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Tia Upshaw owns several Halifax-based businesses and founded Black Women in Excellence last year.(Tia Upshaw)
Halifax entrepreneur Tia Upshaw was tired of seeing so few businesses owned by Black women.
That s why last year she founded Black Women in Excellence, a mentorship program that provides education and encouragement for women who are just starting out or hoping to grow their businesses. We need to be included and we are not included, Upshaw told CBC s
Information Morning. We have the skills and attributes.. We always had that side hustle to make sure that our kids are always good, so why not take that from a side hustle and put it into a legitimate business and a legitimate, sustainable business.