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When we created The Empowerment Experiment, we knew things would be different. We knew we were going to miss certain businesses, services and products that we had grown so accustomed to using. What we could not predict or begin to prepare myself for is how absolutely fulfilling the shopping and the small sacrifices would be.
The Small Business Administration, which is charged with serving entrepreneurs needs, has experienced budget cuts and constant turnover in personnel, including three different administrators. Now, with increased Democratic majorities in both chambers of Congress and a Democratic president, these entrepreneurs have reason to hope things will change. But with so much focus on bailing out Wall Street, financial institutions, and the auto industry, will they continue to be overlooked?
Mastercard announced it will host She Runs This: Celebrating Entrepreneurship in Business and Hip-Hop, a three-day event in partnership with Femme It Forward.
Walmart last year teamed up with Black Enterprise to develop a series of 20/20 Vision Forums on supplier diversity to help entrepreneurs scale up their operations to land and service sizable contracts.
The African American Chamber Fund, led by New Jersey-based World Business Lenders, will initially offer up to $10 million in loans to black businesses.
