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Kalenna Ginyard

Truist Partners With South Carolina Community Loan Fund news

Truist Partners With South Carolina Community Loan Fund

South Carolina Community Loan Fund (SCCLF) recently announced that Truist Bank has invested $3 million in SCCLF's revolving loan fund.  This investment will help SCCLF serve organizations led by women, people of color, and those located in rural and low-income communities which have historically been denied adequate access to capital.  To read more, click on the following link to sodacitybizwire.com!
Kalenna Ginyard
May 18, 2022
What Black, Women-Owned, and Other Minority Businesses Should Know About Raising Capital news

What Black, Women-Owned, and Other Minority Businesses Should Know About Raising Capital

When raising capital, minority business owners must shift their mindset to focus on the numbers with a concrete, evidence-based rationale for why their companies are good investments.  Less than one percent (1%) of American venture capital-backed founders are Black, and the percentage of minorities and women in decision-making roles in venture-backed companies is not much higher.  To read more, click here to go the Black Enterprise webpage!
Kalenna Ginyard
May 10, 2022
OneUnited Bank Joins with Lendistry To Offer Small Business Loans Nationwide news

OneUnited Bank Joins with Lendistry To Offer Small Business Loans Nationwide

OneUnited Bank, the nation's largest Black-owned bank, joins with Lendistry to provide small business loans to OneUnited Bank customers.  OneUnited Bank is continuing its mission to close the racial wealth gap by providing a resource for term loans and non-revolving lines of credit to small businesses nationwide.  To read more on this article, click here to go to the Black Enterprise webpage!
Kalenna Ginyard
April 12, 2022
Corporation Invests $122 Million to Support Black Businesses news

Corporation Invests $122 Million to Support Black Businesses

  The Local Initiatives Support Coalition (LISC) has invested $122 million to support the growth of Black-owned banks and businesses.  On March 17th, LISC announced this investment that was closed through LISC's Black Economic Development Fund (BEDF).  Funding for this investment came from major companies such as Netflix and Costco.  To read more on this story, click here to go to the Black Enterprise website!
Kalenna Ginyard
March 22, 2022
FedEx Launches A Second E-Commerce Learning Lab Program for Minority Small Business Owners news

FedEx Launches A Second E-Commerce Learning Lab Program for Minority Small Business Owners

The FedEx E-Commerce Learning Lab is a multi-faceted four-month program designed to help minority small business owners - primarily women of color - who are looking to develop or expand their e-commerce operations.  To read more on the FedEx E-Commerce Learning Lab or to apply, click here to go to the FedEx E-Commerce Learning Lab webpage!  Applications will be accepted until Friday, April 1, 2022.
Kalenna Ginyard
March 14, 2022
Richland Library FastTrac Growth Venture for Female Entrepreneurs news

Richland Library FastTrac Growth Venture for Female Entrepreneurs

Richland Library is now accepting applications for their FastTrac Growth Venture for Female Entrepreneurs program!  If you are a female entrepreneur trying to expand your small business or just need some assistance in taking your business to another level, this is the class for you! For more information on the FastTrac Growth Venture for Female Entrepreneurs, click here to go the Richland Library website!  The deadline to submit applications is Friday, March 25th!
Kalenna Ginyard
March 7, 2022
Chase For Business – Advancing Black Entrepreneurs news

Chase For Business – Advancing Black Entrepreneurs

Chase For Business and Advancing Black Pathways have come together to offer Advancing Black Entrepreneurs - a collection of practical resources tailored to help Black business owners grow and scale their business.  This program will offer educational programs and on-demand resources that deliver guidance on a number of topics.  For more information on Advancing Black Entrepreneurs, click here to go to the JP Morgan Chase web site!
Kalenna Ginyard
October 27, 2021
Columbia City Council Recognizes Local Business Hotel Trundle & Owners Rita Patel & Marcus Munse With Proclamation newsPress Releases

Columbia City Council Recognizes Local Business Hotel Trundle & Owners Rita Patel & Marcus Munse With Proclamation

Columbia City Council Recognizes Local Business Hotel Trundle & Owners Rita Patel & Marcus Munse With Proclamation On October 5, 2021, Columbia City Council was pleased to honor local business owners Rita Patel and Marcus Munse of Hotel Trundle with a proclamation recognizing their success and economic/cultural contributions to Columbia's Main Street Business District.  The husband and wife business owners opened Hotel Trundle in 2018, and in August the boutique hotel was featured and designated…
Kalenna Ginyard
October 18, 2021
City of Columbia’s 2021 Small Business Spotlight Honoree newsPress Releases

City of Columbia’s 2021 Small Business Spotlight Honoree

2021 Small Business Spotlight Honoree, Kiara Streeter, President and CEO of Extraordinary Headhunters, LLC On September 7, 2021, Mrs. Kiara Streater, President and CEO of Extraordinary Headhunters, LLC, was recognized by Mayor Stephen K. Benjamin and other members of the Columbia City Council as the City of Columbia's 2021 Small Business Spotlight Honoree.  This company is a full-service staffing and marketing firm headquartered in Columbia, SC.  The three-year-old company recently opened four operations in Colorado…
Kalenna Ginyard
October 18, 2021