03/01/2022
Hey y’all! It’s the first day of Women’s History month! So let’s start with some facts. And since we are coming off the heels of Black History Month, let me start off with some facts about Black women.
✅ 17% of Black women are in the process of starting or running new businesses 👏🏾👏🏾 compared to 10% of white women and 15% of white men. (Harvard Business Journal)
✅ Black women only make up 12% of the female population in the USA, but make up over 50% of the number of Black Americans receiving a post secondary education (HBCU Buzz)
✅ Black woman who have raised 1 million from VCs as more than doubled from 34 Black women in 2018
We are starting businesses, we are educated and we are moving into spaces that we never have before (startup world)
We have come along way and we have a long way to go! But the first, in the words of Snoop Dog,
I wanna thank me!
Thank me for my hard work
Thank me for not giving up
Black women let’s continue to Show up and Show out!
Also, if you are trying to figure out what those next steps look like for your business growth. Let’s chat. CEOs, it’s time to take it up a notch! 💪🏾💪🏾
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