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Low revenues amongst Black and Brown entrepreneurs remains prevalent to date. According to The Alliance for Entrepreneurial Equity's 2024 report on the state of Black Businesses, there is still a lot of work to be done to close the racial revenue gap amongst entrepreneurs, as illustrated in the graphic below. ESO Ventures is here to change that, working with our business owners to construct a strategic gameplan to increase revenue and expand their customer base. Learn more at https://hubs.ly/Q02w_0k-0

"If you can separate the feelings from the facts, and know that it is your fiduciary responsibility to always act with the best interest of the company in mind, and look at things from a longer-term perspective, you’ll make better decisions." -Jennifer Lea #entrepreneurship #startups #nebraska

Hey fam! 🌟 Michael Berhane shared some electrifying news about empowerment, innovation, and community upliftment. 🚀🙌🏾 A squad of visionary Black entrepreneurs are rewriting the narrative in Chicago’s South Shore with “The Xchange,” a $40M high-rise development project that’s set to transform lives and landscapes. 🏙️💫 What’s lit about this project is not just the bricks and mortar; it’s their pledge to keep rents affordable, ensuring that the folks in the community don't get pushed out but instead get to rise up with this development. 🏡✊🏾 But wait, there’s more! They’re integrating architecture, development, and entrepreneurship programs specifically designed for our young kings and queens, equipping them with the tools to build their future, right in their own backyard. 🎓🔨 This is more than a development; it’s a movement. A movement that says we can create spaces that reflect our values, support our people, and invest in our youth. 🌱🖤 Let’s spread the word, support this incredible initiative, and keep pushing for projects that put our communities first. Because when we lift each other up, there’s no limit to how high we can soar. 🚀👑 #TheXchange #CommunityEmpowerment #BlackEntrepreneurs #FutureIsBright

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Such a great week of learning! From NIL (Name, Image, Likeness) workshops to Women in Entrepreneurship workshops!

I'll be there - talking about REAL uses of AI in education, what we are doing in professional development for teachers and in CS classrooms, as well as our use of AI to make educational games. No hype here.

Thanks Matthew Wagner, Ph.D. for the Main Street Skowhegan mention in your Main Street America blog "Main Spotlight: What Can Small Business Owners Expect in 2024?" — "While places like Skowhegan, Maine, and Emporia, Kansas, aren’t yet competing with Silicon Valley and the Research Triangle, there were a lot of waves generated in the entrepreneurial ecosystem space as a growing segment of the broader community and economic development field. In 2023, Skowhegan grew their new entrepreneurial center, received support funding from the Maine Technology Institute, and most recently, received U.S. Economic Development Administration Recompete program funding to the tune of $425,000. The initial success of Maine Downtown Center’s pilot entrepreneurial ecosystem work that resulted in a Senate direct appropriation through U.S. Small Business Administration to expand this work to 10 other Main Street Programs.    Great strides were made, but we’ll consider it a win when national media and conferences begin to call out and feature Main Street communities as models for small and mid-sized community small business support systems." https://lnkd.in/eVGSEjYM

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It might have been Spring Break for some, but there was no break in sight here at B+B! From new cohorts to new programs to new conversations, we stayed busy this past week: ✅ Sprinted into the first week of our inaugural Mobility Idea Accelerator program in partnership with Capital One. ✅ Hosted another Buildership® workshop in Alabama as part of our year-long series open to all residents of the state interested in entrepreneurship. ✅ Kicked off our Idea Ignitor, a self pay course option to help new entrepreneurs launch their Builder journey at their own paces. ✅ Launched our Pitch Forge, a month-long, alumni-exclusive course to help alums build and nail a winning pitch deck. ✅ Founding team Donna Harris and Kathleen Hale were on the ground in multiple cities for exclusive meetings to continue the conversation on some exciting things. 👀 We're revving up for a great Q2 so follow us to stay updated on what's to come from B+B! Was your spring break all work or all play, or a mix of both? 👇

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