Initiative for Inclusive Entrepreneurship 

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• Black Women-Led Middle-Market Firms Face Persistent Systemic Barriers, Forbes,
  Geri Stengel, July 22, 2024.
   

• Readout: Meeting of White House, U.S. Department of the Treasury, and Stakeholders for the Initiative for Inclusive Entrepreneurship, U.S. Department of the Treasury, July 2, 2024.

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• News Release: The Initiative for Inclusive Entrepreneurship Announces Results from 18-Month Pilot and New Home at The Milken Institute, June 25, 2024.

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• Public-Private Partnership Bring Billions To Diverse-Owned Businesses, Forbes, Geri Stengel, June 24, 2024.

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• California Launches Online Tool to Help Fuel Small Businesses, KRCA, Lindsay Weber, April 24, 2024.

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• California Economic Development Leaders Launch New Tool Connecting Business Owners with Trusted Lenders, BusinessWire, April 24, 2024. 

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• Run A Business In California? This Free Loan Tool Can Help You Grow, Brit + Co, April 24, 2024. 

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• What $10 Billion Could Do for America’s Small Businesses, Next City, Christopher C. Williams, March 4, 2024. 

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• Partnerships, Policy & Platforms: How the community development finance sector is supporting historic entrepreneurship growth in the U.S., Strive USA, January 24, 2024.

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• Organizations Emerge to Help Communities Access Federal Funds, ImpactAlpha, November 17, 2023.

 

• As Biden Scrambles to Reassure Black, Latino Voters, Some Ask If the Wealth Gap Can Be Fixed, The Hill, Tobias Burn, November 15, 2023.

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• White House Fact Sheet: Vice President Harris Announces New Efforts to Expand Capital Access and Contracting Opportunities for Minority-Owned and Underserved Businesses at the Freedman’s Bank Forum, October 25, 2023. 

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• U.S. Treasury Department Announces New Efforts to Expand Economic Opportunity for Underserved Businesses and Communities at Annual Freedman’s Bank Forum, October 27, 2023. 

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• Press Release: Vice President Kamala Harris Announces New Investment Fund to Expand Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs of Color, October 25, 2023. 

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• Black Women Entrepreneurs Need Capital and a Call to Action to Get It, Black Enterprise, Jeffrey McKinney, August 7, 2023. 

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• Press Release: Hyphen Announces Next Phase for Cross-Sector Initiative to Expand Capital Access to Entrepreneurs of Color, June 14, 2023.

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• White House Fact Sheet: Vice President Harris Announces New Public and Private-Sector Efforts to Advance Racial Equity at Freedman’s Bank Forum, October 4, 2022.

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• New $100M Private-Public Initiative Targets Entrepreneurs of Color, Russell Contreras, Axios, October 6, 2022. 

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• Dealbook, Andrew Ross Sorkin, The New York Times, October 4, 2022. 

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• Press Release: Entrepreneurs of Color Get a Boost from a National Philanthropic Initiative, Alongside $10 Billion from Treasury, October 4, 2022.

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