Hector Barreto

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Hispanic small businesses are the fastest growing sector in the economy. Hector Barreto joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how the Latino Coalition is supporting Small Business Week.
Why is Hispanic entrepreneurship growing? Hector Barreto joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the growth of Hispanic small businesses in the US and what other ethnic groups can learn from surge in Latino entrepreneurship.
Hector Barreto joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the 2011 America’s Small Business Summit, in partnership with the US Chamber, plus the continuation of the successful Business Matchmaking program.
How much do Hispanics influence politics? Hector Barreto joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why Hispanics typically register as Democrats, but vote as independents, plus the top three concerns of Hispanic voters - which does not include immigration.
Launching the 2010 Latino Coalition's Economic Summit, Hector Barreto joins Jim Blasingame to talk about some of the important events designed to support the minority small business owners, especially to help them get more government contracts.
A national hispanic leader speaks out about the recent immigration controversy and ongoing debate. Hector Barreto talks with Jim Blasingame about his thoughts on how to deal with the immigration problem in America.
How do you return to the private sector after you've been a high-profile government administrator? Hector joins Jim to talk about how he's doing all of this quite well, thank you very much.
Hector joins Jim to reflect on his tenure at the SBA and to talk about what he's going to do post-SBA.
Administrator Barreto joins Jim to talk about some of the important work the SBA has been doing with the victims of Hurricane Katrina. They go on to discuss the news regarding Business Matchmaking and the upcoming Small Business Week events in Washington, D.C.
Hector talks with Jim about how the U.S. economy is doing, the jobs growth picture, and the SBA's role in disaster relief over the past few months.