Women, minority small business owners confused, worried after Texas kicks them off HUB program

by Paul Cobler, The Texas Tribune

Julie Irvin Hartman, co-founder and CEO of B2G Victory, which helps businesses obtain government contracts and lost its certification as a historically underutilized business after the Comptroller’s office restricted eligibility to service-disabled veteran business owners. The decision to limit certification to companies owned by disabled veterans will shrink the Historically Underutilized Business program from more than 15,000 to 485 participants — all men. The post Women, minority small business owners confused, worried after Texas kicks them off HUB program appeared first on San Antonio Current.

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