25 Powerful Questions for Black Business Owners Question Title * 1. What do you believe your business contributes to the survival or growth of your community? Question Title * 2. How do historical barriers influence the way you operate today? 1 = Not at All 2 = Rarely 3 = Sometimes 4 = Often 5 = Always/Absolutely Other (please specify) Question Title * 3. What parts of your culture show up in your business model? Question Title * 4. How does your pricing reflect the value and worth of Black labor and legacy? Question Title * 5. In what ways is your business a form of activism or resistance? Question Title * 6. How do you define “success” when it comes to your community? Question Title * 7. What pain points are you trying to solve that exist uniquely in Black communities? Question Title * 8. Are there community needs your business could respond to more intentionally? Question Title * 9. How does your business restore what was historically denied to Black people? Question Title * 10. Who benefits from your growth—and who might be left behind? Question Title * 11. What stories about money, wealth, and ownership did you inherit? Question Title * 12. In what ways have you healed generational scarcity through your business? Question Title * 13. How do you see your business contributing to generational wealth? Question Title * 14. Do your clients/customers reflect your community? If not, why? Question Title * 15. What barriers did you face that you hope no one else will? Question Title * 16. What does being a "Black-owned business" mean in spirit—not just in branding? Question Title * 17. Are there cultural practices you've reclaimed through entrepreneurship? Question Title * 18. Who in your community are you accountable to? Question Title * 19. What would you build differently if capitalism wasn't the model? Question Title * 20. How does your business protect, uplift, or reimagine Black futures? Question Title * 21. How do you center emotional healing and resilience in how you lead? Question Title * 22. What does economic justice look like in your business strategy? Question Title * 23. How do you want your business to be remembered by future generations? Question Title * 24. What community dreams are waiting on your leadership? Question Title * 25. What role should Black businesses play in creating a thriving Black ecosystem? Done