By Dianne Anderson Before and during the pandemic, Black businesses barely hung on, and missed out on some major loan opportunities that helped other businesses keep their doors open in the first rounds of stimulus CARES Act funding. Today with new inflationary pressures in play, billions of dollars in American Rescue Plan Act funds now ...

Black Business Roadmap: By Mikal Quarles and Byna Elliott, JPMorgan Chase Entrepreneurship is booming in Black neighborhoods across the country. 2021 saw the highest number of Black businesses created in more than two decades and accounted for 25 percent of all businesses founded nationwide. Owning a business is one of the fastest avenues to creating ...

By Dianne Anderson Tenacious businesswoman, loving grandmother, teacher and down to earth social justice advocate are a just few of the many endearing qualities to describe local tech diva, Cynthia Renee Frazier. Ms. Frazier passed away last week. Charmain Johnson reflects on 20 years of their friendship, the long intellectual conversations about the community, business ...

By Dianne Anderson Not so long ago, there was a time when women could barely access business counseling, let alone access loans. Joelle Passerello with the Inland Empire Women’s Business Center said things have come a long way since entrepreneur Mike Stull founded their program to help women get a break. Since 2003, the IEWBC ...