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Centro CEO App: Empowering
Underserved Entrepreneurs with AI
At Centro Community Partners, we envision a future where entrepreneurship is accessible to everyone, regardless of race, gender, or financial means. We are building the Centro CEO App, an AI-powered platform designed to break down the racial, economic, and systemic barriers disproportionately affecting low-income and minority entrepreneurs.
This innovative solution will offer personalized business journey maps, access to microloans, comprehensive entrepreneurship education, and even training in generative AI. But we can’t do it alone—we need your help to bring our vision to life!
Help us build the Centro CEO App by becoming a donor or volunteer today and join our mission to create racially and economically equitable opportunities for all.
How the Centro CEO App
Will Overcome Barriers
Personalized Entrepreneurship Journey
Our AI-powered platform will generate customized business journey maps, offering step-by-step guidance based on the entrepreneur’s business stage, needs, and goals. This ensures that women, minority entrepreneurs, and low-income individuals receive culturally relevant support tailored to their unique challenges.
Business Planning: Entrepreneurs will receive real-time assistance in creating business models, financial forecasts, and go-to-market strategies designed for minority-led businesses.
Financial Empowerment: Entrepreneurs will learn how to manage finances effectively, with resources specifically developed for those who have faced economic discrimination.
Overcoming Capital Access Barriers
Capital access remains a significant barrier for many underserved entrepreneurs. The Centro CEO App will connect users to Kiva, CDFIs, and other micro-lenders, focusing on addressing racial inequities in lending practices and ensuring that minority entrepreneurs can access the financial resources they need to grow their businesses.
Microloan Matching: The app will match entrepreneurs with microloan opportunities, ensuring equitable access to capital, with a focus on serving communities of color that are often overlooked by traditional financial institutions.
Capital Readiness: The app will help entrepreneurs improve their credit scores and prepare documentation, giving them the tools to overcome historical biases in financial services.
Generative AI Education for Racial and Economic Equity
We recognize the technology gap that often excludes low-income and minority entrepreneurs from fully participating in the digital economy. The Centro CEO App introduces Generative AI tools and prompt engineering to these communities, empowering them to adopt cutting-edge technologies that will help them automate tasks, optimize operations, and scale their businesses more efficiently.
AI Training Modules: Entrepreneurs will learn how to use AI for business operations, customer service, and marketing, equipping them with tools traditionally available only to privileged entrepreneurs.
Prompt Engineering: This technology will allow entrepreneurs to automate and streamline their workflows, bridging the digital divide for those with limited tech resources.
Building an Inclusive Support Ecosystem
The Centro CEO App goes beyond providing AI-powered tools. It will connect entrepreneurs to a network of nonprofits, public libraries, mentors, and business coaches committed to racial equity. Our partnerships with organizations focusing on economic justice for communities of color will ensure that every entrepreneur has the resources they need to succeed.
Business Coaching: One-on-one mentorship will be provided, with a focus on coaches who have lived experiences of overcoming similar challenges.
Community Partnerships: We collaborate with local nonprofits and institutions that prioritize racial equity to provide holistic support and help underserved entrepreneurs navigate the business world confidently.
Your Support Can Drive Racial and Economic Equity
The Centro CEO App is currently in development, and your contribution can help ensure this innovative tool reaches 5,000 entrepreneurs annually. By supporting this initiative, you can help break down systemic barriers, create equitable access to capital and technology, and build a future where all entrepreneurs—regardless of race, gender, or income level—have the opportunity to succeed.
Donate: Your financial support will help us develop and scale the Centro CEO App, empowering entrepreneurs to achieve financial independence.
Volunteer: Join our mission as a volunteer by offering your expertise in business coaching or technology development
Together, we can bridge the racial wealth gap and create lasting economic mobility for underserved entrepreneurs.
Help Us Build the Future
We are currently in the development phase of the Centro CEO App, and with your support, we can bring this transformative tool to life. We invite social investors, donors, and strategic partners to join us in empowering the next generation of diverse entrepreneurs.
Together, we can create a more inclusive, equitable, and thriving business landscape.
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Centro Legacy - Our Centro App
2014 to 2024
Key Achievements:
100,000+ users reached across diverse entrepreneurial communities.
Global impact in 100+ countries, providing access to underserved entrepreneurs worldwide.
Available in six languages, ensuring culturally and linguistically relevant support.
Facilitated access to $7+ million in capital and grants through partnerships with CDFIs, Kiva, and other financial institutions.
Delivered 13,000+ hours of business coaching and on-demand training modules.
Built a network of 200+ nonprofit partners, fostering a global ecosystem for small business growth.
This global expansion reflects the Centro App’s scalable, innovative approach to providing personalized entrepreneurial journeys and empowering underserved entrepreneurs worldwide.