By: Alesia Bani KEY INSIGHTS: Leading search engines like Indeed, LinkedIn and Glassdoor dominate the digital hiring market, but Black founders say…
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By: Alesia Bani KEY INSIGHTS: Lack of job training and high rates of unemployment for formerly incarcerated people contribute to the high…
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Several Black-owned businesses based in Philadelphia received multi-million dollar investments in 2022.
Support organizations like 1Philadelphia,…
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In October The Plug attended the Black and Brown Founders Chroma Conference in Philadelphia. The theme of the 2022 event: money. Founders, aspiring…
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Philadelphia has allocated over $200 million to violence prevention this year to address soaring gun violence; there…
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By: Alesia Bani KEY INSIGHTS: The Black Squirrel Collective recently completed the first phase of its accelerator to train Black and brown…
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By: Alesia Bani KEY INSIGHTS: The Connect is focused on attracting and retaining Black and brown talent in Philadelphia by creating a…
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New organization Philadose is working to destigmatize psychedelics and psychedelic therapy through its social club, networking events…
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By: Alesia Bani Key Insights: The Innovation League is a program developed by Coded by Kids to encourage careers in innovation and…
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By: Alesia Bani KEY INSIGHTS: Black Innovation Alliance partnered with Google to give away a total of $50,000 to five Black-owned businesses.…
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By: Alesia Bani KEY INSIGHTS: Sixty-seven percent of charitable giving in 2021 came from individuals rather than corporations and foundations, with millennials…
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By: Alesia Bani KEY INSIGHTS While femtech funding is on the rise, reaching $1 billion in 2021, SheMatters founder said raising for…
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