A parent entity which houses two businesses...
"Leme hol dat" videogames ($4 games trade Service)
Gaming Society (Gaming social media hub for black gamers & content creators)
I'm around a year and some change in right now

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From my experience people get mad(defensive) because they feel a personal attack is being made on their specific lifes choices/decisions as oppossed to simply making a critique on the overall state of black economics.
Simply put: In their mind they hear...
"Every career goal & aspiration you(
personaly) ever worked for is wrong. You need to stop and start a business instead of working for other people(white people)"
That is typically the idea they argue against... even if you actually never explicitly stated such a thing.
The only thing they really need to say is...
I don't have any goods or services I want to sale and/or I can't think of any business ideas.


I will say as a comunity there needs to be a funding mechanism. Even if you personally aren't in a position to start a business, as a community we should value those who are in a position enough to fund the base capital needed. You know how hard it is to fund my setup ...even though the proof of concept is there
I've built the ground floor myself but to expand I and people like myself need serious funds. Such a situation wouldn't be so bad

if not for the abundant "I got mine ...you get yours" mentality
People living below the poverty line can pool money to float a church for years, but people making 40k+ a year can't pool money to spur business growth

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Now why would those people making 40k+ pool money to spur business growth if they don't actually value buessiness growth ...on the strength that "hey why do we need businesses, I got mine without starting one so they can't be
that nessesary" Which leads back to the OP point.
That not enough people value economic institution building. While too many value "I have food, housing, clothing, some trinkets, and family ...I'm good(reguardless of the community/world context which that "i'm good" comes in)

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Then when you attack that value premise they again assume you are attacking their personal lifes carrer choices

(back at square one)
Solution: Do
If you have no business ideas but value business growth in the black community then find a business idea you personally like and provide funds(hell i can do some good with even $300). If it's a large sum see if you can do some kind of profit shareing deal.
Solution: Don't
Have an existential crisis because you feel you might be a hypocrite if you value black business, but don't personally have one ...and as a result tear down the idea of black business growth to avoid (feelings of hypocracy in/precieved attacks on) your lifes choices(see do above).
Solution: Don't
not value black business growth