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LONGMONT — Kenneth Robinson is one of few minority business owners in Boulder County.

He says it’s taken 15 years to build his company, a Longmont-based janitorial service called Finishing Touch, from about $3,000 to $3 million in revenues.

It hasn’t been easy.

Five years ago, Robinson and his wife, Glenda, president of their company, were pursuing a $3 million contract. First, they needed capital to get the ball rolling. They went to banks needing $200,000 but asking for $100,000, taking examples from the early days of their business.

Kenneth Robinson says he had to jump through hoops only to get a fraction of…