access to procurement networks. It is when we build businesses of scale that systemic change happens.
Return on Investment
Based on the value of new jobs created through business starts, loans portfolio clients and Pacesetter job growth, MEDA returns a minimum of $11 of economic impact for every $1 invested.