How Bask & Lather Became a Nine-Figure Beauty Brand Without Outside Capital
By Tony O. Lawson Bask & Lather has grown into…
Covering Business, Capital, and Culture
UrbanBetter: Building the Infrastructure for Africa’s Intellectual Capital
By Tony O. Lawson During a morning run in Dakar,…
Black-owned Firms Help Build Morehouse and Spelman’s $147M Student Housing Community
By Tony O. Lawson Morehouse College and Spelman College are…
Why Investors Just Bet $10M on the Next Generation of Nuclear Power
By Tony O. Lawson Artificial intelligence has sparked a global…
10 Black-owned Mental Health Practices
Behavioral healthcare continues to evolve as demand for mental health…
Why Women’s Sports Is Becoming an Emerging Asset Class
For decades, investment in women’s sports came primarily from team…
Two Historic Black-owned Banks Announce $1.27 Billion Merger
By Tony O. Lawson More than a century after they…
Inside KDM Engineering, One of the Largest Black Woman-Owned Electrical Engineering Firms
Electricity powers nearly every aspect of the modern economy, yet…
6 Black-owned Galleries Placing Artists in Major Museum Collections
When a museum acquires an artist’s work, it creates a…
Black-owned Construction Firms | Vol. 2
By Tony Lawson Construction projects move through a sequence of approvals,…
Black-owned Real Estate Development Firms | Vol. 2
By Tony Lawson Real estate development is where capital formation,…
Why Women’s Sports Is Becoming an Emerging Asset Class
For decades, investment in women’s sports came primarily from team…
Two Historic Black-owned Banks Announce $1.27 Billion Merger
By Tony O. Lawson More than a century after they…
How Twisted Eggroll’s $1.5 Million Investment in Community Is Driving Business Growth
Business growth eventually changes the questions founders need to answer.…
The Debt Advantage: Rethinking How Founders Finance Growth
Equity funding has become the dominant narrative in startup financing.…
Buying the System: Franchising as Ownership
By Tony Lawson Entrepreneurship is often described as creating something new.…
Why Brands Are Quietly Becoming Entertainment and IP Companies
For decades, brand building operated on a familiar logic in…
Four Black-led Firms Leading $70M National Juneteenth Museum Construction
By Tony O. Lawson Fort Worth’s Historic Southside is the site…
Black-owned Architecture Firms | Vol. 2
By Tony O. Lawson Across the United States, Toronto, and Johannesburg,…
Asland Capital Partners: Institutional Execution Across Housing Markets
By Tony O. Lawson When James H. Simmons III launched…
Black-owned Cybersecurity Firms | Vol. 1
The firms that manage threat detection, risk frameworks, compliance architecture,…
Alaffia Health Raises $55M to Improve Healthcare Claims Operations
By Tony Lawson Alaffia Health has raised $55 million in…
PraxisPro Raises $6M to Expand AI Coaching Platform
by Tony Lawson PraxisPro, a Houston-based technology startup, has raised…
Culture & Lifestyle
The Diaspora Salon: Where Art, Ideas, and Black Excellence Converge
Each February, Marrakech becomes one of the world’s most compelling…
Reclaiming Hinchliffe Stadium’s Place in Sports History
Hinchliffe Stadium stands as a rare landmark in American sports—a…
The $300 Million Rebirth of Studio Museum in Harlem
Harlem has long been a global center of creativity, imagination,…
$30M Upfront: Travis Hunter and The New Era of Athlete Wealth
When Travis Hunter signed his rookie contract with the Jacksonville…
Allen Iverson’s Historic Deal: $32M Trust Fund and $800K for Life
When Allen Iverson signed his endorsement deal with Reebok in…
6 Wealth Management Myths in the Black Community—And What to Do Instead
Wealth management often feels like a conversation reserved for the…