Daymond John — American Businessman born on February 23, 1969,

Daymond Garfield John is an American entrepreneur, investor, television personality, author and motivational speaker. He is best known as the founder, president, and CEO of FUBU, and appears as an investor on the ABC reality television series Shark Tank... (wikipedia)

Mentors, by far, are the most important aspects of businesses.
Good grooming is integral and impeccable style is a must. If you don't look the part, no one will want to give you time or money.
I think African Americans are resilient and hustlers by nature. I think they need to understand that you can take that hustle to the boardroom, but it has to be an education process.
A savvy entrepreneur will not always look for investment money, first.
Fortunately, right now 'entrepreneurship' is one of the business world's biggest buzz words and so many young people in our country are looking up to this new generation of CEO's as their modern day rock stars. Whenever you have that effect, it makes the job of promoting entrepreneurship much easier.