$100M in Capital Funding, with Minority Business Accelerator CEO Darrin Redus Moving the Needle

Today's guest is Darrin Redus, CEO of the Cincinnati Minority Business Accelerator within the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber of Commerce. The Accelerator has recently launched a $100 million transformational equity capital fund to fuel the creation of larger scale minority owned businesses, and Darrin is here to give us all of the details of what that means and the impact it will have in addressing long-standing economic inequities.
Moving the Needle is hosted by Christopher Gergen & Johnathan Holifield, and is produced by Earfluence.

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