Addressing systemic barriers Black business owners may face in entrepreneurship.

Navigating Barriers

Acknowledging and addressing systemic barriers minority business owners may face in entrepreneurship.

How minority business owners can overcome barriers.

Minority business owners often need to navigate barriers to get funding and resources for their small businesses. Learning how to recognize and prepare is the key to overcome these barriers, and we’re here to help. Watch our digital workshops and get advice from real minority business owners as they discuss how they were able to navigate those barriers to get funding, manage, and grow their small businesses.

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Subject matter expert Jewel Burks Solomon

NAVIGATING BARRIERS

Navigating systemic barriers to entrepreneurship

Join Jewel Burks Solomon, Head of Google Startups in the US and Managing Partner of Collab Capital, as she explores how to anticipate and recognize barriers and bias as a minority entrepreneur and identifies tactics to overcome them in the funding ecosystem and in contract procurement.

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Lesson 1

Overcoming bias in the funding ecosystem.

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Lesson 2

Navigating barriers in procurement.

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Lesson 3

Building mental fortitude.

More minority business owner resources to help you get ahead.

Visionary the Poet

SPOTLIGHT SERIES

How a poet navigates barriers.

Poet, law student, and entrepreneur, Visionary the Poet is on a mission to create a freelancer bill of rights to strike down injustices and inequality faced by creatives. Watch her talk about code switching, networking, and "failing through your obstacles.”

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How to Cultivate a Small Business That’s Resilient.

In order for a business to withstand challenging times, it must be grounded on a solid foundation that includes three pillars: mission statement, business rapport, and leadership. Here’s how to establish these key components and build a resilient company.

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4 tips to stay motivated and overcome emotional inertia in your business.

The business journey of an entrepreneur can be filled with many external challenges, but what is not often discussed is how to overcome a common internal challenge of being a business owner. Read these four tips on how to keep moving forward when faced with emotional inertia.

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Overcoming funding ecosystem bias.

By most accounts, raising funding for an early-stage startup or business venture is extremely difficult – especially for women and Black founders. In this article, Jewel Burks Solomon shares three ways in which she navigated the funding ecosystem for her startup and her venture fund, Collab Capital.

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Learning from business failure: 3 steps to winning when you fail.

Learning from a business failure can make you stronger, smarter, and more resilient. Find out how to gain the most from every experience on the road to success.

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The top 3 small business pitfalls — and ways to avoid them.

Get the facts about small business pitfalls. From what they are to how to avoid them, we can help you prepare for success.

About the minority business owner workshop expert.

Jewel Burks Solomon
Head of Google Startups in the US

Jewel Burks Solomon is the Head of Google for Startups in the US. In this role, Jewel works to level the playing field for underrepresented startup founders and communities by connecting them with the best of Google’s products, people, and best practices. In addition to this role, Jewel also serves as Managing Partner at Collab Capital, an alternative investment fund she launched to close the funding gap for Black entrepreneurs. 

Prior to leading Google for Startups and Collab Capital, Jewel was Founder/CEO of Partpic, a startup that was acquired by Amazon in 2016, which streamlined the purchase of maintenance and repair parts using computer vision technology. After the acquisition of Partpic, Jewel became a product leader at Amazon’s Visual Search and AR team. She led the integration of Partpic’s technology and launched it as Amazon PartFinder in 2018 to the over 150M users of Amazon’s Mobile Shopping App.

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The Magenta Edge educational content experience is an initiative to help small business owners get ahead.

These eight foundational themes cover the ins and outs of the small business journey and provide small business resources to help you set the pace for your success.

Marketing & Communications

Find out how to market your small business through smart targeting and storytelling.

Access & Resources

Insight on local and federal resources available to aspiring small business owners.

Business Operations

Find out how to develop a proper business structure for operational efficiency.

Generational Longevity

Understand how to prepare your business for generational succession.

Profit, Scalability, & Growth

Learn about driving a business to profitability, scaling up, and identifying growth opportunities.

Navigating Barriers

Acknowledging and addressing systemic barriers Black business owners may face in entrepreneurship.

Business
Taxes

Explore the intricate details of tax issues facing small business owners.

Business
Credit

Insights on leveraging business credit to finance a small business and building business credit during Covid-19.

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