deaf-expo-logo-linkChicago, IL,. June 12-15, 2013 When deaf co-founders V. Kotenev, J. Clark, and V. Pavlyukovets made this observation many years ago, they were defining how they viewed the endless possibilities in small business and entrepreneurship development for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. They experienced repetitive discrimination with equal communication access and special accommodation at public business events even they were paid and registered.