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Tag Archives: #buyblack

#buyblack this February

Oakland, San Francisco, Small Business News, VeteransBy Katie TaylorFebruary 6, 2019

The notion of black capitalism, or circulating wealth within the black community, is an idea that originates from early black leaders such as Booker T Washington and Marcus Garvey, and continues to be championed by contemporary activists such as Killer Mike. More about the history of this subject can be read in this article.

Meet our clients: Black Bark BBQ

Borrower News, Main Street Launch News, San FranciscoBy Katie TaylorJune 28, 2018

Monetta White and David Lawrence are the owners of Black Bark BBQ.  Black Bark BBQ is a quick serve barbecue restaurant in San Francisco’s Fillmore District.  They offer Texas-style BBQ…

Meet our clients: Threadz Culture + Fashion

Borrower News, Main Street Launch News, OaklandBy Katie TaylorJune 14, 2018

In 2017 Chris and Maurion joined Main Street Launch’s Entrepreneur in Residence program to grow their knowledge and expertise on the business part of their business.   “We jumped in…

Resource for your business: The Runway Project

Oakland, Small Business NewsBy Katie TaylorMay 31, 2018

This post was written by Main Street Launch’s Manager – Data & Online Content.   The Runway Project is attempting to solve the deep infrastructural problem that African American entrepreneurs…

Buy Black This Black History Month

Oakland, San Francisco, Small Business News, VeteransBy Katie TaylorFebruary 7, 2018

For decades, a wealth gap has persisted between blacks and whites.  The racial wealth gap has grown in recent years, with white Americans having 12 times the wealth of black…

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Meet our Client: HauteButch

Borrower News, VeteransBy Katie TaylorNovember 30, 2017

Karen Roberts opened HauteButch in April 2012 after she had been having a hard time finding clothes that she actually wanted to wear. She is filling a huge need that has yet to be satisfied by providing gender neutral and masculine clothes that are made to fit women.

Meet our Client: Lena’s Soul Food Cafe

Borrower News, OaklandBy Katie TaylorNovember 2, 2017

Calvin Andrews, owner of Lena’s Soul Food Cafe, opened the restaurant because he wanted to share the cooking that he grew up on. The cafe is named after his mother who taught him and his three siblings how to cook.

Meet our Clients: McMullen

Main Street Launch News, OaklandBy Joyce WindrossAugust 3, 2017

McMullen, owned by Sherri McMullen and supported by her three employees, is a boutique that offers designer and high end clothing to women in the Oakland area.  The focus of…

Meet our Clients: Acumen Building Enterprise

Main Street Launch News, VeteransBy Joyce WindrossJuly 27, 2017

Walter E. Allen, a Navy veteran, started Acumen Building Enterprise in 1994 to help pay for graduate school.  That small one-person consulting firm became a corporation in 2002.  Acumen now…

Meet our Clients: Luxurious Nail Boutique

Main Street Launch News, San FranciscoBy Joyce WindrossJuly 19, 2017

Luxurious Nail Boutique prides itself on being culturally diverse, clinically clean, and client-centric.  Their staff of professional technicians are friendly and provide top-of-the-line work.  The business opened in January 2017,…

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