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Mission :  Mandela MarketPlace is a 501(c)3 small business incubator that provides economic and entrepreneurial opportunity to low-income residents and disadvantaged farmers.

Goal:  The Goal of MMP, as a small business incubator focused on growing businesses that meet specific needs of the broad community of Oakland, is to develop & implement a strategy wherein a network of small businesses serving the needs of low-income Oakland neighborhoods are incubated under the auspices of MMP.

MMPlace provides:

• Training
• Funding, technical assistance, research, education  and outreach
• Direct investment in human capital
• Direct investment in existing infrastructure
• Alternative business start-up model
• Linked sectors:  farm  consumer store
• Youth empowerment and support