Encouraging Entrepreneurial Dreams
Grace Fricks’ first career was as a social worker, but then she hit upon an idea: Maybe the way to help people out of poverty was to enable them to start a small business. Holy Grail…
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Grace Fricks’ first career was as a social worker, but then she hit upon an idea: Maybe the way to help people out of poverty was to enable them to start a small business. Holy Grail…
Q: How did you become interested in helping small businesses succeed? A: I was a business owner myself. I opened my own restaurant, and I did not know anything about running a small business. I just had a passion and…
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