June 27, 2023 The Congressional mandate that the Federal Reserve encourge consumer protection and community development ... who does that? Listen to Carrie Cook fast-walk through a complex area of U.S. finance and you will get a better idea. There is no way a few paragraphs here can summarize. ... Continue Reading →
Dorsey shuts down ‘The Plug’, chronicler of Blacks in tech
March 15, 2023 Six years ago to the month, a young, determined entrepreneur addressed the Forum. She was asked what Charlotte could do to attract more young, determined entrepreneurs to the city. “I Iike real simple steps" she said. "I don’t think we need 20-40 page business plans. I ... Continue Reading →
Giving all a chance to bid to serve Charlotte area visitors
Feb. 14, 2023 Anthony Shelborne just wanted a link on the Forum's website for material from the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority. Facilitator Laura McClettie knew that Shelborne also had a story to tell. This morning Forum participants heard that story – not a personal rags-to-riches yarn, ... Continue Reading →
Building businesses: Seeing ways to work together
Dec. 6, 2022 The four presenters wore different hats, and were in a variety of economic sectors. The ventures that their business lives revolve around are in different phases of the business life cycle. But all seemed to share an interest in getting better through collaboration – not just among ... Continue Reading →
Hall defied the odds to lead a training center for construction trades
Nov. 29, 2022 Frances Hall grew up surrounded by the old ways. She grew up around people gainfully employed in the trades. They took her to job sites, taught her about reading, about blueprints, about the math so essential in construction. She experienced how important it was that one generation ... Continue Reading →
Through tears and hard work, triumph
Nov. 15, 2022 In a relatively short span of time, West Mecklenburg High School graduate Cheryse Terry gave birth, lost the woman who raised her, got a job, was laid off, and saw a house fire destroy most of the tangible links to her childhood. Out of that cauldron of hurt and hope and change came ... Continue Reading →
An overview to Growing Business
From the outset, the Forum has been a gathering place for Black Charlotteans eager to build community and family wealth. Forum presentations mostly focus on government, politics and education. But listen closely to the networking before and after meetings and you will hear stories being passed, ... Continue Reading →
July 10, 2022 From a Daniel Souleles Washington Post review of “Tomorrow’s Capitalist: My Search for the Soul of Business” by Alan Murray and Catherine Whitney, reprinted in the Charlotte Observer July 10: On Sept. 24, 2020, Twitter user @pookleblinky wrote: “Every heartwarming human interest ... Continue Reading →
The challenge of overcoming ‘entrepreneurial inequity’
May 10, 2022 People of color with nerve and determination and a desire to create jobs in minority neighborhoods, with a great business idea – but very limited family wealth – more often end up as bankruptcy statistics than as the next Bob Johnson or Jeff Bezos. “Entrepreneurial Inequity in ... Continue Reading →
Update on historic status for John McDonald’s original cafeteria
March 20, 2022 The Charlotte Observer caught up with Beatties Ford Road entrepreneur Christopher Dennis, and longtime area resident Elloree Erwin, and published the piece below about Dennis's efforts to seek historic status designation for the building that restaurateur John McDonald used for the ... Continue Reading →
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