This week we discuss the challenges small and minority business owners encounter when trying to gain funding or access to capital for their businesses. The guests are Aron Betru, Managing Director of the Center for Financial Markets at the Milken Institute; and Chris Upperman, CEO of Envolve Entrepreneurship and former Assistant Administrator of the Office of Public Engagement at the U.S. Small Business Administration. The hosts for this episode are Kezmiché “Kim” Atterbury and Jordun Lawrence.
From the National Urban League, For The Movement discusses persistent policy, social, and civil rights issues affecting communities of color.
Small Business Administration
Milken Institute, https://www.milkeninstitute.org
Envole Entrepreneurship, https://envolveglobal.org
Challenges to gaining funding for businesses
Capital opportunities that exist
Minority entrepreneurship
Bank black and buy black
Small Business Administration Loans
Traditional lending versus Fintech
Black unemployment
Urban League Entrepreneurship Center
Devaluing black businesses
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