The Mission to Create One Million Black Businesses by 2030

Growing up in Compton, Calif., Bryant was exposed to people who made a living by selling drugs, including a good family friend who was murdered in front of him. It wasn’t until an entrepreneur visited his classroom when he was 10 years old and talked about being a businessman—and giving out money for good ideas—that Bryant realized that having a legitimate hustle could change your life. “It was like a Martian showing up,” he says, about the entrepreneur, who handed out business cards and said he worked on the 16th floor of a building, a feat . . .