Operation Hope, one of the leading financial education and economic empowerment groups serving African Americans, teamed up with global e-commerce powerhouse Shopify to create 1 million Black-owned businesses over the next five years.
John Hope Bryant , the organization's president and CEO, announced today the HOPE One Million New Black Business & New Black Entrepreneurship Initiative (1MBB) and its goal to develop multitudes of new Black-owned firms throughout the nation in the U.S. by 2030. To achieve this bold mission, Operation HOPE will work closely with Canada's largest publicly-traded company which estimates the value of its commitment at $130 million over the course of this initiative.
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TORONTO • The pandemic has forced businesses worldwide to pivot online to survive, and many have turned to Shopify, a Canadian company that has emerged as a thriving alternative to Amazon.
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John Hope Bryant, founder and CEO of Operation Hope, and Shopify president Harley Finkelstein are teaming up to emp… https://t.co/WnFJsTkXHu CNBC (from Englewood Cliffs, NJ) Tue Oct 20 14:13:41 +0000 2020
Operation Hope and Shopify are teaming up to empower Black entrepreneurs, aiming to help create one million new Bla… https://t.co/Ttix8nQBqN CNBC (from Englewood Cliffs, NJ) Tue Oct 20 21:48:00 +0000 2020
We're participating in @OperationHope's One Million New Black Business & New Black Entrepreneurship Initiative (1MB… https://t.co/xDSKICUnTY Shopify (from Everywhere) Tue Oct 20 13:34:11 +0000 2020
To achieve this bold mission, Operation HOPE will work closely with Shopify, which estimates the value of its commi… https://t.co/CaKvZHiAt5 blackenterprise (from Madison Avenue, NYC) Tue Oct 20 19:38:43 +0000 2020
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