Living Cities Blog: Start Up, Stay Up, Scale Up [SU(3)] – Part 2

Albuquerque – along with San Francisco and New Orleans – are a part of a Living Cities’ cohort intended to tackle entrepreneurial barriers for people of color. The initiative–named Start Up, Stay Up, Scale Up [SU(3)]–is designed to connect high-growth business owners of color with the private equity and venture capital they need to scale.

In the second of a three-part series, Kelli Cooper, Vice President of the Albuquerque Community Foundation, discusses the barriers that many entrepreneurs — especially entrepreneurs of color from Native and Latino communities — run into as they pursue their entrepreneurial dreams.

Click here to read the second blog in the series: Owning Our Future of “Tequity” in Albuquerque.