NC IDEA recently announced its ambition to form the North Carolina Black Entrepreneurship Council, the NC BEC. Since making the announcement, we had a public call for applications, formed the Council of 25 accomplished individuals, established governance protocols and formed various committees. Here’s an update.
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Tech giant Cisco on Wednesday unveiled its plan to increase diversity across the company and to become more involved in efforts to deal with social justice, spelling out in detail 12 actions it planned to take.
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IBM on Friday called on the US government to limit exports of facil recognition technology that could be used for racial profiling or other human rights violations.
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Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is donating $100 million to the nation’s four historically Black medical schools to help ease the student debt burden for the next generation of Black physicians.
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In the wake of global protests against police brutality and the coronavirus pandemic, its membership has climbed to more than 13,000 — and counting.
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A pair of Black-led banks on opposite coasts are joining forces to become the largest minority-owned depository institution in the United States, according to FDIC data.
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Apparently, some people see an effort to support Black entrepreneurship being at the expense of neglecting others. At the risk of stating what should be obvious, that isn’t the case. Here’s why.
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NC IDEA, a private foundation committed to supporting entrepreneurial ambition and economic empowerment in North Carolina, announced today the formation of the North Carolina Black Entrepreneurship Council with 25 people from across the state selected.
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NC IDEA has awarded a $100,000 NC IDEA Ecosystem grant to Prospera, an economic development, nonprofit organization that helps start, sustain and grow Hispanic-owned businesses to achieve community prosperity.
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