We helped expand the Fuerza Local Accelerator program from hosting one cohort of 12 businesses to 60 businesses across several cities in Phoenix metro from 2016-2018. The Fuerza Local Business Accelerator program is a six-month program designed to teach underserved micro-entrepreneurs important basics for financial literacy and business development. Participants attend weekly classes on a variety of topics including marketing, business planning, cash flow management, and many more. Participants also gain critically important financial literacy through participating in a lending circle, which requires them to make on-time payments every month they are in the program.