Mike Green gave the keynote address at the Tabor 100 Gala in Seattle at the Washington State Convention Center on Sept. 15, 2012. The gathering of Seattle's political elite and Black business owners and entrepreneurs is annual fundraiser for Tabor 100, which represents many of Seattle's Black business owners and contractors.
Mike's speech included this slide presentation, at the end of which Mike received a standing ovation.
A link to the YouTube video of Mike's speech is included in the slide deck.
12. 1963
Black unemployment rate
was double the overall
jobless rate in 1963.
48 years later …
2011
Black unemployment
rate was double the
overall jobless rate
in 2011.
23. “In 1969, Laurance
and his siblings
formed Venrock in
order to expand and
“professionalize” this
venture capital
investment program.
Since then, Venrock
has developed into
one of the country’s
leading venture
capital firms with
offices in Palo Alto,
New York and
Cambridge.”
26. WORLD GDP RANKINGS
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
European Union $15.6T
United States $15.2T
China $11.4T
India $4.5T
Japan $4.4T
Germany $3.1T
Russia $2.4T
Brazil $2.3T
United Kingdom $2.2T CIA World Factbook – 2011
29. 2007
Black 60%
2002 White 18%
GROWTH:
Entrepreneurship
Bureau of Labor Statistics
30. ECONOMICPRODUCTIVITY
2007 BLS / Census Data GDP
$14T
Black- Venture-
owned backed
companies companies
produced produced
LESS than 21% of
1% of GDP GDP
$137.5B
$2.9T
31. Per Capita Business Receipts
(Census data for 2007; published 2010)
# Businesses Business receipts Population Per Capita
Total in 2007 Total annual gross revenue Estimate # of U.S. citizens Business receipts
Blacks 1.9 million $137.5B 37 million $3,729
0.8 percent total 0.5 percent of all receipts
employment
Hispanics 2.3 million $351B 45.4 million $7,731
1.6 percent total 1.1 percent of all receipts
employment
Asians 1.6 million $514B 13 million $39,538
2.4 percent total 1.7 percent of all receipts
employment
Whites 22.6 million $10.2 trillion 224.5 million $45,434
89.3 percent ownership of 34 percent of all receipts
all scientific, tech &
construction firms
32. June 2012: “Fusion of Inclusion” Report
Fusion of Inclusion report produced by PolicyBridge with Cleveland State University
33. June 12, 2012
“More than half
of all African-
Americans and
other non-
Hispanic blacks in
the city who were
old enough to
work had no job
at all this year …”
34. “Compared to
Nov. 15, 1991 white residents,
African
Americans in
Seattle have
higher
unemployment
and lower
average income…
And nowhere …
are the
disparities more
apparent than in
inner-city
neighborhoods.”
35. Sept. 11, 1993
“African-
American
contractors in the
Central Area have
received only
two-tenths of 1%
of $30 million in
community-
development
block-grant
contracts.”
36. Aug. 13, 2002 “He knows his
work has to be
flawless.
“Why in 30
years has he
never been
hired to help
build a private
office building,
warehouse or
retail
complex?”
37. “When it
comes to the
Black
unemployment
rate, it doesn’t
matter who
you ask — the
numbers are
dismal.
Aug. 2012
Black
Male:
15.8%
White
Male:
7.5%
38. “Among the
casualties is
the black
middle class
and the ability
to ascend into
July 10, 2012 it, which was a
significant
achievement
of the last
three decades
of the 20th
century”
41. BlackInnovation.org
GOALS
Change the economic narrative
Promote Inclusive Competitiveness
Connect the economically disconnected
42. BlackInnovation.org
FRAMEWORK
STEM Education & Workforce Development
Entrepreneurship, especially HIGH-GROWTH
Access to Capital and Risk Capital Investment
43. Portland Urban Innovation Roundtable
Seeking
Investment
CONNECTED DISCONNECTED
Corporations Community Orgs
Small Businesses Social / Civic Orgs
Public School Districts Public Schools
Universities Churches
Foundations Black urban sectors
measurable outcomes
Government agencies Hispanic urban sectors
Entrepreneur Resource Orgs Native American urban sectors
Angel groups
Financial Institutions
Professional Associations
STEM Education & Workforce Development
Business Alliances High Growth Entrepreneurship
Development Orgs
Access to Capital and Capital Formation
Connecting the disconnected to an inclusive economic ecosystem from pipeline to productivity