Jun 10, 2024 | Entrepreneurship, Investment
Black-owned businesses are booming. Contributing over $206 billion annually to the economy and supporting 3.56 million American jobs, companies like Calendly, SheaMoisture, and Esusu Financial are among over 100 Black-owned startups that have achieved unicorn...
Apr 29, 2024 | Investment, Media
Black Public Media awarded a total of $610,000 to film and immersive projects and creatives at its seventh PitchBLACK Forum – the largest pitch competition for independent filmmakers and creative technologists developing new projects about the...
Sep 25, 2023 | Business, Investment
“The problem was trying to come up with gifts,” Harris-Stowe State University student Corey Burns explained. “Everyone is thinking about birthdays. I know your birthday is coming up, but I always wait until the last minute.” His solution: He launched “Just For You...
Sep 11, 2023 | Business, Finance, Investment
On Aug. 28, a group of Black pastors, known as the Leaders Network, broke ground on a new credit union in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago. Aiming to help eradicate the glaring discrepancies in wealth between Black and white residents, the Leaders Network Credit...
Aug 28, 2023 | Art, Investment
Atlanta’s Black creative community is getting some major support. Email marketing company Mailchimp Intuit recently announced a pledge of $1 million to bolster diverse local arts organizations based in...
Jun 19, 2023 | Entrepreneurship, Finance, History, Investment
Entrepreneurs pitched their company and product ideas to a panel Thursday in an event similar to the television show “Shark Tank.” The Black Wall Street Pitch Competition was formed to showcase people finding solutions to problems, said Kelsey Davis, CEO of...
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