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An entrepreneurship course that has proven its worth in the Kansas City area is coming to Topeka this summer.
Kira Cheree, owner of Entrepreneur Business Basics, recently announced she is bringing her 12-week entrepreneur course, which is designed to help business owners of color, to Topeka and there is still time to apply.
Cheree said she founded Entrepreneur Business Basics in 2014 and began her work by offering one-day workshops. It came out of a need to provide technical assistance to entrepreneurs of color, really just seeing the gaps and the deficit and the disparities, she said. African-American entrepreneurs really did not have the solid structure for their businesses to grow and sustain.
Kansas City Black-owned small business owners discuss solutions about pandemic-fueled struggles
Black business owners share solutions amid pandemic
and last updated 2021-04-23 00:22:01-04
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a heavy toll on many small businesses in the Kansas City area.
Some have struggled to secure loans through the Paycheck Protection Program, while others have closed for good as the financial stresses of the pandemic proved too great to overcome.
To address some of these issues facing Black-owned small businesses, community leaders conducted a forum Thursday at the Bruce R. Watkins Community Center to talk about solutions.