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For African-American Female Entrepreneurs, Funding Challenges Call for Creative Bootstrapping
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The fastest growing group of entrepreneurs in the U.S. is African-American women. But minority-owned businesses often face greater challenges getting funding. The NewsHour’s April Brown profiles two women who have bucked the stereotypes and gotten resourceful to launch their ventures.
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