Ayesha Selden is a self made millionaire who has amassed a real estate portfolio of 0ver 30 properties and 41 units. We caught up with Ayesha to find out more about her incredible journey and accomplishments. What inspired you to get into real estate? When I was a kid, we lived in a rough part…
Adeyemi (“Ade”) Ajao is co-founder & Managing Partner at Base10 Partners, an early stage venture capital fund. Black Venture Capitalist Base10 recently made news for raising $137 million, the most money ever raised by a Black-led venture capital fund. Before Base10, Ade was a co-founder of Tuenti (The “Spanish Facebook”). He launched Tuenti in 2005…
Less than 1% of American venture capital backed founders are Black and the percentage of Black people in decision making roles within the venture capital arena is not much higher. This lack of diversity within investment firms ultimately translates to a lack of diversity in the companies that they invest in. The good news is that there are…
Black businesses generate over $180 billion in revenue each year and create over 1 million jobs. Also, Black women are the fastest growing segment of new entrepreneurs in the US. Unfortunately, establishments owned and operated by Black entrepreneurs are least likely to receive funding from investors. Ade Omitowoju of Groundwork chats with us about the…