AfroZen founder Adanna Murrell on building a niche company using online resources
The Wilmington entrepreneur found a following with quarantine couples: "If you have an idea, you've got to execute on it," she said.
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Seeking Equity in Wilmington
In 2020, this 12-part series highlighted inequities minority business owners face in Wilmington so that they could be seen and addressed. The series asked: What's working in supporting Black and Latinx founders? What isn't? It was funded by the Wilmington Alliance, a local nonprofit focused on economic development and inclusion, creative placemaking, and community-based violence intervention.
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What will it take to bring true racial equity to entrepreneurship to Wilmington?
By Holly QuinnTwelve weeks, 12 Black and Latinx business owners’ stories. Here’s what we learned from our Wilmington Alliance partnership series.
Akilah Bernard on breaking into the Delaware entrepreneur community
The I Am B.E.A.U.T.Y. founder, a native New Yorker, chose Delaware as her home base. She sees it as a place of opportunity — along with some challenges for Black entrepreneurs.
Milk & Honey’s Quincy Watkins says Wilmington could be a ‘powerful example’ of hope
The entrepreneur chose to launch his coffee shop and gallery in the city's West Side for its diverse community. Here's what he has planned for the growing business.
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Folk artist Eunice LaFate on art, business and equity in Wilmington
"There's not diversity, equity and inclusion when it comes to collecting art from Black artists," says the Jamaica-born gallery owner.
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The Sold Firm’s Nataki Oliver wants Black artists to know their worth
Here's how her gallery is helping to evolve the Delaware fine art scene through access.
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Why Mädō Agency’s founder is devoted to helping other creatives of color
On networking, growth and giving back as a Black-owned creative agency.
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Danny DeJesus found power in education and technology. Now he wants to empower the next generation
Here's how United Tech Project's founder is using his own life story as inspiration for sharing tech skills with young Delawareans, despite the many challenges along the way.
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Levitea’s founder on the challenges of doing business while Black in Wilmington
Tynisha Lomax's six-year-old tea business has been a rollercoaster ride.
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Wilmington Green Box: Giving up was not an option
"There's a bigger picture that most entrepreneurs, especially Black entrepreneurs, are unaware of," said Jason Aviles, cofounder of the growing healthy goods company, on the access disconnect for local businesses.
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WIN Factory: Know your worth and stop fighting for scraps
"There's a mindset of you're not good enough to come to the table, but you are good enough for us to use you," said cofounder Tamara Varella about support for Black and brown entrepreneurs.
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Veronica’s Kitchen founder Irene Castañeda on building a business while the business world works against you
Castañeda launched her traditional and vegan Mexican food biz against the odds. At some point, the odds need to work in her favor for it to succeed.
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NERDiT NOW and the reality of business inequity in Delaware
From lack of federal relief funding to lack of contracts, here's what one popular Black-owned founder is really going through.