Redefining Equity : Black Ventures Offer New Paths for Generational Wealth

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Learn how black entrepreneurs are redefining "equity" and launching new ventures for financial resilience, investment, and wealth generation

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<a href="https://phys.org/news/2020-07-black-entrepreneurship-states.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a>"Black business ownership, more so than even education, is a tangible pathway for African Americans to achieve economic parity and close the racial wealth gap."- <a href="https://phys.org/news/2020-07-black-entrepreneurship-states.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Tiffany Howard</a>, UNLV political science professor and recent Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) senior research fellow While business ownership may be a promising path to generational wealth creation for black entrepreneurs, the <a href="https://www.kauffman.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ase_brief_startup_financing_by_race.pdf" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Kauffman Foundation reports</a> that black entrepreneurs are almost three times as likely as whites to have their profitability hurt by lack of access to capital, and more than twice as likely to be negatively impacted by the *cost* of capital. So how do we ensure that opportunity and support for their financial equity, is equitable itself? Black entrepreneurs in Houston have been launching new ventures to address these challenges with a systemic approach. Join us to learn from founders Kiley Summers, Phillip Yates, and Tiffany Williams about their startups, the problems they're working to solve, and how they plan to grow their initiatives and scale their impact for under-represented and underserved entrepreneurs. Who knows: They may inspire you to start your own solutions for equity!<h3>Guest Speakers:</h3><h3></h3><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/twicemediaproductions/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Tiffany L. Williams </a>
Co-founder &amp; Managing Partner, DFH
CEO &amp; Creative Director, <a href="http://twicemediaproductions.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Twice Media Productions</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiley-summers-49b11a41/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Kiley Summers</a>
Co-founder &amp; Entrepreneur in Residence, DFH
Founder, <a href="https://spendebt.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">SpenDebt</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/phillipyates/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Attorney Phillip J. Yates</a> 
Co-founder &amp; Managing Partner, DFH
Founder at <a href="https://www.findequiliberty.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Equiliberty</a>Entrepreneurs, Investors, Innovators &amp; Changemakers: Join us for more #THIS2020 Events! See the full calendar of 35+ *virtual* talks, panels, hackathons and more at <a href="https://thehoustonimpactsummit.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://thehoustonimpactsummit.com/</a>Help promote and expand inclusivity and equity across Houston's entrepreneurial ecosystem: Sponsor THIS today! &gt; <a href="https://www.betterunite.com/impacthubhouston-this2020sponsorship" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.betterunite.com/impacthubhouston-this2020sponsorship</a>

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