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Black households now account for an estimated $272 billion in discretionary spending. That proves market significance. It does not reveal who owns the companies converting that demand into...
Most founders spend months refining pitch decks, polishing financial models, and preparing for lengthy meetings with investors. By the time they start fundraising, many expect that funding will depend...
In 2015, Black Americans had nearly $1.2 trillion in buying power. By 2016, Nielsen estimated that about 11.5 million Black millennials lived in the United States. Despite their economic influence and...
You’ve heard the advice a hundred times: “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” But what if you don’t know anyone? What if your family doesn’t have...
Trevor Rozier-Byrd left a secure Wall Street career to solve a problem he believed traditional finance had failed to address: helping underserved communities build wealth through investing. Most...
The founders supported through Felecia Hatcher’s ecosystem have gone on to raise more than $280 million in capital. Yet Hatcher has never argued that funding is the real problem. She believes...
Most entrepreneurs spend years chasing a billion-dollar exit. Once they reach this goal, many move away from the demands of building companies. The typical approach is straightforward: invest quietly...
Richard Parsons took over a company struggling from one of corporate America’s worst mergers. By the end of 2002, AOL Time Warner reported what was then the largest annual corporate loss in U.S...
Christopher J. Williams recognized an opportunity where others saw a closed market. In 2001, he founded The Williams Capital Group with a strategy focused on institutional transactions, with expertise...