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The “Cultivating the New Minority Entrepreneur†panelists at South by Southwest (SXSW) discussed the changing Gen Y minority entrepreneurship paradigm, as well as ways the community ca n help cultivate this sector of entrepreneurs.
These heavy hitters started from the bottom and worked their way up, proving humble beginnings can lead to major future wins.
Jennifer Jones Austin thought she just had a stomach virus. The married mother of two and senior vice president of community investment for the United Way of New York City attributed her sickness to her busy schedule. But as Jennifer became weak and suffered blurry vision, vomiting, and temperatures as high as 103.5 degrees over nearly five days, she and her husband, Shawn, knew her illness was more serious.
The Minority Business Development Agency hosted a summit where stakeholders made recommendations on how to improve minority business programs, overcome legal challenges to those programs, advocate effectively on businesses’ behalf, and help entrepreneurs address emerging markets.
Financially strapped in the midst of the Great Recession and with one semester left to go to complete a bachelor’s in psychology at the University of Michigan, Detroit native Carmen Carroll better known as Carmen Operetta, returned to New York to bartend, a job she held many times before.
