Business Campaign for Better Access to Capital for Black Entrepreneurs
By Frank Knapp Jr. and Derek Peebles
ASBC Board members Frank Knapp, Jr., Campaign Coordinator for Reform the SBA, and Derek Peebles, Executive Director, American Independent Business Alliance, wrote an op-ed in the Jacksonville Free Press urging Congress to support the Enhancing Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century Act. The Act calls for federal research into the reasons why the nation was at a 40-year low in new business startups.