Street Food Institute’s entrepreneurship training program receives federal recognition
Street Food Institute secured $2 million in Congressionally Directed Spending for their Barelas Central Kitchen project.
Impact Investing
What do Black and Latino-owned businesses in Detroit need? Access to capital.
TechTown Detroit and ProsperUs Detroit are supporting people of color-owned businesses in building credit histories, providing business services and training and offering micro-lending ...
Racial Equity
Crowns & Hops takes on racial equity in craft beer industry
Crowns and Hops Brewing launched 8 Trill Pils, the craft beer inspired by W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Business Case for Racial Equity ––$8 trillion ...
Impact Investing
Venture capital for women, women of color
Rethink Impact focuses on investing in underrepresented founders, particularly female-led businesses, with innovative business models in the areas of health, education, sustainability and ...
Impact Investing
Leveraging lived experience to expand opportunity
Impact America Fund invests in large, underserved markets to expand opportunities in communities of color, where entrepreneurs have been overlooked and undervalued by ...
Solving transit barriers to improve employment opportunities
Late shift workers face transit barriers that prevent them from pursuing employment opportunities. In Battle Creek, Michigan, Aequitas Mobility Services provide transit options ...
Impact Investing
Battle Creek’s first Burmese restaurant
Most Burmese Americans live in metropolitan areas with large immigrant populations, like Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, and Washington ...
Leadership
Tips from a Teenpreneur
Gabrielle Goodwin, a teenpreneur and CEO of GaBBY Bows, created the first double faced, double snap barrette hair accessory with her mother.
Jobs
Entrepreneurship changes the trajectory of communities of color in Minnesota
Metropolitan Economic Development Association (Meda) partnered with six minority business development organizations in the Twin Cities to help entrepreneurs of color succeed. Through ...
Impact Investing
Battle Creek accelerates opportunities for small businesses
The Battle Creek Small Business Loan Fund is a $10 million loan fund available to members of the Battle Creek community and small ...
