The Morehouse Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center is celebrating its 20th anniversary this week with the release of a new report on the state of Black business in metro Atlanta – The Building Black Business Report 2024.
“One of the things we found was a lot of support around initiation, right, startup support, but much more was needed at the scaling,” said Thema Monroe-White, the lead researcher on the MIEC research report.
The researchers say disproportionate access to government contracts, denied loans and weak social resources continue to hold back Black small business owners.
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