Black entrepreneurs

Black women make up the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs, but their motivations to be their own boss stem from systemic racism and misogyny in corporate America.

A new report assessing the region’s small-business landscape found a major gap in the amount of funding needed versus what entrepreneurs can secure, with business owners of color hit hardest.

Marne Madison is trying to help Black people find new ways into Missouri's cannabis industry, by starting ancillary businesses or learning to grow cannabis at home.