African American Business Link If you want to do business in the half-billion dollar (annual) African American economy, you've come to the right place. AABL offers a business directory, online catalog shopping, and a complete line of Web publishing and communication products that link businesses, consumers, manufacturers and vendors -- both African American and others. Learn how you can advertise, display and sell products, services and information to this diverse readership with a listing, home page or web site.
African-American Small Business Resources There are a variety of small business resources available that have been developed specifically to help African-Americans start and operate small businesses. African-American is defined here as persons living in the United States who are of African ancestry. Includes some resources available for African-Americans who run or want to run a small business.
Article in Charity Guide: SUPPORT AFRICAN-AMERICAN ENTREPRENEURS: BUY FROM BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES by Katherine Noyes Inviting bids from black-owned businesses is a matter of fairness: Even though African-Americans represent 13.4 percent of the U.S. population, they own just 5 percent of American companies and receive less than 0.5 percent of the revenue. African-American entrepreneurs face fewer opportunities and more challenges than others do in this country. So until more American companies embrace supplier diversity and make it a practice to buy from black-owned businesses, African-Americans will continue to face a dim future in the business world.
Black Business Planet Our mission is to stimulate an environment of African American entrepreneurship in the black community. We would like each family to instill an entrepreneurial spirit in each child, each person to attempt black home ownership, and above of all for us to permeate personal responsibility in the African American society.
BlackChambers-Online.com Connecting Black businesses to the global market. Features include: business, technology, entertainment, sports and more.
blackenterprise.com Black Enterprise is the African American destination for information regarding entrepreneurship. Small business, money, career, lifestyle, events, and more.
Center for Black Business History, Entrepreneurship and Technology Founded at the University of Texas at Austin in 2002 by Professor Juliet E. K. Walker, considered the foremost scholar in African American Business History. The first center established at any American college or university that provides a comprehensive, inclusive and collaborative study of all aspects of black business from various disciplines in the liberal arts, specifically within the context of the impact of racial capitalism on black business activity.
National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) NBCC reaches 100,000 Black-owned businesses. There are 1 million Black-owned businesses in the United States. Black businesses account for over $100 billion in annual sales. African Americans have over $800 billion in expendable income each year according to the US Bureau of Census. It is dedicated to economically empowering and sustaining African American communities through entrepreneurship and capitalistic activity within the United States and via interaction with the Black Diaspora.
USEBOBO.com USEBOBO stands for USE BLACK OWNED BLACK OPERATED. There are well over 1,197,000 Black owned businesses in the United States. We, at USEBOBO, think it's high time you meet some of them. Whether at home in your community or traveling, we can help you support these companies. We'll give you all the information you'll need to patronize the businesses of your choice.
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