Wealth Management and Minority-Owned Businesses with Charisse Conanan Johnson, Co-CEO and Board Member of Next Street Small business ownership is a proven way to build wealth, but for Black [...]
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05, 2023
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02, 2023
Pay Principles of an Anti-Racist Company
We recently shifted our compensation policy to be more in line with our anti-racist values. That means consistent compensation bands across our firm, merit-based promotions, and radical transparency. Learn [...]
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12, 2022
Columbus Foundation loans $2.6 million to 5 black businesses
The foundation reported that the loans are a part of the foundation’s approach to address inequities in business. To fulfill its mission, the foundation partnered with the national organization Next [...]
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12, 2022
Charisse Conanan Johnson sees small biz in a big way
Charisse Conanan was promoted to the Co-CEO role, wrote a book and changed how she communicated with her team and their small business clients during the pandemic. In the [...]
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12, 2022
3 Things We Learned Moving To A Transparent Pay Approach
In Q1 2022, Next Street made two major changes to its compensation approach to make it more equitable and transparent. First, we created consistent compensation bands for the entire [...]
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10, 2022
The Fund for Inclusive Entrepreneurship
Earlier this week, Hyphen launched the Fund for Inclusive Entrepreneurship to expand access to capital for small businesses owned by people of color, leveraging $10 billion in ARP funding through [...]
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10, 2022
Vice President Announces New EOC Efforts
On October 4th, Vice President Harris and Treasury Secretary Yellin used the annual Freedman’s Bank Forum to highlight the administration’s focus on racial equity. As part of that, they released [...]
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09, 2022
Cook County Announces $71 Million Source Grow Grant
Today the Cook County Bureau of Economic Development announced the launch of the Source Grow Grant through the Cook County Small Business Source, a program that strives to support, grow [...]
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09, 2022
Is your CEO an anti-racist?
Next Street's Charisse Conanan Johnson recently spoke Fortune Magazine's Ellen McGirt about how we're working to create an anti-racist society, and what corporate and government leaders can do to move [...]
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09, 2022
New York City-Based Funders Collective Announces First Award Opportunity
The NY Small Business Funders Collective announces it will award $500,000 to improve access to capital and technical assistance for Black, Latinx, Asian & Pacific Islander, and Indigenous entrepreneurs based [...]