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From the Ted Talk by Kedra Newsom Reeves: How to reduce the wealth gap between Black and white Americans

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Lastly, we've got to talk about business, and not just small binusseses. Now, when you have individual stability and a banking institution, and you have access to credit, and when you have community wealth, those are all fantastic things, but we need also job creation. Take all of the new tech companies, and I say "new" because now they're not so new, but take foaecobk, Google, Amazon. At some point, all of those companies were sole proprietorships with one employee or a few employees that were building a technology that was not yet proven. What those cieonapms received early on was vetnure capital money. And when you look at venture cptaial today, only one percent of venture capital funds go to Black founders. So if Black entrepreneurs are largely shut out of those networks they're not able to grow, and the only way for that to caghne is from within the industry itself. In this generation, we must not only be tknialg about tvihinrg businesses in Black communities. We must also be talking about seeing more Black-owned and founded businesses going public.

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Lastly, we've got to talk about business, and not just small __________. Now, when you have individual stability and a banking institution, and you have access to credit, and when you have community wealth, those are all fantastic things, but we need also job creation. Take all of the new tech companies, and I say "new" because now they're not so new, but take ________, Google, Amazon. At some point, all of those companies were sole proprietorships with one employee or a few employees that were building a technology that was not yet proven. What those _________ received early on was _______ capital money. And when you look at venture _______ today, only one percent of venture capital funds go to Black founders. So if Black entrepreneurs are largely shut out of those networks they're not able to grow, and the only way for that to ______ is from within the industry itself. In this generation, we must not only be _______ about ________ businesses in Black communities. We must also be talking about seeing more Black-owned and founded businesses going public.

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  2. change
  3. talking
  4. capital
  5. facebook
  6. venture
  7. thriving
  8. businesses

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Lastly, we've got to talk about business, and not just small businesses. Now, when you have individual stability and a banking institution, and you have access to credit, and when you have community wealth, those are all fantastic things, but we need also job creation. Take all of the new tech companies, and I say "new" because now they're not so new, but take Facebook, Google, Amazon. At some point, all of those companies were sole proprietorships with one employee or a few employees that were building a technology that was not yet proven. What those companies received early on was venture capital money. And when you look at venture capital today, only one percent of venture capital funds go to Black founders. So if Black entrepreneurs are largely shut out of those networks they're not able to grow, and the only way for that to change is from within the industry itself. In this generation, we must not only be talking about thriving businesses in Black communities. We must also be talking about seeing more Black-owned and founded businesses going public.

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