Four Generations in Small Business - #004

We're celebrating Black History Month, so in this special Inclusion-Forward episode of the Small Business Matters podcast, our first segment focuses on generational entrepreneurship — the idea of following in your family's footsteps by going into business for yourself. Keewa Nurullah owns kids' boutique Kido in Chicago, Illinois. She's a fourth-generation entrepreneur and a direct descendant of a Black Wall Street Business Owner from Greenwood district in Tulsa, Oklahoma, she's been featured by CNN and NBC. She was also recently named Black Entrepreneur of the Year for 2021, an award presented by Officially Black Wall street, Clover, and Snapchat. She shares what it's like extending a family legacy in Chicago as a successful business owner. In our second segment we sit down with Andrea Carlson from  Farmers and Merchants Bank in Long Beach, California to discuss the success of their successful small business grant program, and to hear from the businesses they are helping.