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George E. Johnson Made History on Wall Street. Why Is That History Still So Rare?
When news broke that George E. Johnson had died at the age of 99, many remembered him as the entrepreneur behind Afro Sheen, the…
Darrell Spencer on Building Crowned Skin Into a $50 Million Business
By Tony O. Lawson Darrell Spencer priced his first product line at $26. Competitors sourcing similar products overseas brought comparable alternatives to market for…
LemFi Enters Wealth Management With Acquisition of Wealth8
By Tony O. Lawson For years, fintech companies serving immigrant communities have competed on one promise: making it easier to send money across borders.…
How Two Black-owned Construction Firms Chose Acquisition to Accelerate Growth
by Tony O. Lawson A construction firm’s growth ceiling is often determined by bonding capacity: the amount of work a surety company is willing…
How AI Is Reshaping Wealth Management
Wealth management is entering a period where advice is becoming more expensive to deliver just as demand is accelerating. An estimated $84 trillion is…
Why Congo Is Launching Its First Stock Exchange
The Democratic Republic of Congo is moving closer to establishing its first stock exchange after signing a partnership agreement with the International Finance Corporation…