At a recent conference titled “Code to Capital”, hosted by the Greater Houston Black Chamber for its second Annual Wealth Forum, entrepreneurs assembled at Rice University to discuss wealth-building using technology.
Black business owners and AI experts sought a solution to building generational wealth when systems are not designed with regular Houstonians in mind.
The forum, which moved to April in recognition of Financial Literacy Month, was designed to offer a Lender Matchmaker Lounge for direct access to financial decision-makers, as well as an AI Implementation Lab with hands-on training across three sessions.
Hard conversations
Dr. DeForest Soaries Jr., a pastor and former New Jersey Secretary of State, who also authored the book Say Yes to No Debt, said Black communities have celebrated political victories while their economic realities have not caught up…