OP-ED: Black Women Are Starting More Businesses Than Anyone Else. So Why Aren’t They Scaling?

Essence Magazine:

By Dr. Tiffany Bussey ·Updated March 22, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…

Black women are consistently reported as the largest group of founders starting or running small businesses. Yet only a small fraction of those businesses scale into employer firms and build sustainable wealth. It cannot be said that this is due to a lack of ambition, innovation or work ethic. Rather, it is a systemic barrier known as

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