Black Business
SoLo Raises $1.2 million to Take on the Peer-to-Peer Lending Industry
Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending is disrupting the financial industry via online platforms that provide individuals and businesses with more innovative lending and borrowing options. Options … Keep Reading
47 Black Owned Coffee and Tea Businesses That are Great Alternatives to Starbucks
Recently, a Philadelphia Starbucks employee called the police on two Black patrons. Their crime? Waiting for a friend. The cops still arrested … Keep Reading
Shaq Partners With Black Owned Real Estate Development Firm to Build $79M Apartment Tower in N.J.
Shaquille O’Neal is partnering with a Black owned real estate development firm to build a 22-story apartment complex that will hover over the city’s … Keep Reading
The only Black Owned Bank in Texas Opens Atlanta branch
Unity National Bank, the only Black owned bank in Texas, has opened its first out-of-state branch in Atlanta. This is happening in … Keep Reading
Tela Holcomb Retired At 29 After She Taught Herself How To Trade Stocks
From the outside looking in, you’d never know that Tela Holcomb has a net worth closely approaching the millions. She’s a happy … Keep Reading
Tech CEO Sheena Allen on How Her App Promotes Financial Health and Wealth
Sheena Allen is the founder and CEO of tech companies CAPWAY and Sheena Allen Apps. We chatted with her to find out how she … Keep Reading
Black Culture
Tarana Burke on the TIME 100 Most Influential People 2018 Cover
TIME just announced their list of the 100 Most Influential People in the world, and MeToo founder, Tarana Burke is one of … Keep Reading
Mo’Nique Celebrates Her 100 Pound Weight Loss
Mo’nique just hit a major weight loss milestone — she now weighs under 200 pounds for the first time since she was seventeen, over thirty … Keep Reading
Costa Rica Has Elected Epsy Campbell Barr As Latin America’s First Black Woman Vice President
Epsy Campbell Barr has become the first-ever Black woman vice president in the Americas, and Costa Rica’s first Afro-Latina VP. She was chosen … Keep Reading
Black Thought
Students of Color Need to See More Teachers of Color. That Shouldn’t Be Controversial.
I spent most of my first year of grad school sitting in the back row of class with my hood up. There … Keep Reading
Why Aren’t There More Black Fashion Designers?
Within a fashion industry that touts itself as celebratory of difference, diversity, and inclusion, Black design talent consistently remains, at best, marginalised and all … Keep Reading
Why Are There So Few Black-Owned Grocery Stores?
The full-service supermarket that Circle Food Store owner Dwayne Bourdeaux runs in New Orleans’ Seventh Ward is clean and stocked with locally … Keep Reading
Black Love Matters
Couples Inc. : Kahran and Reg Run a Family Photography Business
Creative Soul Photography is an Atlanta based business run by husband and wife team, Kahran and Reg Bethencourt. With almost a decade of working … Keep Reading
Couples Inc.: Blair and Brandon Created Apparel brand, The Blairisms
Blair Dottin-Haley and Brandon Dottin-Haley are the owners of The Blairisms, a fashion brand that started off offering tee shirts and expanded into … Keep Reading
Couples Inc. : Dominique And Carl Own a Dental Practice in Alabama
Dr. Carl M. Shamburger, Jr, DMD and Dr. Dominique Askew Shamburger, DDS are the owners of Montgomery Dental Arts, a dental practice located … Keep Reading
Couples Inc. : ‘ Flip or Flop: Fort Worth ‘ HGTV Stars, Andy and Ashley Williams
We love home improvement shows and are constantly glued to “Flip or Flop” on HGTV. So, we were beyond thrilled to learn … 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
Boston Architecture designed by Black Architects
Private developers in the Boston did not hire black architects for several decades, so much of the architecture in the city today … Keep Reading
8 Seattle Works Designed by Black Architects
On the surface, Seattle’s architectural heritage can seem very, very white. But black architects have been contributing to Seattle’s urban fabric for … Keep Reading