THE FACE OF SMALL BUSINESSES

THERE is an evolution uprising from the voice of the youth, changing the trajectory of what it is to be a small business owner, challenging the perceptions that to be black is enough reason to feel entitled to success. The sound of it is becoming louder by the turn, threatening the very essence of an industry that has lay dormant despite countless attempts to keep it alive.

Opinions

Many opinions fill up the surface, some fighting that this is only because the market does not value the work of an African, some biting their tongues, arguing that there is in fact no space for the black man in industries that are made for the advantage of the majority and some are at loggerheads, despairing how the black person always has excuses not to work hard.Myself? I say many people can be right at the same time and it unequivocal what stance I choose to take because it is my wish to give you a scope to critically analyse this conversation so you may get to see where you stand and pick your bone on what you think.

Now there are many flaring explanations as to the market being over saturated in ways that make it impossible for black small businesses to shine, in fact, this suggests that the 4th Industrial Revolution has done anything but consider the minority. So when we say that we wish for black small owners to take up space, they are asking what space? Is there an answer for that? Is it perhaps highly impressionable to think that there is somewhat room despite the challenges that exist beyond the surface? That within the true sense of revolution exists a greater platform for the majority trying to make it than we see and that there is room to think outside the box and create ideas that merge into the new world in order to be in a better position.

Opportunities

In fact, I personally implore that there is nothing greater than creating opportunities as opposed to finding them. This means that instead of taking what used to work years ago in the business industry and trying to implement that in the modern face of business, we should be looking for gaps and problems with what exists and creating business from those gaps – opportunist – that is the power of a true business man. Some people argue that there is not enough an advantage for small businesses owners because they are already the majority of the poor population and, therefore, require financial assistance to make it – which is not available to the population that really needs it. It would be an ambiguous assumption to correlate the gaps that exist with opportunity because the very same population that we advocate to take this up lacks both the resources and space in society to accomplish these things.

Therefore, bringing us back to the loud noise piercing through the frustration of the youth, fighting to recreate the face of small businesses owners and what it is to be a black hustler. If we are to redefine the industry, then we must first understand what it is today and the value of being that in a modern society. This is how we hear the voice of the upcoming businesses beating the odds in a place that does too much to advocate for them and acts too little to implement real change.

I have come to the assertion that the business world is merely political play and despite many cognitive and thought-provoking theories and explanations, there will always be many held together by the strings of a preserved notion to make it seem the system is for the people - unstable and nonexistent.

This means many are merely pons in a game of chess played by the real players and are hanging by the thread without any possibility of every making it or at least seeing the promised goal that government is always working towards for small business owners and skills training and arts. Am I saying there are bigger issues that exist outside of all the foolery?

Yes, outside of the captivating ideas and truths that exist, there is a truth that all these ideas are carried into whether political play allows them to play out or not and by so saying I am saying that the black man starting a business with the hope of one day becoming big is at the mercy of a guy sitting in a high office chair dictating who is more deserving of the funds meant to assist people like him. Unfair, but true.

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