Starting a business? Get advice at Miami Herald’s Black Business Month panel
How did your country report this? Share your view in the comments.
Diverging Reports Breakdown
Starting a business? Get advice at Miami Herald’s Black Business Month panel
South Florida Starting a business? Get advice at Miami Herald’s Black Business Month panel. The event is meant to equip small business owners and aspiring business owners with actionable advice. The discussion will take place at Co-Space, a Black-owned coworking space in Miami Gardens. The first five attendees to register will receive free professional headshots courtesy of award-winning Herald photographer Carl Juste. All attendees will also have the opportunity to join a WhatsApp chat for local entrepreneurs.
Patricia Laurenceau, a web designer, works at Co-Space on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, in Miami Gardens. Co-Space is hosting a Miami Herald event for Black Business Month on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. askowronski@miamiherald.com
August is Black Business Month, but as many aspiring entrepreneurs know, building and sustaining a small business can be difficult.
On Tuesday, Aug. 12, the Miami Herald is hosting “Building Black Businesses,” an event meant to equip small business owners and aspiring business owners in South Florida’s Black community with actionable advice. The panel discussion, moderated by Miami Herald minority business reporter Michael Butler, will address how entrepreneurs can fund, market and grow their businesses.
Miami Herald minority business reporter Michael Butler Courtesy of Michael Butler
The panelists are three South Florida business leaders with years of experience:
G. Eric Knowles, president and CEO of the Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce
G. Eric Knowles Courtesy of the Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce
Suzan McDowell, founder of Circle of One Marketing
Suzan McDowell Photo by David I. Muir
Aamir Taylor, founder of Italian Vice
Aamir Taylor Courtesy of Aamir Taylor
Knowles is the leader of one of Miami’s key business organizations and can speak to the importance of networking and relationship-building. McDowell is a small business owner with decades of marketing experience. Taylor is an entrepreneur who started a frozen treat business in 2020 and now vends at Hard Rock Stadium.
The discussion will take place at Co-Space, a Black-owned coworking space in Miami Gardens.
The first five attendees to register will receive free professional headshots courtesy of award-winning Herald photographer Carl Juste. All attendees will also have the opportunity to join a WhatsApp chat for local entrepreneurs. Refreshments will be provided.
Location: Co-Space, 17560 NW 27th Ave., Suite 105, Miami Gardens
Time: Registration opens at 6 p.m., with the panel discussion taking place from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Price: $20
Tickets: Eventbrite
Source: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article311519370.html