Too often choose to go it alone because they're shut out of other routes to the top.
In some deeply empowering good news, the U.S. Census Bureau recently informed Americans that black-owned businesses are among the fastest-growing segments of the nation's economy—up 45% from 1997 to 2002—and that these businesses currently generate a healthy $89 billion in revenue, up 25% over the same period. And while the geography of this trend shows no surprises—African-American businesses tend to be concentrated in cities such as New York, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Chicago—it's instructive to look a little beneath the surface. [...]
| You should go read the rest of National Black MBA Association president and CEO Barbara Thomas' BusinessWeek article "Black Entrepreneurs Win, Corporations Lose"
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