Dozens Of Buffalo Business Owners Learn Key Skills

As the calendar flipped to August, national black business month kicks off in the United States as there is a concerted effort to help minority owned small businesses get an extra boost of energy, support, and confidence to help them succeed.

In Buffalo and Western New York, the Exchange at Beverly Gray, a business incubator and co-working space specifically serving BIPOC and underrepresented entrepreneurs and business owners, helped to kick off the month with a business seminar to help give business owners, along with those looking to start a business, the skills they need to grow.

What Is Black Business Month

According to America 250, the national nonpartisan organization created by Congress, National Black Business Month is a time where Americans from all over the nation should recognize and support Black-owned businesses and entrepreneurs across the country.

Even though Black and brown communities around the nation have suffered extreme systematic racism, inequality, wage gaps, and violence, Black people and businesses have continued to make key contributions to America and the American economy. Many of those contributions date back to the 1700’s.

Celebrating and supporting those busineses is as American as apple pie and everyone in encouraged to pitch in.

What's Happening In Buffalo To Support?

Black Business Month kicked off in Buffalo with the business conference Bold Moves Only II, a day business conferece that happened on Saturday, August 1, 2026, inside of the Statler Buffalo.

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Dozens of current and prospective business owners gathered to meet with and learn from experts on how to grow their businesses. There was a mix of speeches and hand-on workshops where people learned and networked during the morning.

There are all sorts of things that you can do to support Black and brown businesses in Western New York, many of which you can find on The Exchange's website.