Digital Sales Acces Program

The Digital Sales Access Program (DSAP) Summit aims to bridge the digital divide that impacts immigrant, minority, and small businesses particularly those operating as cash-only or those in need of financial management tools.

Digital Sales Access Program

The Digital Sales Access Program (DSAP) Summit bridges the digital divide that impacts immigrant & minority-owned small businesses, particularly those operating as cash-only or those in need of financial management tools.

We aim to support and empower 50 business owners to grow by expanding their e-commerce capacity, strengthening social media marketing, improving digital literacy, increasing financial awareness, and connecting them to a reliable community.

BUSINESS OWNERS WILL RECEIVE :

  • A new Square Point of Sales System (A Square Register or a Square Terminal )
  • Early access to the My City Resource Portal
  • Training on maximizing your Point of Sales System
  • Financial management tools
  • Social media strategy tools
  • SEO management tools
  • Networking opportunity with like minded business owners and mentors

BENEFITS

  • Increased sales efficiency, speed, and accuracy
  • Expanded payment capabilities
  • Integrated or built-in inventory management
  • Simplified accounting and reporting
  • Learning how to access future funding
  • Leverage relevant tools to integrate current and future customer base
  • Maximize Yelp, Google, Instagram, Facebook, Tik Tok channels to effectively grow your business
  • Access to a reliable team dedicated to supporting selected business owner(s).

Eligibility Requirements

Businesses must meet the following criteria:

  • An active City of Business license in the city of operation
  • In operation for at least six months from the date of application
  • No more than 10 employees
  • Is not a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization

The following businesses will be given priority:

  • Owned by Black, Indigenous, and people of color  
  • Woman-owned  
  • Business that do not have a POS
  • Are interested in financial management training
  • Are interested in marketing & branding training

Impact Hub

Impact Hub Port-Au-Prince takes an authentic approach to developing community, inspiring members through sustainable practices. Emphasizing progressive inclusivity and transparency, Impact Hub aims to preserve and expand Port-Au-Prince’s creative and thriving entrepreneurial culture. We hope to reach maximum effectiveness with the intentional practice of accountability. Guided by love, respect, honor, and trust, we always seek to refine, elevate, and restore the health of our community.

Infinitum Humanitarian Systems

will direct a training and operations program within Impact Hub called GeoHaiti. GeoHaiti trains adults on geospatial information systems (GIS) that serve to improve community disaster resilience. Training topics include community communications, water and sanitation management, environmental preservation, public health measures, community disease surveillance, sustainable infrastructure, and hazard analysis.

Living Building Challenge

Kay Tita will be the greenest commercial building in Haiti since it will be constructed according to The Living Building Challenge (LBC) standards, considered the most rigorous environmental performance standard. People from around the world use this regenerative design framework to create spaces that produce more energy than they utilize.

MUCE

MUCE EDUCATES is an organization co-founded by Barthelemy Mervil, David Pierre-Louis’ brother, and utilizes arts promote intercultural exchange and to bring an end to cyclical poverty. MUCE is committed to teaching the visual arts to youth in urban areas so that they may compete in the global market. The organization provides educational workshops and opportunities for the emerging labor force with an emphasis on production in arts and culture.

Haiti Coffee Co

Haiti Coffee Co. is a U.S. based company that imports Haitian Coffee while working towards infrastructure development that directly benefits the farmers from whom they source. The organization provides solutions that address deforestation, environmental sustainability, agriculture training, and infrastructure development.

Impact Bio Energy

Seattle‐based startup, Impact Bioenergy, manufactures and sells bioenergy systems that convert organic waste materials into renewable natural gas and fertilizer with zero waste.

Ambient Water

Ambient Water (formerly AWG International) is Washington state based company that uses  a patented technology that transforms humidity into an abundant source of safe, clean water.

Startup Week

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The DoSchool

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Yes Baby I Like It Raw

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Days for Girls

Days for Girls puts freedom and opportunity back into the hands of women and girls by providing sustainable hygiene solutions.

DSAP
9th Cohort - November 15th

The Digital Sales Access Program (DSAP) Summit helps bridge the digital divide by equipping small businesses with the tools and training to strengthen operations, improve financial management, and grow in today’s marketplace.

Our goal is to help business owners expand through stronger e-commerce capacity, social media marketing, improved digital literacy, financial awareness, and connection to a supportive community.

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