The Black community is 5.2 times more likely to be denied a loan. Capital is necessary for a business to maintain its operations. Proper management of working capital is essential to a company’s fundamental financial health and operational success as a business.

With the Wealth and Credit gap working together to create huge hurdles for Black entrepreneurs to overcome, the Black Business Initiative is bringing together community, government, lenders and funders to discuss the technical support and key strategies that are needed or in place to assist Black entrepreneurs in gaining access to the appropriate levels of capital needed to take their business to a new level.