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In this white paper, Lawrence C. Manson, Jr., the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Diversity Capital Company, LLC documents the well-known funding challenges of minority businesses and examines potential solutions for funding these businesses and the impact on the overall economy in the United States.

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American Banker, “Is time running out to save black-owned banks?” November 14, 2019
CNBC, U.S. Retail Sales Unexpectedly Decline in a Sign that Consumer Economy Could be Cracking, October 2019
US Energy Information Administration, US electricity generation from renewables surpassed coal in April, June 2019
Wood Mackenzie, Deep Decarbonisation: the Multi-Trillion Dollar Question, June 2019
The Solar Foundation, Solar Industry Releases New Diversity & Inclusion Reports, May 2019
Minority Business Development Agency, Minority Startups Disrupting Tech, May 2019
Kauffman Foundation, Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs: Removing Barriers, April 2019
Biz2Credit, As revenue of Women-Owned Businesses Rose, Credit Scores Dropped in 2018, March 2019
Deloitte, 2020 Media and Entertainment Industry Outlook, 2019
National Association of Investment Companies, Diverse Facts & Figures
Deloitte, 2019 US Travel and Hospitality Outlook, 2019
Kauffman Institute, 3 trends that prevent entrepreneurs from accessing capital, July 2018
Statista, Sustainable Food Industry – Statistics & Facts, May 2018
Global Wellness Institute, Wellness Industry Statistics & Facts, 2018
Pew Research Center, How Wealth Inequality Has Changed in the U.S. Since the Great Recession, by Race, Ethnicity and Income, November 2017
Harvard Kennedy School, Improving Government Vendor Diversity, September 2017
Kauffman Foundation, State of Entrepreneurship 2017 Zero Barriers: Three Mega Trends Shaping the Future of Entrepreneurship
Kauffman Foundation, Kauffman Compilation: Research on race and entrepreneurship, December 2016
Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Black and White: Access to Capital among Minority-Owned Startups, December 2016
Association for Enterprise Opportunity, The Tapestry of Black Business Ownership in America, 2016
Kauffman Foundation, Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs (ASE), the largest annual survey data collection of U.S. entrepreneurs, 2016
Association for Enterprise Opportunity, The Tapestry of Black Business Ownership in America, 2016
Minority Business Development Agency, Impact of Minority Businesses on the U.S. Economy Snapshot, December 2015
Bank Administration Institute, Making small business loans profitably, July 2015
National Minority Supplier Development Council, The Business Case for Minority Business Enterprises Fueling Economic Growth
National Minority Supplier Development Council, Economic Impact Report: The Effects of NMSDC Certified Minority Business Enterprises on the U.S. Economy, 2014
SBA Office of Advocacy, Access to Capital among Young Firms, Minority-Owned Firms, Women-Owned Firms, and High-Tech Firms, April 2013
Institute on Assets and Social Policy, The Roots of the Widening Racial Wealth Gap: Explaining the Black-White Economic Divide, February 2013
Minority Business Development Agency, Disparities in Capital Access Between Minority and Non-Minority-owned Businesses: The Troubling Reality of Capital Limitations Faced by MBEs, January 2010
Timothy Bates and William Bradford, Venture Capital Funds Investing in Minority-Owned Businesses: Evaluating Performance and Strategy, September 2008
William Bradford and Timothy Bates, Venture Capital investment in Minority Business, May 2004