Federal shifts in diversity standards and looming concerns over the future of equity are no match for business leaders compelled with the tips and tools to a successful trade, at least according to these Black self-starters leveraging their entrepreneurial status to help others forge paths to economic and communal wealth.
“We don’t need permission. We don’t need validation, we don’t need a corporate initiative to succeed,” said Mick Hunt, a leadership expert hailing from South Carolina. “The future belongs to those who own their narrative, who control their opportunities, and who move with intelligence, strategy and execution.”