As a child growing up in the rugged Rust Belt city of Rockford, Ill., Michelle Youngblood loved to make sketches of dresses and outfits. After high school she went to design school in Chicago.
“It was the best thing that happened to me,” Youngblood, 44, said of the layoff, “just pushing me, catapulting me into doing something that I love to do versus staying with a job, working and having a comfort level that says, ‘Oh, I’ll be fine, day in and day out because I work and get a deposit every two weeks.’”If ever there were a hint of a silver lining in the pandemic, it may be the thousands of Black entrepreneurs turning adversity into opportunity by starting businesses of their own.
Some 40% of Black-owned firms closed in the immediate aftermath of the outbreak versus 20% of all active U.S. business, according to research by Robert Fairlie, an economics professor at UC Santa Cruz.included businesses that were simply reopening after closing during the early days of the pandemic, according to Fairlie, who coauthored the Kauffman report.
For some, he said, that meant “Let me try something else.” And so they opened up a daycare center or used their cars to get into delivery service, Sands said. LaShone and RaeShawn noticed that no one delivered the popular steamed crabs and decided to create R&L Crab. “That is a perfect crab,” RaeShawn said as she took one out of the pot, folded an upper leg and felt the texture under it.The sisters want to have their own kitchen and envision five locations covering the Washington region. They also plan to open a bar.Last month R&L Crab, established during the pandemic by LaShone and RaeShawn Middleton of Laurel, Md., filled 648 orders for thousands of crabs, plus countless hush puppies, corn and other sides.
Please don't romanticize poverty.
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strixtly4myngz Because they finally got off their butts during the protests and decided it wasn't so difficult after all.
Kammie_Jenkins we should spotlight this in Shopify context as well! would love to write it up. love to see it.
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Black owned
Its all about persistence. I send blessings of long career life over all of you. In hopes that each of you can withstand the fire that each industry entrepreneurship holds.
Thanks Trump
Shoutout to folks being relentless and taking steps forward!!! Great article!!!
It was the backfire of them food deserts and redlining, allowing the most spending consumers in US to thrive in house, sided hustle business became the go to as the we not wear mask folks & spring breakers weren't in our neighborhood so it became a safety and black wall street 2
Daycare costs alone eliminated was enough to save up and start a business for two kids, if anything our wealth grew and even found 2nd/3rd sources of income.
joshuadubois buildwithbia !
Success to everyone! Now, where’s the list so we can support support support!!!!
What comes to mind is that the pandemic assistance was put to good use and was distributed correctly. I think this was the only time race didn’t matter and we were all the same (goes to show how hard it is for people of color to get business loans) I’ll definitely support them
Love this.
WHY POTUS & VP & SenSchumer TeamPelosi
Look real oppressed 🥴
Thank you President Biden for all that you’ve done to help the black community. 🙏 May god keep you and Jill safe for many years to come! Joe 2020-2028 Kamala 2028-2036 AOC 2036-2072
We love to see it! Wishing all of them prosperity 🙏🏿❤
Yassssss. Get that BAG!
And then you find out why the whites are really freaking out.
Isn't it bc biden is prioritizing support for black owned businesses?
Finally doing something right with government cjeese.
Now out of all the pictures y’all got why tf did you use that one
Continued progress and financial opportunities are essential to level the playing field even more. ♥️ mondaythoughts MondayMotivation Finance Entrepreneur BlackOwnedBusiness
Selling crack on the corner is not an entrepreneur
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