Omar ZenhomAward Winning Entrepreneur. Founder of The $100 MBA & WebinarNinja.

Business Is Harder For People Of Color

10 Oct 2025 · 1 min

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This content was created by Omar Zenhom. This content was uploaded by Omar Zenhom. This is a YouTube video titled "Business Is Harder For People Of Color" (created 2025-10-10T12:01:59Z). The excerpt is a spoken monologue by a single speaker addressing systemic and often invisible barriers faced by entrepreneurs of color—especially unequal access to capital. The speaker cites U.S. venture capital statistics (under 2% to Black founders, under 1% to Latino founders) and explains the practical consequences (slower starts, more bootstrapping, longer runways). The content is an explanatory commentary rather than a multi‑person dialogue.

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Business is harder for people of color. And it's not always what you think. Okay? It's not just about blatant racism though, that exists. It's about the invisible disadvantages that add up and the challenges that each person of color has to go through. Let's start with capital. Accessing capital to start a business. The data is absolutely clear. This is facts. Venture capital loans, friends and family funding all are disproportionately harder to get if you are not white. In the US less than 2% of venture capital goes to black founders. Less than 1% go to Latino founders. That's not a random error. That is just reality. And we all have to agree the fact that that's just how it is. It's just harder for them to get funding. It's not just only a stat, it's a signal. And it means a slower start, more bootstrapping, longer runways to the same results as other people.