Morehouse College aims to expand a retail business program launched to help Black entrepreneurs reach the next level, but funding challenges may stand in its way.
Inside Morehouse’s African American Hall of Fame, Demond Crump sits behind a table of his products. He is the founder of REIGN Premium Sanitary Napkins.
“Over 1.5 million women have utilized our product,” said Crump. He is part of a cohort of 20 retail businesses that spent the last year and a half learning about scaling, profitability and growth.
“You need to be here for one main reason along with information. You need to come network, because once again, there’s nothing like being in a room with like-minded individuals, people that are going in the same direction that you are,” said Crump.
Tiffany Bussey, the executive director of the college’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center, says funding for the next cohort is up in the air as economic uncertainty looms.