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Small Business Workshop


Grants and Certifications that can Help Small Business


April 22, 2026 @ 6:00pm EDT

Cost: $10.00

Duration: 120 minutes



LIVE ONLINE Workshop



Grants and Certifications that can Help Small Business



Grow your business with the city, state, and other agencies. Become certified as a Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (EBE) Locally-based Business Enterprise (LBE). Companies that become certified obtain greater access to contracting opportunities with government and private corporations. Learn about the benefits of certification.


Grants are available for startups and existing businesses. How do you find them and what do you need to get them?


You will learn:

  • The different kinds of certifications you can get, their value to your business, and the processes involved
  • Sources of grants. What information the people giving the grants look for from you. How to apply.


$10 Non-Refundable Fee

About Our Instructor


Dr. Sherrell Hobbs

Working as a visionary leader is something that Sherrell Hobbs has always enjoyed doing. From a successful business marketing director to a life changing leader in education for PreK through college level students, Sherrell has demonstrated advanced skills during crisis situations and is known to push and encourage people to attain their individual greatest limit.


In education, Sherrell is known as an educational turnaround agent. In business, she is the transformational leader and her greatest weapon by choice is a SWOT analysis which she uses to determine the best approach to get the desired results. Sherrell just launched a new business as an educational business and executive leadership coach to members in the C-Suite. As an executive board member of the Washtenaw Promise, where she has candid conversations with lawmakers, heads of law enforcement and business leaders. Voice is key to the survival of every organism. Passionately and determined, Sherrell promotes and encourages each person she comes into contact with, to use their voice in a positive influential manner to influence the organic institutions, and everyone that they meet, to positively impact and change the world within, and without.

Funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. All opinions, conclusions, and/or recommendations expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA.