Insights from a Place-Based Minority Business Learning Cohort

This session highlights the power of partnerships through learning cohorts. Wells Fargo’s Open for Business Fund donated $100 million to support small business owners who were disproportionately affected by the pandemic in Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Los Angeles, and Miami. A national learning cohort helped grantees share insights across markets to build healthier, stronger communities. Corporate foundation leaders and those focused on economic development and/or grantee convenings will leave inspired to design or improve learning cohorts and weave partnership strategies.