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It's all part of the company's Comcast Rise program helping small businesses across the U.S. Credit: Comcast Published: 8:48 AM CDT April 27, 2021 Updated: 9:12 AM CDT April 27, 2021 MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Comcast says it will provide help to 15 BIPOC-owned small businesses in Memphis as part of its Comcast RISE awards. The selected businesses will receive marketing and technology resources from the communications company, as part of its effort to help 13,000 BIPOC-owned small businesses by 2022. Comcast released the names of 8 of the 15 local winners for this roun...

Island Origins | The Caribbean American Lifestyle Magazine The police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last summer reignited the long simmering Black Lives Matter movement and invigorated broader campaigns for Black equity.  Just before that, in February and April 2020, about 41% of Black-owned small businesses closed, devastated by pandemic-related closures and reduced customer traffic, according to a study by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Although small companies across the board struggled, Black entrepreneurs were hit hardest. Haitian owned businesses in Miami rode the ...

Comcast is accepting applications for small business grants in Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park One tech company is coming to the aid of dozens of struggling small businesses in our hardest-hit communities with a new $10,000 grant up for grabs- but only until Sunday, March 14, 2021. Posted at 6:01 PM, Mar 12, 2021 and last updated 2021-03-12 18:34:44-05 DETROIT (WXYZ) — One tech company is coming to the aid of dozens of struggling small businesses in our hardest-hit communities with a new $10,000 grant up for grabs- but only until Sunday, March 14, 2021. For this Jefferson-Chalme...

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A total of 100 grants in Chicago and Cook County and 500 grants overall will be awarded in May 2021. The Investment Fund is the latest extension of Comcast RISE, the multi-year, multi-faceted initiative launched in October 2020 that initially focused on Black-owned small businesses and then extended to BIPOC-owned businesses to help those hardest hit by COVID-19. The Comcast RISE Investment Fund is focused on small businesses that have been in business for three or more years with one to 25 employees. To help drive outreach about the program and provide additional support, training and mento...