May 20, 2024 | Business, Entrepreneurship, Finance
In recent years, Black-owned businesses have grown at the fastest pace in 30 years. However, despite growing optimism, the path to success for Black entrepreneurs is still paved with systematic barriers in 2024. In addition to the regular pressures of running a...
May 13, 2024 | Entrepreneurship, Finance, Women
Melissa Bradley broke barriers when in 2016, she launched 1863 Ventures, an investment firm bridging entrepreneurship and racial equity to amplify underserved entrepreneurs and help them reach their goals. Now, she’s getting recognized for her considerable...
Sep 11, 2023 | Business, Finance, Investment
On Aug. 28, a group of Black pastors, known as the Leaders Network, broke ground on a new credit union in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago. Aiming to help eradicate the glaring discrepancies in wealth between Black and white residents, the Leaders Network Credit...
Jun 19, 2023 | Entrepreneurship, Finance, History, Investment
Entrepreneurs pitched their company and product ideas to a panel Thursday in an event similar to the television show “Shark Tank.” The Black Wall Street Pitch Competition was formed to showcase people finding solutions to problems, said Kelsey Davis, CEO of...
Nov 28, 2022 | Entrepreneurship, Finance
Now Kasandy, CEO and co-founder of the Black Entrepreneurs and Businesses of Canada Society, wants to help other Black would-be business owners, many of whom still face financial barriers. So the society on Friday launched a new contest to help Black entrepreneurs...
Nov 21, 2022 | Business, Finance
There is a lot of knowledge that goes into a successful and sustainable small business: taxes, insurance, payroll, marketing, the ever-important access to capital… to name a few. Jerodd Taylor, owner of TaylorMade Wealth Management as well as a board...
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