Black Ambition

What's
your
Black Ambition

Our new zine highlighting Black-owned businesses in Virginia Beach, from the Walmart Makers Studio, and Black Ambition Prize Winners.

“With Black Ambition, the goal is to help strengthen the pipeline of talented entrepreneurs…

Pharrell Williams

…and close the opportunity and wealth gaps derived from limited access to capital and resources.”

Founder of Black Ambition

So Ambitious Podcast

Felecia Hatcher

Hosted by Black Ambition CEO Felecia Hatcher, So Ambitious is a series about what's possible when Black and Hispanic entrepreneurs can build uninterrupted. From the tech founder to the creative entrepreneur, So Ambitious tells the stories of the people building, creating, and organizing - against all odds, with authenticity, and in community. Their stories propel the conversation about ambition beyond money, titles, or vanity metrics and dive into details of what it takes to do impactful, transformative work with longevity.

So Ambitious Podcast

Felecia Hatcher

Hosted by Black Ambition CEO Felecia Hatcher, So Ambitious is a series about what's possible when Black and Hispanic entrepreneurs can build uninterrupted. From the tech founder to the creative entrepreneur, So Ambitious tells the stories of the people building, creating, and organizing - against all odds, with authenticity, and in community. Their stories propel the conversation about ambition beyond money, titles, or vanity metrics and dive into details of what it takes to do impactful, transformative work with longevity.

Prize Winners

2022

THE MOVE

HBCU Prize

THE MOVE is an app for college students that lets them see all of the events happening around their school. It also has special features that help students stay safe when going out and to help them network with their peers.

2022

Pound Cake

Black Ambition Prize

Pound Cake is a Black and Hispanic-owned cosmetics company revolutionizing the way color is made for darker skin. With our proprietary Tone VariantTechnology™, we launched the first-ever line of red lipsticks for different lip tones.

Our Manifesto

BLACK AMBITION is a set of Prizes to fund bold ideas and companies led by Black and Hispanic entrepreneurs.

BLACK AMBITION is reducing barriers to capital and bridging the wealth gap through entrepreneurship.

BLACK AMBITION provides applicants with resources and access to a network of business leaders.

BLACK AMBITION joins the wave of efforts to open opportunity for Black and Hispanic founders.

BLACK AMBITION, these are united stakes.

Entrepreneurship

Among founders of VC-backed companies, only 3% are Black or Hispanic.

Ownership

Black and Hispanic people make up ~30% of the U.S. population, but only ~20% of its entrepreneurs.

Economy

If Black and Hispanic people were supported to succeed as entrepreneurs at the same rate as white people, the United States could add 1.1M new businesses and 9M new jobs to the economy.

“With Black Ambition, the goal is to help strengthen…

Pharrell Williams is continuing his dive into philanthropy…

Pharrell Williams has announced Black Ambition,…

“We need a voice. We have the smallest slice of the…

The organization offers mentorship, pitch feedback…

Over the course of his three decades in the music…

Producer and rapper Pharrell Williams is coupling…

Pharrell does it all, including offering much-needed…

We need your Support

We are changing the landscape of who is investable and whose dream is worth funding. These are united stakes. Thank you for supporting our ambition to narrow the capital access and community wealth gap for Black and Hispanic founders through entrepreneurship.

Our Partners

What's your Black Ambition

Our new zine highlighting Black-owned businesses in Virginia Beach, from the Walmart Makers Studio, and Black Ambition Prize Winners.

So Ambitious Podcast

Felecia Hatcher

So Ambitious Podcast

Felecia Hatcher

2022

THE MOVE

2022

Pound Cake

BLACK AMBITION is a set of Prizes to fund bold ideas and companies led by Black and Hispanic entrepreneurs.

BLACK AMBITION is reducing barriers to capital and bridging the wealth gap through entrepreneurship.

BLACK AMBITION provides applicants with resources and access to a network of business leaders.

BLACK AMBITION joins the wave of efforts to open opportunity for Black and Hispanic founders.

BLACK AMBITION, these are united stakes.

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What's
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Black Ambition