Minority-Led Stories

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Zohr takes startup lessons on the road as on-demand tire service expands to Dallas streets

As Zohr drives toward national expansion, the on-demand tire services startup is already finding success in Dallas, replicating the metro-wide experience it made popular in hometown Kansas City, said Komal Choong. “We’re getting great responses from our early adopters,” the Zohr co-founder and CEO said. “So we’re very optimistic that it’ll continue to grow, just…

Anurag Patel, Helix Health

As healthcare pivots to value based service, Helix Health uses data analytics to reduce costs

Prevention is cheaper than cure — a sentiment forming the foundation of Helix Health, said Anurag Patel. “The business of healthcare today is that if you’re sick, then you’re a customer of healthcare. If you’re healthy, then you’re not,” Patel said, describing a need for creating a business model that helps people stay healthy.  Helix Health…

Victor Hwang, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, 2019 State of Entrepreneurship address

Victor Hwang leaving Kauffman VP role; entrepreneurship becomes national priority ahead of 2020 political cycle

Ecosystem building has risen to the national conversation — marking the right moment for Victor Hwang to exit the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and its vision-rich entrepreneurship team, he said.  “A few years ago, people would talk about supporting entrepreneurs as if they were disconnected individuals … helping one entrepreneur at a time or maybe…

Super Dispatch expands reach into auto transport, launches car shipping platform

The “Amazon experience” is coming to the world of car shipping as Super Dispatch launches a new platform to bring the auto transportation industry up to the speed companies are demanding: now, said Bek Abdullayev. “We are creating a better way to transport cars with new technology that solves major problems for shippers and carriers,”…

Deanna Munoz, Latino Arts Foundation

‘Queer Eye’ hero paints an ‘inner circle’ for young Latino artists craving a creative outlet

Deanna Munoz’s childhood dream to become an artist — once faded and long forgotten — was revived years later by her 6-year-old daughter, said Munoz, founder of the Latino Arts Foundation.   “I wanted to be a graphic designer, but I kind of got caught up in a lot of different things when I was young…