Social Enterprise Incubator
Advance Your Mission with LA County’s Social Enterprise Incubator
The Social Enterprise Incubator, offered by the Economic Mobility Initiative, is designed to help organizations strengthen their operations and develop sustainable income streams to expand and level up their impact.
Program Highlights
- Program Duration: 3 month and 6-month options
- Format: Hybrid (both virtual and in-person options available)
- Language: English
- Upcoming launch dates: Incubator closed, sign up for our waitlist and get notified of future opportunities.
As a result of participating in this program, participants will:
- Create sustainable impact
- Grow and diversify income streams
- Conduct effective customer discovery
- Build organizational capacity
- Graduate with a tailored strategy for adding revenue components to their organizations
- Gain access to resources for operational and growth needs
To be eligible to participate, applicants must:
- Be a resident of LA County
- Have been impacted by COVID-19
- Be an established and eligible 501(c)(3) nonprofit or social enterprise
- Be in good standing with 100 or fewer employees
Social Enterprise Incubator Closed
The Social Enterprise Incubator, offered by the Economic Mobility Initiative, is designed to help organizations strengthen their operations and develop sustainable income streams to expand and level up their impact.
Procurement Accelerator
Advance Your Business with LA County’s Procurement Accelerator
The Procurement Accelerator, offered by the Economic Mobility Initiative, is designed to help businesses learn how to certify with local, state, and federal governments, bid on contracts, and expand contracting capacity to support their business growth.
Program Highlights
- Program Duration: 1 month and 2-month options
- Format: Hybrid (both virtual and in-person options available)
- Languages: English and Spanish
- Upcoming launch dates: 11/12/24 and more to be added soon!
Successful graduates:
- Learn the certification process for government contracting
- Increase their business’s contracting capacity
- Navigate procurement opportunities effectively
- Access tailored support for operational growth
- Gain resources for business growth needs
- Increase capacity to bid for local, state, and federal contracting opportunities
- Graduate with a tailored strategy for pursuing government contracts
To be eligible to participate, applicants must
- Be a resident of LA County
- Have been impacted by COVID-19
- Be an established small business
- Be in good standing with 100 or fewer employees
Social Enterprise Incubator Closed
The Social Enterprise Incubator, offered by the Economic Mobility Initiative, is designed to help organizations strengthen their operations
Employee Ownership Intensive
Transition Your Business with LA County’s Employee Ownership Intensive
The Employee Ownership Intensive, offered by the Economic Mobility Initiative, is designed to help business owners explore their option to sell their company to their employees while preserving jobs and sustaining wealth opportunities
Program Highlights
- Program Duration: Varies by business
- Format: Hybrid (both virtual and in-person consultations available)
- Languages: English
- Open for Consultations now
As a result of participating in this program, participants will:
- Identify the fair market value and worth of their business for sale
- Receive no cost technical assistance to sell their business
- Preserve their business’s legacy by keeping it locally rooted
- Sustain quality jobs for the community
- Engage employees who are interested in buying and preserving their business
To be eligible to participate, applicants must:
- Be a resident of LA County
- Have been impacted by COVID-19
- Have 10 or more employees
- Have good financial health & profitability
- Have a 5+ year track record
- Have minimal business debt
Employee Ownership Intensive Open for Consultations
The Social Enterprise Incubator, offered by the Economic Mobility Initiative, is designed to help organizations strengthen their operations and develop sustainable income streams to expand and level up their impact.
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