As they ran their own business last year, Ernisha and Tracey Hall found themselves meeting so many minority-owned business owners that they decided on a new project — building a directory of Black-owned businesses.
The constant requests they got from other business people for recommendations added fuel to their fire.
“As a business owner, I learned very quickly that sometimes we don’t get a fair chance. … I felt it was very important to find a way to put us on an equal platform,” Ernisha Hall said. “And sometimes it’s just that we can’t be found. I had no idea there were so many amazing Black-owned businesses in so many different areas and categories.”
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