Model 6: SDBCC | Urban Business Resource Center Accelerator

Model 6: SDBCC | Urban Business Resource Center Accelerator

Regionerate worked with the County of San Diego Black Chamber of Commerce to write a grant to standup a new business accelerator for Black businesses of all sizes and types. We now deliver programming to two cohorts per year.

They attend 90-minute classes on various topics, including ideal customers, value propositions, branding and marketing, operations, financial fitness, investor readiness, and how to get into corporate supply chains.

The program offers additional one-on-one coaching every week and brings in a series of subject matter experts to supplement business basics taught by regular facilitators. We encourage Black Chamber members to mentor businesses in their respective sectors.

The semester culminates in a graduation ceremony where the businesses present a 3-minute pitch to potential customers and investors. The key to the success of this program has been providing live case studies of BIPOC companies whose founders have shared their journeys, including failures and successes.

The curriculum is not off the shelf but very customized based on the most critical needs of the cohort.

Learn More at: www.sdblackchamber.org/ubrc