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Camille Baker Creates App to Deliver Home-Cooked Meals
At just 24-years-old and a recent graduate of Florida A&M University, Camille Baker is well on her way to being a successful entrepreneur. She has created an app called Pull-Up-A-Seat, which delivers home-cooked meals from specifically chosen network members. Although she graduated Florida A&M with a business degree, she was able to develop the app herself. […]
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Ghanaian Firm Saves Black Owned Chicago Bank With $9 Million Investment
The historic Illinois Service Federal Savings & Loan (ISF) bank located in the Bronzeville section of Chicago was on the verge of being defunct. ISF needed an immediate infusion of at least $10 million dollars to avoid a federal decree that would force it to convert from a depositor-owned model to a shareholder-owned model. The bank […]
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Antoine Wade and Switch Fresh Aims to Change the Way We Look at Deodorant
The deodorant industry hasn’t changed much since its beginnings over 100 years ago. Sure there are hundreds of scents, sprays, roll-ons, etc., but the basic workings of a deodorant container has been the same for decades. In a world of mass production, wrapped up in a throw away society, many companies are striving to become more […]
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Ice Cube creates basketball league featuring retired NBA players
Ice Cube, who rose to fame as a member of the rap group NWA, then became a movie producer and a movie star; has now added basketball executive to his long list of career accomplishments. Cube recently announced the creation of the BIG3 league, a basketball league for players who are too old or unproductive in the […]
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One woman’s crusade to open the Bronx’s only bookstore
The Bronx is home to more than 1.4 million people. It has 10 colleges or universities, but doesn’t have ONE bookstore. The last place to purchase books was a Barnes & Noble located in Co-Op City and which still wasn’t easily accessible to residents in the South Bronx. The B&N closed its doors at the end of […]
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15 Amazing Black Owned Handbag Companies To Support
Women spend billions of dollars every year on hand bags. Many of the top designers’ bags are sold for thousands of dollars each. Some of the “elite” designers, such as Gucci, are multi-billion dollar companies. So where do Black handbag compaines fit in? Glad you asked! Check out our list of amazing Black owned handbag […]
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Chris Goode is helping people become healthier through juicing
After a friend from California introduced Chris Goode to the health benefits of juicing, he wanted to share this knowledge with his community. So a little less than two years ago, he decided to become an entrepreneur and open Ruby Jean’s Juicery. Located in Kansas City, Missouri, the business is named in honor of […]
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Chris Kwekowe turned down a job at Microsoft to start Slatecube and its changing lives
When 23-year-old Nigerian college graduate Chris Kwekowe met Bill Gates, he didn’t press the founder of Microsoft Inc. for business advice or a possible job offer. The meeting took place at a forum for Africa’s brightest young entrepreneurs. Chris was able to proudly tell Gates that he had already turn down a job offer from Microsoft to […]
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African Billionaire Launches $100 Million Dollar Program for Black Entrepreneurs
Chances are you have never heard of Tony Elumelu. He is the founder and chairman of Heirs Holdings, UBA Group Plc, Seadrill Nigeria Ltd and Transcorp Plc – Nigeria’s largest listed conglomerate. Mr. Elumelu is a billionaire and a philanthropist, who has designed an entrepreneurship program that plans to disburse $100 million dollars in financial assistance […]
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With Less Than $500, Mary Parker Started A Million Dollar Security Firm
As the founder of All-N-One Security, Mary Parker is the first Black woman to own a full-service security firm, which is also a multi-million dollar business. Originally starting her business in her kitchen with less than $500 invested, Mary’s business is now a multi-million dollar security firm that employs more than 200 people. While the […]
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La Detra White’s ‘Putting Your Money Where Your Heart Is Project’ Is Ambushing Black Businesses With Support
As a successful marketing and branding expert, Ms. La Detra White understood and embraced the ‘Bank Black movement’ by opening an account with Citizen’s Trust Bank, a Black bank with locations in Georgia and Alabama. La Detra felt that opening and depositing money into Black banks alone would not fully change the financial outcome for other […]
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I’m Black and I’m a Member of the 1%
For every dollar of wealth held by the typical white household, the typical Black household owns only 6 cents of wealth. To make it on to the list of the of the top 1% of wealthiest Americans, you would have to possess a minimum fortune of $7,869,549.00 to make the cut. Black families account for […]
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Son Of Baseball Legend Jackie Robinson Becomes A Coffee Farmer in Tanzania
David Robinson, the son of legendary baseball player Jackie Robinson, moved to Tanzania over 30 years ago and then became a coffee farmer. The youngest child of Jack and Rachel Robinson, David grew up in a home where making a difference in others’ lives was paramount. David says being a witness to his father’s commitment […]
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Black Owned Ride-Sharing App to Compete with Uber, Lyft in U.S. and Abroad
With the immense success of companies like Uber and Lyft, ride-sharing technology has boomed into a multi-billion dollar industry within the past decade. Now a new platform is looking to stake its claim in the marketplace. Moovn is a ride-hailing mobile application founded by Godwin Gabriel. The app currently operates in 7 U.S. cities (Washington, DC, Chicago, IL, Boston, MA, […]
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Chicago-Based, Black-Owned Startup Lets You Pay For Flights On Layaway
A Chicago-based, Black-owned startup, is making it easier to afford to travel by offering layaway style funding for airline tickets. The founders of Airfordable – Ama Marfo, Craig Henry, and Emmanuel Buah – decided to collaborate, after realizing that they all pretty much had the same idea in mind, and had the knowledge and experience needed to build the […]
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Damian Marley Turns Prison Into Pot Farm
Damian ‘Junior Gong’ Marley, the youngest son of the legendary musician Bob Marley, has partnered with Ocean Grown Extracts to purchase a shuttered prison and turn it into a medicinal marijuana growing farm. The former 77,000 square foot complex, Claremont Custody Center, is located in Coalinga, CA. The property was purchased for $4.1 million by Damian […]
