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…
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54gene is developing the World’s First and Largest Pan-African DNA Biobank
African genetic data may hold the key to unlock untold medical discoveries and 54gene is on a mission to improve our understanding…
5 Reasons Why the SHOPPE BLACK Global Business Directory & Agency are a Game Changer
Since 2015, we have profiled thousands of businesses and interviewed hundreds of entrepreneurs and professionals from New York to Nigeria, all in…
Serena Williams Invests in Mahmee, a Startup Fighting Maternal Mortality
After Serena Williams gave birth to her daughter in 2018, she shared the life-threatening complications she experienced—and how, as a Black woman, she…
Black Owned Restaurant Partners with Walmart to create over 30 Jobs
Cornbread is a unique Black owned restaurant that is creating jobs and a space where traditional soul food dishes are prepared using…
Meet the Black Woman who owns the only Pro Women’s sports team in St. Louis
There are very few women owned sports teams. There are even fewer sports teams owned by a young Black woman. Khalia Collier,…
This Black Real Estate Developer is Launching a $500 Million fund for Minority Developers
Roy Donahue “Don” Peebles is the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Peebles Corporation, the largest Black owned real estate…
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SY Smith is THE Hardest Working Indie Artist in Show Business
I’m going to go on and say it: Sy Smith is the hardest working indie artist in show business. Full stop. Okay,…
Nail Salon Brawls & Boycotts: Unpacking The Black-Asian Conflict In America
As early as I can remember, my dad, an immigrant from Taiwan, would nonchalantly use the term 黑鬼 (hēi guǐ), Mandarin for…
Chicago’s Eve Ewing will pen Marvel’s ‘Ironheart’
Fangirling over Eve L. Ewing is a new pastime if you’re an African-American female writing in Chicago. Ewing is an academic, a…