Michael Skinner
Business Specialist Team

StartZone Program

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Websites:

• http://startzone.highline.edu

StartZone is a microenterprise development program at Highline Community College that helps women, immigrants people of color and people with disabilities start or grow a small business in Southwest King County. We offer the following services at no cost to our members:

Assessments Referral Services Business Consulting Loan Packaging Workshops Networking Mentoring Peer Support

We began serving clients in October 2008. Today, StartZone consists of a program manager, two outreach specialists, five business specialists and a curriculum developer. We enroll about ten new members each month. More than half our members are women and more than eighty percent are minorities...[more]

StartZone is a microenterprise development program at Highline Community College that helps women, immigrants people of color and people with disabilities start or grow a small business in Southwest King County. We offer the following services at no cost to our members:

Assessments Referral Services Business Consulting Loan Packaging Workshops Networking Mentoring Peer Support

We began serving clients in October 2008. Today, StartZone consists of a program manager, two outreach specialists, five business specialists and a curriculum developer. We enroll about ten new members each month. More than half our members are women and more than eighty percent are minorities or immigrants.

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  From Adam Odnert

  Given on Fri Jul 24, 2009.

  Michael does the entrepreneurs at StartZone an amazing service. The facilities are state-of-the-art, and Michael's efforts for StartZone are both philanthropic and admirable.