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The prospect of a career in real estate initially did not capture the attention of Keller Williams realtor Elizabeth Dawan-Abdullah. But an early liking for entrepreneurial work inspired within her a lasting desire to create grassroots change through real estate.

If you’re looking for mofongo and arepas that taste like your grandmother’s, look no further than 100% Delicias Express on Centre Street in Jamaica Plain.

The Chamber offers countless services to Haitian business owners and was the first Haitian American chamber of commerce in the state.

State Rep. Carlos Gonzalez is working to help support existing micro businesses and help local entrepreneurs start some new ones. He is sponsoring House Bill 183, “An act relative to the development of a strategy supporting micro businesses in inner city communities,” which would establish a state Micro and Minority Business Strategy Committee.

An ongoing crackdown against gypsy cabs in Dudley Square that has pitted merchants and property owners against the drivers.

Today, Mass. Growth Community Capital provides loans and small business assistance to the types of business owners who often fall through the cracks of the traditional lending world. The agency is able to help businesses by taking a different approach than that favored by

Since Cassandria Campbell and Jackson Renshaw opened their food truck Fresh Food Generation in 2015, their business has expanded to include catering and a cafe space at the DotHouse Health Center in Dorchester, enabling the duo to bring fresh, local, healthy food beyond Dudley Square where they started.

Cacao Nuts and Chocolates on Centre Street in Jamaica Plain is a sweet tooth’s

The Innovation Institute, an economic development agency housed within the larger quasi-governmental organization the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, has just launched an initiative aimed at increasing diversity in local tech industries.

Through a nationwide accelerator program sponsored by the Citi Foundation and the organization Living Cities, Mayor Martin Walsh’s Office of Economic Development is planning to ramp up efforts to increase the number of women-owned and minority-owned vendors the city has contracts with.

It’s never too early for children to start learning about financial literacy, and in order to encourage them, OneUnited Bank is holding its ninth annual “I Got Bank!” Youth Essay and Art Contest.

Of more than $664 million that the city of Boston spent on procurement contracts in fiscal year 2018, including construction, services and products, less than 1 percent went to minority- and women-owned business enterprises (MBEs and WBEs), according to data released last week by the city’s Office of Economic Development.