Reframing Failure: What I Learned from My Startup Experience
“Failure can be a lousy teacher because it seduces smart people into…
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bEHR Health: A Digital Shield Against Silent Health Threats
How healthy are you—really? Many of us assess our health based on…
Katt Williams Buys Former Military Base to Launch Movie Studio
Emmy Award-winning comedian Katt Williams is venturing into the world of film…
News & INTERVIEWS
Calendly, The Black Owned Scheduling App, Just Raised $350M, and Is Now Valued At Over $3Billion
Calendly is a Black owned scheduling app, designed to make the process of finding meeting times easy. Currently, about 10 million people…
This Black Owned Mental Health Platform Just Raised $5 Million
Hurdle, a Black owned mental health platform, announced yesterday that it has successfully closed a $5 million series seed financing. Established in…
Black Owned EdTech App Raises $10.6 Million in Two Years
A year after it raised a seed round of $3.1m, Nigerian Education Technology (Edtech) platform, uLesson announced last week that it has…
Jay-Z Involved in a $10Million Fund Created To Empower Black Owned Cannabis Businesses
Jay-Z is part of a fund created to invest in Black owned cannabis businesses in order to bolster Black participation in the…
These Two Black Owned Real Estate Firms Have Closed over $60M in Deals Together
National Standard Abstract (NSA) and CB Emmanuel Realty are two Black Owned Real Estate Firms that have closed over $60 million in…
Black Owned FinTech Firm Selected To Disburse $500M in Relief Grants
Lendistry is a Black owned Fintech (Financial technology) firm that provides short-term loans and other types of financing to small businesses. Small…
Lifestyle & Culture
National Museum of African American History and Culture to acquire Ebony and Jet Archives
The National Museum of African American History and Culture will acquire a significant portion of the archive of the Johnson Publishing Company,…
15 Black Architects Who Helped Build America
In the 1930’s, there were about 60 Black Americans were listed as registered architects. Many of their buildings have since been lost…
Delta Sigma Theta donates 17,000 Meals To New Orleans Disaster Relief
The Delta Sigma Theta sorority donated 17,000 meals to disaster relief efforts in New Orleans after it was forced to cut their biennial national…