From the mom-and-pop shops on Auburn Ave to major tech companies started by HBCU grads, Atlanta has a little bit of everything regarding Black-owned businesses.
According to the online lending website Lending Tree, Atlanta leads the country in creating Black-owned businesses, yet systemic barriers persist.
Toby Egbuna sits in The Gathering Spot, a Black-owned private membership club and event venue in Atlanta, with his laptop as an OutKast song plays over the speakers.
“I don’t think that there’s a better place, specifically a Black founder, to be than Atlanta,” he said.
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