Ownership
Acquisitions, succession, commercial property, franchises, and the assets behind independent businesses.
Weekly Newsletter
One email each week covering Black-owned businesses, acquisitions, capital, commercial property, government opportunity, independent operators, and overlooked parts of the economy.
Black Business. Ownership. Opportunity.
Black Independent is a weekly newsletter about who owns the business, how it makes money, where the opportunity is, and what independent operators can learn from it.
What We Cover
There is plenty of coverage about who started a company, raised money, or opened another location. Black Independent looks at what sits underneath those announcements.
Who owns the asset? How is the business financed? Where does the revenue come from? What changed after an acquisition? Could a smaller operator participate in the opportunity?
The goal is not to turn every business story into inspiration. It is to understand how the business actually works.
Coverage
Acquisitions, succession, commercial property, franchises, and the assets behind independent businesses.
Business financing, lending, investment, cash flow, and what the numbers actually tell us.
Government contracts, procurement, overlooked industries, and markets where smaller operators may have room to compete.