The Black Business Hub and UW-Madison: Opportunities for transformation and partnership.
A link to the video at the beginning of the program can be found here: https://youtu.be/OVUqAQ9AUH0
The Black Business Hub, which is breaking ground this spring, is set to become the Madison region’s first Black-led, place-based enterprise center devoted to incubating, accelerating and networking Black and other underserved entrepreneurs. The hub will help anchor the southern gateway into Madison as part of a “South Madison Renaissance.” Hear from the leaders at the forefront of creating this new center of innovation and economic activity about what’s in store and how the UW-Madison community can be a central partner in this effort.
Moderator: Brenda Gonzalez, Director, UW-Madison Community Relations
Featured presenter: Derrick Smith, Co-Chair, Black Business Hub Capital Campaign Committee; Senior Director, External Relations, Partnerships and Development, UW-Madison Division of Diversity, Equity and Educational Achievement
Panelists:
Edward Lee, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Urban League of Greater Madison
Andrew Richards, Director, UW-Madison Discovery to Product