Black Business
This Venture Capitalist sold his former company for $100 Million
Adeyemi (“Ade”) Ajao is co-founder & Managing Partner at Base10 Partners, an early stage venture capital fund. Base10 recently made news for … Keep Reading
Foot Locker Invests $2 Million in Black Owned Footwear Design Academy
Foot Locker Inc. has made a $2 million investment in Pensole Inc., which operates the Pensole Footwear Design Academy, founded by former Jordan … Keep Reading
Black-Owned Businesses Carve Out Space In An Increasingly Gentrified D.C.
It’s Friday night, and rapper Too Short’s “Blow the Whistle” is blaring inside of the only black-owned bar in D.C.’s predominantly white Dupont … Keep Reading
Tyler Perry Just Sold His Former Studio Lot For $18.5 Million
In 2007 Tyler Perry purchased his first studio lot. A year ago, the property was put for sale (for $25 million), so … Keep Reading
We Dat’s Grew from a Food Truck to Multiple Locations and an NBA Partnership
Three years ago, We Dat’s founder, Greg Tillery started We Dat Food truck and began selling wings from the truck, outside nightclubs … Keep Reading
These Entrepreneurs Open The First Breast Cancer Boutique in the D.C. Area
Cherry Blossom Intimates offers intimate-wear for breast cancer survivors and women who seek proper bra fit in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. … Keep Reading
Black Culture
A Black-Led Food Co-op Grows in Detroit
Malik Yakini came to cooperative economics as a student at Eastern Michigan University in the mid-1970s when he started a food-buying club. … Keep Reading
Meet The Black Woman who Created The World’s Largest Tech Conference
Social Media Week Lagos is the largest and Blackest conference that you’ve probably never heard of until now. SMW Lagos features a … Keep Reading
Remembering Atlantic City’s Black History and Segregated Past
Like much of the United States, Atlantic City, New Jersey, was both de facto and legally segregated throughout much of its history, … Keep Reading
Black Thought
A conversation with Architect, Iddris Sandu
By now, you’ve heard of Iddris Sandu, the young visionary who landed an internship with Google at 13, received a Presidential scholar … Keep Reading
(Re)presenting the Color Line as Told By Du Bois’s Data Portraits
Much has been written on W. E. B. Du Bois and the 1900 Paris Exposition, much of it repetitive, lacking new or … Keep Reading
Daughters of the Diaspora is teaching young Black women about Reproductive Health
When Shanaye Jeffers was in fourth grade, she often skipped touch football and double-dutch jump rope at recess to read a book … Keep Reading
Black Love Matters
Couples Inc. : Christian and Uche run a Public Relations Firm in San Antonio
EHCU Public Relations (formerly BethanyEast PR)is a San Antonio, TX based public relations firm that specializes in corporate event planning, advertising and … Keep Reading
Couples Inc. : Toya and Reuben created southern lifestyle brand, Grits Co.
Grits Co. is a southern lifestyle brand created to graphically represent the southern experience in an unapologetic way. We spoke to founders, … Keep Reading
Business Tips
5 Ways Black Businesses Can Improve Customer Experience
Let’s face it, Black businesses have a horrible reputation when it comes to offering a great customer experience or customer service. Whether … Keep Reading
Get Your Website Right!: 10 Tips on How to Create a Dope Website
Every Black business owner needs to get their website right. Not now, but right now. Many of us want to support Black-owned … Keep Reading
Aesthetics + Design
Meet the Black Architect who designed Duke University 37 years before he could have attended it
In 1902, when Julian F. Abele graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in architecture, he was the school’s first-ever … Keep Reading
10 Tips For Photographing Darker Skin Tones
No, you’re not crazy: photographing darker skin tones, like mine, is harder than photographing lighter ones. Before anyone goes and reports me … Keep Reading
Professional Spotlight
Assemblywoman Angela McKnight helps create laws that actually make a difference
In our collective pursuit of economic empowerment, it is important to acknowledge the role of politics. It is also important to acknowledge the … Keep Reading
Eugene Cornelius, Jr., Senior Advisor to the Office of International Trade
If you’re an aspiring or existing business owner with goods or services that can be offered outside the U.S., you may want … Keep Reading