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Black, female entrepreneurs get creative for funding hurdles

Clip: 9/28/2016 | 7m 49s

Women who have bucked the stereotypes and gotten resourceful to launch their ventures.

The fastest growing group of entrepreneurs in the U.S. is African-American women. But minority-owned businesses often face greater challenges getting funding. The NewsHour’s April Brown profiles two women who have bucked the stereotypes and gotten resourceful to launch their ventures.

09/28/2016 | Rating NR

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