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      1 / 13"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." -Aida Johnson, Army and Army National Guard Reserves veteran.

      thumbnail-image: "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." -Aida Johnson, Army and Army National Guard Reserves veteran.
      thumbnail-image: "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." -Schmid Etienne, US Army veteran
      thumbnail-image: "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." -Dr. Paris Love, US Army veteran
      thumbnail-image: It means everything (to be a Black entrepreneur)... It builds strength for me to pass on to my children and their children to eventually limit their struggles in life."-Christopher Barnes, Navy veteran
      thumbnail-image: "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." -Lori J. Wilcox, M.Ed., US Army veteran
      thumbnail-image: "Our motto, 'Aut viam inveniam aut faciam,' 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." -KJ Saffold, US Army veteran
      thumbnail-image: "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." -Monifa C. Caines, Air Force veteran
      thumbnail-image: "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." -Lavern Sellers Jr., US Army veteran
      thumbnail-image: "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." -Nisla Love, US Army veteran
      thumbnail-image: "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." -Regina D. Rembert, US Army & Army Reserve veteran
      thumbnail-image: "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." -Will McNeil, US Army veteran
      thumbnail-image: "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." -Natasha Standard, US Army veteran
      thumbnail-image: "(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." -Topaz Navarro, US Army veteran
      Lightbox-image: "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 comm...
      Lightbox-image: "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 s...
      Lightbox-image: "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....
      Lightbox-image: It means everything (to be a Black entrepreneur)... It builds strength for me to pass on to my children and their children to eventually limit thei...
      Lightbox-image: "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-off...
      Lightbox-image: "Our motto, 'Aut viam inveniam aut faciam,' translates to, “I will either find a way or make one.” Being a Black entrepreneur means gaining knowled...
      Lightbox-image: "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 visibil...
      Lightbox-image: "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 backgr...
      Lightbox-image: "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, you...
      Lightbox-image: "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...
      Lightbox-image: "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 bigg...
      Lightbox-image: "My grandfather inspired me as a business owner, he left the Tobacco fields of Kentucky as a share cropper; moved to Indianapolis, IN; his janitori...
      Lightbox-image: "(Being a Black entrepreneur) means the ability to connect and relate to us and to those like us through shared experience and expectations. It mea...

      1 / 13"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." -Aida Johnson, Army and Army National Guard Reserves veteran.

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