Harry Alford

The state of entrepreneurship among black Americans

How are black entrepreneurs doing these days? Harry Alford joins Jim Blasingame to report that black Americans have significantly increased their position as small business owners in the past 20 years, but the current economy is damaging.

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Harry Alford joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how the National Black Chamber of Commerce serves its members and works with other chamber organization locally and nationally.
Harry Alford joins Jim Blasingame to report that while the number of black-owned businesses in the U.S. is up, this group are still under-represented on Main Street, and he explains why.
Harry Alford joins Jim Blasingame to report on the Black Chamber’s partnership with the National Guard to help young men and women who have dropped out of school find their way back onto the education and employment track.
Harry Alford joins Jim Blasingame to explain that raising minimum wage leads to lost job opportunities, plus how the EPAs new regulations on coal will push the coal market outside of the US.
Harry Alford joins Jim Blasingame discuss progress in the Black business community in the United States despite the lack of assistance from the federal government.