August has begun and Black Business Month 2025 is in full swing once again!
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“Do not desire to fit in. Desire to oblige yourselves to lead.”
– Gwendolyn Brooks
August is National Black Business Month! Honoring global, and local, black-owned businesses is imperative and ever-important in 2024. Shining the spotlight on this demographic of entrepreneurs is a crucial and timely reminder that efforts are still yet to be made regarding equity and inclusion in the business world and economy.
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“Women of color are the fastest growing segment of entrepreneurs, so this is an excellent time for us. I think getting the mentorships and training you need to go where you want to go is important.”
-Angela Benton, founder of NewME, the first startup accelerator for minorities globally
Happy National Black-Owned Business Month,
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The biennial report, Latina and Black Women Entrepreneurs in the Tech & Innovation Ecosystem, which Project Diane and the organization DigitalUndivided recently released, compiled data from more than 750 Latina and Black female founders who have received outside funding. These companies received 0.85% of all venture capital in 2022,
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