In New York City, immigrants, women, veterans, and people of color collectively are the majority of the population — but their representation in business ownership gets smaller as business size grows.
We envision a NYC where this trend is reversed and historically excluded communities can leverage their business to achieve financial stability and long-term mobility.
M2M means Minor to Major. The three circles in our logo are that shift: a rising share of business ownership held by the people who are often at the frontline of building our neighborhood and this city. We are here to change that math one business at a time, until the businesses we serve have grown past the size where a minority is the only way in.
New York City has resources for people starting businesses and capital for companies already positioned to scale. Far less exists for the contractors operating in between.
A contractor can have real crews, real jobs, and real revenue — and still lack current financial statements, reliable job costing, cash-flow controls, and the other financial infrastructure required to manage larger opportunities.
The M2M Project was founded to close that gap. We work alongside small contractors to understand, build, repair, and maintain the financial operating systems behind their businesses. We also help prepared contractors navigate relationships with lenders and buyers.
M2M serves small skilled-trade contractors in New York City who have historically lacked access to high-quality financial infrastructure, appropriate capital, and contracting networks.
We prioritize women, veterans, immigrants, people of color, and gender-expansive business owners — contractors from historically excluded communities. These contractors do not lack skill, ambition, or work ethic. They have been asked to build businesses in a market where the systems, relationships, and resources that support growth have not been equally available.
M2M's work directly benefits participating contractors, but the purpose extends beyond any one business.
A financially stable contracting business can support a family, retain workers, create jobs, engage local suppliers, complete neighborhood projects, and contribute to long-term economic mobility. When historically excluded contractors gain access to the infrastructure and relationships required to compete, more of the economic value generated by New York City's built environment can remain within the communities where that work takes place.
That is the public purpose behind M2M: using small-business infrastructure as a path toward family stability, quality jobs, and community economic mobility.
The founder, advisor, and board of directors who lead The M2M Project.