May 22, 2024

Their businesses were transformed by a grant program for Black women. Its future is now at risk

Originally published by The 19th Bettina Benson was getting off a red-eye flight from Los Angeles, on her way home to Marietta, Georgia, when she received an email that altered the course of her business. She was a recipient of a 2023 grant from venture capital firm Fearless Fund, established to help Black women small […]

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Black women entrepreneurs want more federal support to start and grow businesses

Originally published by The 19th Black women think the federal government could do more to advance entrepreneurship opportunities, as many view launching and sustaining businesses as key to creating wealth, according to a survey from Goldman Sachs’ One Million Black Women investment initiative. The survey, published Thursday, comes as the Biden administration is embarking on

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