Speaker 1: Why is it good business to provide assistance to black
Speaker 1: owned starters. When you think about you know, there's a
Speaker 1: moral responsibility, um, and that helps some people get it
Speaker 1: that they should be doing this. But when you talk
Speaker 1: about the business implications, why is a good business to
Speaker 1: be invested into into startups from people of color? Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's that's a very popular question. And I mean, I
Speaker 1: think economic empowerment is is important because I also think
Speaker 1: about like Maslow's hierarchy of needs, and when people are
Speaker 1: struggling and just focusing on survival, they can't operate in
Speaker 1: their full potential. They can't be great contributors to their
Speaker 1: local community or to the national community. They can't bring
Speaker 1: new ideas, they can't innovate. So I believe that economic
Speaker 1: empowerment allows people to have greater control over their time,
Speaker 1: over their resources, and be greater contributors to society. And
Speaker 1: we live in America in a country that practices capitalism
Speaker 1: and puts great value on innovation. I think providing more resources, um,
Speaker 1: we're spreading resources more equitably will create more innovation from
Speaker 1: the from these different communities that have so much talent,
Speaker 1: where you know, so rich and culture and um, just
Speaker 1: unique value that allow it's really untapped. It's untapped capital,
Speaker 1: intellectual property that's there that if you can give them,
Speaker 1: get them out of survival mode and give them space
Speaker 1: to to implement and too I d A and create.
Speaker 1: There's a whole new world of opportunity that we can
Speaker 1: come and stumble upon and resources and ideas and services
Speaker 1: that we haven't yet thought of. So that's to me,
Speaker 1: the initial thought around economic empowerment. Plus, I also believe
Speaker 1: that social justice is a bible product of economic empowerment.
Speaker 1: So when you put more financial resources and capital and
Speaker 1: marginalized communities, they now can start businesses and create a
Speaker 1: more self sufficient economy. They now can donate and elect
Speaker 1: officials in their local communities that look like them, that
Speaker 1: have their best interests in mind. They now can invest
Speaker 1: in education in their local communities and have better schools.
Speaker 1: So I think foundationally it just creates better UM infrastructure
Speaker 1: and better society for all people, and it gives it
Speaker 1: gives marginalized communities more self sufficient UM resource and opportunities.
Speaker 1: So that's that's kind of what I think about when
Speaker 1: I say economic empowerment. This black tech, green money, Share
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