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Three Queens Ventures Launches New Program for Women Entrepreneurs in USVI

Applications are currently being accepted for the newest cohort of female small entrepreneurs into the Three Queens Ventures Women’s Business Accelerator program. Run by the SEAT Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (SEAT IEC), the program seeks to help small female manufacturers grow and expand their current business.  This iteration is targeting “small-batch manufacturers of packaged food and beverage products,” according to a press release from SEAT Caribbean. To qualify, the female entrepreneurs must live in the territory, and their products must also be manufactured in the USVI.  The program, SEAT IEC says, is an individualized course that will allow entrepreneurs to enhance skills, acquire new knowledge, learn best business practices and receive mentorship and guidance from professionals.  Significantly, participants will also be able to access seed funding and potential market partnerships critical to their business. “Three Queens Ventures aims to build a collective compris...