Description
Chapter 2, tentative title: The Current State of Minority BusinessChapter Goal: Begin the discussion- Number of firms- Type of firms- Data sources on Minority Businesses- Summary
Chapter 3, tentative title: Laws and RegulationsChapter Goal: Dive into the market- History of laws designed to support minority businesses- How effective have these efforts been?- Summary
Chapter 4, tentative title: Public Sector InstitutionsChapter Goal: Provide a public sector institutional overview - Federal: MBDA- New Federal Efforts: OMWI- State- Local- Summary and Data Sources Chapter 5, tentative title: Private Sector InstitutionsChapter Goal: Provide a public sector institutional overview - National: NMSDC, etc.- National Chambers of Commerce- State Chambers of Commerce- State Level Organizations- Summary
Chapter 6, tentative title: New Technologies and Institutions
Chapter Goal: Societal trends (like Instagram businesses) that are opening new spaces
- Review of technologies
- JOBS Act and Crowdfunding. Indiegogo, Kickstarter, GoFundMe
- Digital currency
- Instagram
- Facebook
- LinkedIn
- Independent websites
- Summary
Chapter 8, tentative title: AppendixChapter Goal: Real World Resources
How to complete a Bank Loan ApplicationGrants for Minority and Women-owned Small BusinessesHow to complete a Grant ApplicationBanks: Do they hate Women and Minority-owned Small Businesses?Short and Long-term capital, business financingWhy you should avoid Venture Capital and Private Equity firmsHow to work with Federal, State and local AgenciesDay Care Centers, Hair Salons, and Music/Film businesses
Templates:
Business Plan (Example: Business Plan for the Apple Mac (1981))Completed Bank Loan ApplicationCompleted Credit Union Loan ApplicationCompleted Grant ApplicationCompleted Franchise Purchase ApplicationBlank Ten Page Business Plan Presentation
Author: William Cunningham
Publisher: Apress
Published: 01/29/2022
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.42d
ISBN13: 9781484272398
ISBN10: 1484272390
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Small Business | General
- Business & Economics | International | General
- Business & Economics | Management Science
About the Author
William Michael Cunningham is an economist, investment advisor, researcher, and social investing policy analyst. Cunningham researches, evaluates, develops, and creates specific socially responsible investments.
He is founder of Creative Investment Research, Inc., MinorityBank, DiversityFund, and MinorityFinance. Mr. Cunningham is the author of The JOBS Act: Crowdfunding for Small Businesses and Startups, published by Apress. Cunningham has given keynote economic forecasting talks before the Texas Association of Black Chambers of Commerce, the Denton, Dallas and Houston Black Chambers of Commerce. He spoke at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, at the Harvard Business School and at the Wharton School of Business DC Innovation Summit. He has given talks on social investing in Finland, Switzerland, England, and Germany.
He regularly contributes to The American Banker Newspaper, Black Enterprise Magazine, and Morning Consult. As a strong advocate for the integration of human values in finance, he develops new ways to combine social values and investing.
Cunningham has been involved in the provision of online resources to small businesses for over fifteen years, posting his first website in 1995. In 2002, he created a proposal for an early version of crowdfunding. Cunningham graduated from Howard University with a BA in Economics. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where he earned his Master of Business Administration degree. He also holds a masters in economics from the University of Chicago.