Helping Entrepreneurs of Color Grow their Business: Early Insights from the Ascend 2020 Initiative

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2018
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Initiative for a Competitive Inner City

This report identifies the strategies needed to help entrepreneurs of color, including those in high-growth sectors and in inner cities, overcome structural bias challenges. It also includes a review of a promising new model to supporting entrepreneurs of color that was launched in 2017 in six markets, Ascend 2020.

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Target Economic Development to Workers Without College Degrees
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Target Economic Development to Entrepreneurs of Color
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