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<figure class="wp-block-image"><img  src="https://cdn.nba.com/teams/legacy/www.nba.com/bulls/sites/bulls/files/210610_bunker_aidajohnson.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1018030"/><figcaption>&#8220;Being a Black entrepreneur gives me a means to defy the odds. I want to create my own wealth, own my own time and inspire other members of my community to do the same.&#8221; -Aida Johnson, Army and Army National Guard Reserves veteran.</figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image"><img  src="https://cdn.nba.com/teams/legacy/www.nba.com/bulls/sites/bulls/files/210611_bunker_schmidetienne.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1018031"/><figcaption>&#8220;Being a Black entrepreneur means that I have to work twice as hard, face more rejection and prove myself time and time against just to reach the same level of success as my peers. In addition, it means that I am paving the way for younger black entrepreneurs like myself to know they can reach their dreams.&#8221; -Schmid Etienne, US Army veteran</figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image"><img  src="https://cdn.nba.com/teams/legacy/www.nba.com/bulls/sites/bulls/files/210610_bunker_drparislove.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1018032"/><figcaption>&#8220;I have a special needs son and wanted to create generational wealth so that he and future children would never have to feel less than or unworthy. I created the business (Paris Love Productivity Institute, LLC) to help others overcome limiting beliefs and behaviors as well as banish generational curses.&#8221; -Dr. Paris Love, US Army veteran</figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image"><img  src="https://cdn.nba.com/teams/legacy/www.nba.com/bulls/sites/bulls/files/210610_bunker_christopherbarnes.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1018033"/><figcaption>It means everything (to be a Black entrepreneur)&#8230; It builds strength for me to pass on to my children and their children to eventually limit their struggles in life.&#8221;-Christopher Barnes, Navy veteran</figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image"><img  src="https://cdn.nba.com/teams/legacy/www.nba.com/bulls/sites/bulls/files/210610_bunker_loriwilcox.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1018034"/><figcaption>&#8220;Black entrepreneurship means that I can pay it forward by helping our people recreate the village. It means that I can now hire some of the ex-offended from my program and help them to get ahead. It means that I can write the narrative of my economic growth and development all while serving my Village.&#8221; -Lori J. Wilcox, M.Ed., US Army veteran</figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image"><img  src="https://cdn.nba.com/teams/legacy/www.nba.com/bulls/sites/bulls/files/210610_bunker_kennethsaffold.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1018035"/><figcaption>&#8220;Our motto, &#8216;Aut viam inveniam aut faciam,&#8217; translates to, “I will either find a way or make one.” Being a Black entrepreneur means gaining knowledge and providing genuine opportunities within historically disenfranchised communities.&#8221; -KJ Saffold, US Army veteran</figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image"><img  src="https://cdn.nba.com/teams/legacy/www.nba.com/bulls/sites/bulls/files/210610_bunker_monifacain.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1018036"/><figcaption>&#8220;Just as anything I have done before or will do in life, I know I have to work and hustle at least 10 times more and 10 times harder to get visibility for my platform and my company. Being a Black entrepreneur means I am leading the way to be successful so I can turn around and pull the next woman up.&#8221; -Monifa C. Caines, Air Force veteran</figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image"><img  src="https://cdn.nba.com/teams/legacy/www.nba.com/bulls/sites/bulls/files/210610_bunker_lavernsellers.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1018037"/><figcaption>&#8220;Being an entrepreneur allows me to act as an example for the youth in my small hometown of 6,500 and hopefully motivate others from similar backgrounds. I’d like to inspire them to dream big and to not count themselves out.&#8221; -Lavern Sellers Jr., US Army veteran</figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image"><img  src="https://cdn.nba.com/teams/legacy/www.nba.com/bulls/sites/bulls/files/210610_bunker_nislalove.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1018038"/><figcaption>&#8220;Being a Black entrepreneur means being a trailblazer by making an impact in the lives of others by showing them that hard work and dedication, your dream can come true.&#8221; -Nisla Love, US Army veteran</figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image"><img  src="https://cdn.nba.com/teams/legacy/www.nba.com/bulls/sites/bulls/files/210610_bunker_reginarembert.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1018039"/><figcaption>&#8220;Being a Black business owner means the world to me for two reasons. First, I am carrying on the family legacy. Second as a veteran, running BuyVet is my way of giving back to fellow veterans and my veteran community.&#8221; -Regina D. Rembert, US Army &amp; Army Reserve veteran</figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image"><img  src="https://cdn.nba.com/teams/legacy/www.nba.com/bulls/sites/bulls/files/210610_bunker_willmcneil.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1018040"/><figcaption>&#8220;I have a chance to create opportunities for other black tech professionals. I have been a community activist for decades and wanted to make a bigger economic impact on my community by creating a business that was an economic multiplier.&#8221; -Will McNeil, US Army veteran</figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image"><img  src="https://cdn.nba.com/teams/legacy/www.nba.com/bulls/sites/bulls/files/210610_bunker_natashastandard.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1018041"/><figcaption>&#8220;My grandfather inspired me as a business owner, he left the Tobacco fields of Kentucky as a share cropper; moved to Indianapolis, IN; his janitorial company paid for homes for each of his children and grandchildren, then sent most to college.&#8221; -Natasha Standard, US Army veteran</figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image"><img  src="https://cdn.nba.com/teams/legacy/www.nba.com/bulls/sites/bulls/files/210611_bunker_navarrotopaz.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1018042"/><figcaption>&#8220;(Being a Black entrepreneur) means the ability to connect and relate to us and to those like us through shared experience and expectations. It means serving an often overlooked and underserved community.&#8221; -Topaz Navarro, US Army veteran</figcaption></figure>

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