TuesdayAugust 26, 2025

Entrepreneurs Summit leader: ‘We can grow together’

Immigrant business gathering held in Moline
By: Dave Thompson|August 26, 2025
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    • Catherine Tran, executive director of the Immigrant Entrepreneurs Summit, is shown at the 2025 summit on Tuesday, Aug. 26, at the Vibrant Arena at The Mark in Moline. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

    Catherine Tran knows this is an era when many immigrants feel uncertainty and fear when it comes to federal policies and actions.

    But at an immigrant entrepreneurial gathering held Tuesday, Aug. 26,  in the Quad Cities, she  said that fear should be replaced by encouragement, hope and optimism for the future.

    “I know politically there is a sense of fear. … But I want…

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