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Recent Press

Program links city entrepreneurs, capital, New Haven Register, 08.2010
City of Los Angeles and Magic Johnson Confirmed to Participate in Program Helping Inner City Companies Secure Investor Capital, Wall Street Journal, 08.2010
Inner-City Businesses Get Chance to Meet Potential Backers, BusinessNews, 08.2010
Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, Bank of America Team With SBA to Help Inner City Entrepreneurs Access Capital, Business Wire, 08.2010
Three Inner-City Cleveland Companies Among Fastest Growing, Cleveland Plain Dealer, 05.2010
Kauffman and Associates Inc. named to the Inner City 100, The Spokesman Review, 05.2010
The Inner City 100: Adapting to Hard Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, 05.2010
Michael Porter on Inner City Business, Bloomberg Businessweek, 05.2010
Snapshots: Local businesses recognized by Bloomberg, Detroit Free Press, 05.2010
Local firm named to Inner City 100 list, Toledo Free Press, 05.2010
Louisville's Pro-Liquitech International, Consumer Choice Coffee named to list of fast-growing urban firms, Courier Journal, 05.2010
Louisville companies nationally recognized, WDRB, 05.2010
Initiative for a Competitive Inner City and Staples Foundation for Learning Announce 2010 Minority-Owned Company of the Year, Wall Street Journal, 05.2010
Doing Business in the Inner City, Bloomberg Businessweek, 05.2010
How Big Business Can Regain Legitimacy, Bloomberg Businessweek, 05.2010
Rankings: Inner City 100, Bloomberg Businessweek, 05.2010
Success in the City, Boston Globe, 05.2010
iSeatz, NewBath ranked among the nation's fastest-growing small businesses, The Times-Picayune, 05.2010
Four growing Denver businesses named to Inner City 100, Denver Business Journal and United Press International, 5.2010
Total Team honored by top minority-owned award, Sacramento Bee, 05.2010
Grand Rapids-based DornerWorks, Modern Fire & Security Systems names to 2010 Inner City 100 list, Mlive.com, 05.2010
TMCO named a top inner-city company, Lincoln Star Journal, 05.2010
Plenty is brewing at Avalon Breads, Detroit Free Press, 05.2010
Three Cleveland-area companies make select list of inner city standouts, Crains Cleveland Business, 05.2010
Five print firms thinking in the inner city make top-100 growth list, What they Think, 05.2010
Hotcards makes 2010 Inner City 100 list, Ashland Times Gazette, 05.2010
Missouri decorating firm cited as growing inner city firm, Plastic News, 05.2010
Allstate floors and construction gains ranking on Inner City 100 list, City Biz List and Greater Baltimore Committee, 05.2010
Alvin H. Butz ranked No. 43 on national list, The Morning Call, 5.2010
Honored. Three firms cited on fast-growing list, The Buffalo News, 05.2010
Pogue Label among nation’s fastest-growing inner city companies, St. Louis Business Journal, 05.2010
Three New Orleans firms make Top 100 list, 1012corridor.com, 05. 2010
Three firms cited on fastest-growing list, Buffalo News, 05.2010
Local company on list of 100 fast-growing urban firms, Toledo Blade, 05.2010
St. Louis label firm makes Inner City 100 list, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 05.2010
Patch neighborhood business among Inner City 100 winners, WBIR.com and Ksdk.com, 05.2010
Aperta Software and Stuart Manufacturing make Inner City 100 list, Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly and Chooseindiana.com, 05.2010
Albuquerque’s Sacred Power Corp. named to Inner City 100, New Mexico Business Weekly, 05.2010
Tacoma’s SiteCrafting Inc. named to fastest-growing firm list, The News Tribune, 05.2010
Panther Graphics in Rochester makes Inner City 100 ranking, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 05.2010
Mass firms on the Inner City 100 list, Boston.com, 05.2010
Meet the entrepreneurs behind the Inner City 100, WSJ.com, 05.2010
High-water mark for Watermark, Lowell Sun Online, 05.2010
Talon/ LPE No. 86 on inner-city ranking, Amarillo.com, 05.2010
New Orleans city business: Inner City 100, New Orleans City Business, 05.2010
Report: Detroit home to two of nation’s fastest-growing inner city businesses, The Bay City Times, 05.2010
Stroll, Azavea, West Insurance on fastest-growing urban businesses list, Philadelphia Business Journal, 05.2010
Wichita’s iSi makes Inner City 100 list, Wichita Eagle, 05.2010
SiteCrafting among Inner City 100 winners, Business Examiner, 05.2010
West Sacramento company named top U.S. minority-owned business, Modesto Bee, 05.2010.
iSi earns national recognition for growth, Wichita Business Journal, 05.2010
Pro-Liquitech, Consumers Choice recognized for inner-city growth, Louisville Business Journal, 05.2010
Azavea, Stroll and West Insurance makes Inner City 100 list, Philadelphia Inquirer, 05.2010
Former Yahoo exec sweet on her chocolate business, Sweetriot, a favorite of celebrities, NY Daily News, 03.2010
State program to help minority and urban businesses, Cleveland Ohio Business News, 03.2010
Pittsburgh ties for second-most S&P 900 company HQ, Pittsburgh Business Times, 03.2010
Helping Urban Startups Get Started, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, 02.2010
The 25 Fastest-Growing Inner City Companies, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, 01.2010
Auctions thriving in down economy, Phoenix Business Journal, 01.2010
Two city companies selected for capital program, Democrat and Chronicle, 12.2009
Leonard will head ICIC, Boston Globe, 12.2009
Uptick Catches Entrepreneurs by Surprise, Wall Street Journal, 12.2009
The Search for Capital, Small Business Television, 12.2009
Women, minorities search for money to start businesses in central cities, Cleveland.com, 12.2009
A Non-Profit Links Small Businesses with Investors, Inc., 11.2009
Jumpstart Partners with ICIC, The Marathon Club to Present Groundbreaking Minority Entrepreneurship Summit, PR Newswire, 11.2009
Keep the Engine of Small Business Humming, Business West Online, 11.2009
Capital Flight, Portfolio.com, 11.2009
Rochester firms picked for ICCC program, Rochester Business Journal, 11.2009
Initiative for a Competitive Inner City taps 3 D.C. companies to compete, Washington Business Journal, 11.2009
Premier Fulfillment selected for inner-city investment program, Dallas Business Journal, 11.2009
Fuse Inc. wins invitation to investor meeting, St. Louis Post-Disptach, 11.2009
Fuse gets opportunity for growth capital, St. Louis Business Journal, 11.2009
Premier Fulfillment selected for inner city investment program, MSN Money, 11.2009
Six Detroit companies picked for Bank of America private-equity program, Detroit Business Journal, 11.2009
Great Northern chosen for ICIC growth-capital program, Business First of Louisville, 11.2009
ICIC Study Guides Louisville's Park Hill Industrial Corridor Strategy, LouisvilleKY.gov, 10.2009