Apr 25, 2022 | Entrepreneurship, Retail
Major beauty retailers are boosting small, minority-owned businesses as Black female entrepreneurship helps bridge an employment gap. As of last year, 17% of Black women in the U.S. were in the process of starting or running new businesses, according to...
Apr 25, 2022 | Business, Entrepreneurship, Investment
An ambitious new initiative supported by community organizations and government leaders to promote the successful development of Black-owned businesses in the Portland region was announced on Monday, April 25. The Black Business Association-Oregon has hired Lance...
Apr 25, 2022 | Entrepreneurship, Technology
When Nigeria-born, Atlanta-based Tope Awotona launched the meeting scheduling service Calendly in 2013 he believed in his idea so much that he used his entire life savings to launch the startup. The idea grew out of Awotona’s own challenges keeping track of his...
Apr 25, 2022 | Climate, Entrepreneurship
In honor of Earth Day, it’s worth noting some of the many Black entrepreneurs who have created businesses aimed at pouring back into the planet. Darrell Jobe developed a natural passion for preserving the planet following a number of shirt prison stints. Looking...
Apr 17, 2022 | Entrepreneurship
The Black Market, a monthly pop-up venue for Black-owned businesses in Nashville, Tennessee, started because its founders found the cost of a physical store too high. “So what we did was start the market,” said co-founder Carlos Partee, who owns the brand Cashville,...
Apr 17, 2022 | Entrepreneurship
Even before remote work became a widely available option for workers as the world navigates a global pandemic, the ability to work anywhere with a laptop and an Internet connection has always been a fascinating part of entrepreneurship. Americans who move, work, and...
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