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September 19, 2019

Title: Black Entrepreneurship
Topic: Black Entrepreneurship

Discussed by Bradford Traywick
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)

FACT: The majority of small businesses in Texas do not have a single employee.

FACT: The number of black Texans who own their own business has doubled over the last ten years.

New guest, Bradford Traywick, is the Project Coordinator for the Booker T. Washington Initiative, a division of the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Bradford has a long list of accomplishments, including: mentoring undergraduate students with the Panther Advisory Leaders program at Prairie View A&M and the Program Coordinator for the Men of Honor and Women of Integrity programs at San Jacinto College.

Questions/Issues Discussed:

Given the FACTS above, why would anyone want to own their own business?

Is it harder for minorities to start and succeed as small business owners in Texas?

Why don’t blacks apply for small business loans? Do the majority just use their own personal savings?

What three skills must a small business owner have to succeed today?

How is Bradford applying his talents in assisting minority owned businesses today?

You can read more about this issue here.

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