“I think one way to fix the challenges in the Black community is to have more business owners. . . . Businesses end up stabilizing communities.” Damon Rawls
On this week's episode, guest host Jalynn Baker is joined by Damon Rawls, founder of Knoxville’s Black Business Directory (among many other things!). You'll hear about the creation of the Black Business Directory, collaborating with community members, mentoring 100Knoxville cohorts, and Damon’s strong views on consciously investing in the Black community so that we all prosper.
Learn more about Damon and the Knoxville Black Business Directory: LinkedIn | Website
Learn more about 100Knoxville
100Knoxville is a business accelerator program from the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center with a goal of growing Black-owned businesses in Knoxville by $10,000,000 over 5 years through investment of time and talent, and access to social, political, and financial capital.
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