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WSU Partners with Companies to Boost Hispanic Opportunities


February 23, 2021
Weber State University’s Wildcat Micro Fund and the Alan E. Hall Center for Sales Excellence are partnering with U.S. Bank, the MarketStar Foundation and Suazo Business Center to grow and support the Latino/Hispanic entrepreneurial ecosystem.
First-generation American and entrepreneur Manni Martinez knows the value of programs like these firsthand. In February 2020, he received grant money and guidance from the Micro Fund to help him grow his business.
“The Micro Fund is more than just money,” he said. “It’s additional guidance and support.”
Led by the Hall Global Entrepreneurship Center in the Goddard School of Business & Economics, the Micro Fund is a micro-grant fund that provides grants in the form of cash or services to local entrepreneurs, following a milestone-based mentoring program. To date, the Micro Fund has provided 48 grant awards to entrepreneurs in northern Utah totaling approximately $70,000. ....

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