Liza and Cheryl discuss obstacles - in life and in business.

"When we don't continue having conversations, topics become heavy".

Recent events, protests and riots, have brought up the conversations regarding racism and anti-black racism. Our hosts discuss specifically how they, or people in their lives have experienced racism and how it has shaped the discussions they are having and how it has affected decisions they've made in their personal lives and their professional lives.    They explore the concepts of prejudice and bias and how it affects people when building businesses.  There are barriers to success for minority business owners, whether it's a difficulty getting start up capital or attracting talent and customers.  Recently the Canadian government has created programs to encourage support of minority and specifically black-owned businesses.  It is a hot topic as some question "Why not all small businesses?".  Liza and Cheryl discuss their thoughts on the rationale behind these types of programs.    As usual it is an interesting discussion with personal experiences and anecdotes.  We ponder, we laugh and we learn.

Resources: https://bit.ly/UnlearnResources

Cheryl Sutherland is the founder of PleaseNotes.

https://pleasenotes.com/

https://www.cherylsutherland.com/

Liza Magcale is the founder of eLiaise and Delegate Wisely Consulting

https://eliaise.com/

https://delegatewisely.com/