Black Women Founders Are Paving the Way

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Black Women Founders Are Paving the Way

Black women are one of the fastest-growing groups of entrepreneurs in the country and this current is reflected in the Black Tech Effect 2023, The Plug’s latest report analyzing 100 high-growth, Black-led technology companies. Black women founded nearly one-third of the companies featured in the report. Between 2014 and 2019, the percentage of Black women-founded

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