You Found a Rabbit Hole

Raise your hand if you’ve ever been told — directly or indirectly — that there’s a “right way” to build a business. A right industry. A right identity. A right way to show up. For LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs, those unspoken rules have a way of showing up everywhere: in the investors who don’t take the meeting, […]

You’ve heard the numbers. Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders own more than 2 million businesses in the United States — employing millions, generating hundreds of billions in revenue, and shaping industries from food and beverage to tech to consumer goods. But here’s what the numbers don’t tell you: every one of those businesses […]

Most small business owners can tell you exactly what they sell. Fewer can tell you what their business stands for — and that gap is where customer loyalty is won or lost. A brand isn’t a logo. It’s not a color palette or a tagline that took three weeks to nail down. A brand is […]

You’ve had the thought. Maybe it hit you at midnight while you were making something you couldn’t stop making, or at your day job while you were thinking about something else entirely. The thought that says: what if I actually did this? Most people leave it there. They file the idea away under “someday” and […]

Ready to apply for a $10K grant? Digital Ready grants are back, awarding over $1M in funding including through $10,000 small business grants. You only have to apply once to be considered all year for a $10K grant, giving you more time to submit an application and take advantage of Digital Ready’s free courses and […]

Every April, Arab American Heritage Month gives us a chance to pause and celebrate something the U.S. economy has quietly benefited from for generations: the ambition, resilience, and cultural richness that Arab American entrepreneurs bring to the table.From corner bakeries carrying decades of family recipes to tech startups reimagining entire industries, Arab American business owners […]