Coronavirus was declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Since then, it has spread quickly, causing thousands of deaths globally. The virus has also resulted in a brutal decline in economic activity that is hitting many Black owned businesses and professionals hard. In this series, we will be sharing personal stories from Black entrepreneurs and…
Coronavirus was declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Since then, it has spread quickly, causing thousands of deaths globally. The virus has also resulted in a brutal decline in economic activity that is hitting many Black owned businesses and professionals hard. In this series, we will be sharing personal stories from Black entrepreneurs and…
Due to the Corona virus outbreak, many of us are now, more than ever, determined to sanitizing our surroundings and our bodies. We’ve compiled a short list of black owned businesses offering cleaning products that can help keep your household, workplace clean. Black Owned Cleaning Products PUR Home is a natural, non-toxic Eco-Friendly Laundry Detergent…
As the leader of a Dublin-based company with $1.2 billion in revenue, you’d think Billy Vickers might be pretty well-known in Central Ohio. You’d be wrong. Despite the soaring success of Vickers’ Modular Assembly Innovations, its president and CEO is somewhat of an enigma both locally and nationally. Billy Vickers, 62, of Delaware, admits he…
Tabi Bonney is a Washington D.C and Los Angeles based artist, director and producer who has worked with artists such as Wale, Wiz Khalifa and Raheem DeVaughn. He is also the founder of natural skin care brand, ITADI. ITADI is a natural skin care brand formulated with organic coffee berry, harvested from Bonney’s family-owned farms…
Naturade partners Kareem Cook and Claude Tellis, want to bring the plant-based revolution to those who need these products the most—the urban communities and food deserts that are underserved by the natural products industry. Now, Naturade is announcing the next big step in making that a reality: They have partnered with Earvin “Magic” Johnson Jr.…
Fitness can often feel like something marketed to a certain type of person, but Julia and Cornelia Gibson, sisters and founders of Toned by BaggedEm, are making sure that all people feel represented within the wellness industry. Inspired by their own fitness journeys, they created the Toned yoga mats featuring empowering images of Black women practicing…
Cosmetologist Jerricha Hoskins has always wanted to be like Madam CJ Walker. “I’ve been using all the hair care products on the market but none worked out for me. So, I started formulating things and introducing them to the public. In a little over two years, I built a $2 million dollar business,” she said.…
John Amanam is a 32 year old creative sculptor and former movie special effects expert from Nigeria. His knowledge of art has helped him produce hyper-realistic prosthesis of several body parts including the ears, nose, fingers, toes, and legs. He was inspired by a cousin who lost several fingers in an accident. “I was thinking…
Brian Mohika BSN, RN (and a United States Air Force veteran) is a nurse , inventor and founder of CathWear, an all-in-one catheter management system built into a comfortable, high-quality unisex brief. While working as a specialist in Interventional Radiology, Brian Mohika would hear consistent complaints from patients who had drains placed inside of their…
