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Minority Entrepreneurship: How Access To Capital And Strategic Decisions Affect Success, Thea Winston
Minority Entrepreneurship: How Access To Capital And Strategic Decisions Affect Success, Thea Winston
Accounting Undergraduate Honors Theses
Many researchers have discovered that entrepreneurship is a source of financial freedom that if done successfully will ensure wealth for generations. With that idea in mind, minorities have seized that opportunity in record numbers with hopes that they will become prosperous. However, in addition to the increased success rate of minority-owned businesses, there is a rise in the failure rate of minority-owned businesses specifically in the African-American community. In this thesis, we will conduct a case study of three entrepreneurs at different stages that supports the theory that access to capital and strategic decisions affect the success of minority entrepreneurs. …