LT Squared Incorporated

If you own a business in this region, this conversation is about your access to capital and your ability to perform a public contract and policy that will shape what capital, contracts, and capacity look like for every business owner in this room.
A micro-business is not a small business in miniature. SBA size standards run as high as 500 to 1,500 employees depending on the industry. A micro-business is commonly one to nine employees, often five or fewer, needing under $50,000 in capital. Roughly 88% of U.S. businesses are microenterprises and about 84% have no employees beyond the owner. In Ohio, small businesses are 99.6% of all firms — and the overwhelming majority of them are micro.
A program calibrated for a 200-person contractor and a program calibrated for a two-person shop are not the same program. When we treat them as one audience, the smallest firms get left out of tools that were supposedly built for them.
There is a second problem underneath it. Government does not pay at the speed of business. Prompt payment law calls for 30 days. What firms actually see is 45 to 60. For a business with no cushion, that gap turns a contract into a liability.
In 2024, 39% of Black-owned businesses were denied a loan, line of credit, or cash advance.&nbsp;&nbsp;For white-owned firms, that number was 18%.
Those gaps are not a talking points. It is the reason the Ohio Black Small and Micro Business Agenda exists — and it is what we are talking about September 14 on On The Move: Achievers in Action.
Join us for a live podcast taping featuring guest <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/trae-leak-844274165/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Trae Leak</a>&nbsp;of Enlightened Consulting as he discusses the Ohio Black Small &amp; Micro Business Agenda. This free event includes networking, refreshments, and an audience question table, but seating is limited so be sure to register in advance.<a href="https://forms.gle/sQFmrCA6BX4sdS246" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">REGISTER/SAVE YOUR SEAT</a>

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LT Squared Incorporated, 4151 Mayfield Rd, South Euclid, OH