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Center for Inclusive Entrepreneurship Empowering Communities Through Business Building Businesses Empowering Communities Our mission is to make business ownership possible for people with limited resources in marginalized rural communities. We envision rural places with resilient selfreliant and just local economies benefiting all life. What We Do Trainings Oneonone Advising Mentorship Connect to Capital Networking Measuring Our Impact The effect of CIEs work in rural communities to date 900 Clients Served 65 Start Simple Courses Taught 860 Participants Trained 5341 Counseling Hours 560 People Counseled have resulted in 90 New Businesses Launched 234 New Jobs Created 340 Existing Jobs Saved 280 Business Financings 4378600 in Business Financing Secured Meet Our Clients Black Forest Mushrooms Meet Nathanael the visionary behind Black Forest Mushrooms who has turned his passion for sustainable agriculture into a thriving business. CIE helps us filter opportunities that are best for us saving us time and bandwidth which is crucial for our growing business.