Thriving As a Minority-Owned Business in Corporate America: Building a Pathway to Success for Minority Entrepreneurs

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W. M. CunninghamThriving As a Minority-Owned Business in Corporate Americahttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7240-4_2

2. The State of Minority Business

Challenges and Opportunities

William Michael Cunningham¹  

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WASHINGTON, DC, United States

 

On December 26, 2016, I made the following forecast:

Under any conceivable scenario, the current situation is very bad, and I mean toxic, for democratic institutions in general and for people of color specifically. Bottom line: our Fully Adjusted Return Forecast** indicates that, over time, things will get much, much worse.¹

Now, we will be the first to admit that we did not have this specific global pandemic in mind when ...