Black Women Game Changers in Tech Series: Monique Woodard
In our first installment of our Black Women Game Changers in Tech Series, we featured Digitalundivided founder Kathryn Finney, one...
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Exclusive: Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Host of Finding Your Roots, Examines Ancestry and the Workplace with AT&T
According to a CNET story, this year’s Cyber Monday top-selling product globally for the holidays was the genetic testing ethnicity...
Diverse Suppliers: VCs Must Level the Alternative Finance Playing Field for MBEs
While working with Ohio Minority Supplier Development Corp. in 2014, Calvin Cooper, then director and venture partner at NCT Ventures,...
Obama Foundation Selects California Communities to Advance ‘My Brother’s Keeper’ Goals
In 2015, we reported on the launch of then-President Barack Obama’s initiative, My Brother’s Keeper Alliance (MBKA) created “to ensure...
Powering the Digital Revolution: National Urban League Devotes its Annual Conference to Tech
In a recent interview with Ray Miller, publisher of the Columbus & Dayton African American News Journal, National Urban League...
FUBU Co-Founder J. Alexander Martin to Host “Behind the Money” on the Impact Network
Fashion business mogul, author and FUBU co-founder J. Alexander Martin drew a crowd alongside FUBU co-founder Carlton E. Brown in...
The State of Trade Between Jamaica and Cuba: Insights from JAMPRO President Diane Edwards
In 2014 when then-President Barack Obama opened the floodgates to Cuba after a 56-year standoff between the United States and...
Once Homeless, Amari Ruff is on Top with His Multi-Million Dollar Trucking Company SUDU
Once homeless, SUDU Founder & CEO Amari Ruff has had a winding path to success. At just 16 years of...
Fashion Journalist Constance C.R. White Joins the Burgeoning Podcast Market
According to an article published by Fast Company, there are over 525,000 podcast shows currently active, and according to U.S....
Angela Yee Promotes Side Hustlin’ and the Powerhouse NYC 2018 Contest
Angela Yee, co-host of The Breakfast Club radio show on Power 105.1, respects the side hustle so much that she’s...
Chaunte Wayans Talks the Family Comedy Business, Makes New York Stage Debut
Comedian, actress and writer Chaunte Wayans (yes, of the legendary comedic Wayans family!) will make her New York stage debut...
Serial Entrepreneur Wayne Sutton Named Director of Program Development at Backstage Accelerator
Wayne Sutton, serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Change Catalyst and its Tech Inclusion programs, was recently named director of program...
How Social Media Helps This Business Grow! Part 2 – Noni Banks of The Diva Movement
Part 2 of our series on how social media helps businesses grow finds us in conversation with Noni Banks of...
How Social Media Helps This Business Grow! Part 1 – Nisha Blackwell’s Knotzland
As this last week of August, Black Business Month, comes to a close, we are spotlighting three African American business...
Black Women Game Changers in Tech Series: Kathryn Finney
At a 2017 venture capital panel discussion recently curated by The Network Journal, event moderator and TechFam founder Mike Street...
Black Celebs Invest in Venture Capital Fund Created to Expand Diversity in Tech
According to an annual industry monitor from the research firm Pitchbook and the National Venture Capital Association, last year, venture...
How These Publishing Veterans Help Others Become Bestselling Authors
As veterans of the publishing industry, Julia D. Shaw and Toni Coleman-Brown know how tedious the book publishing experience can...
Facebook Partners with Nat’l Urban League to Provide Digital Skills to Underserved Communities
Last week at the National Urban League’s Annual Conference, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and National Urban League President Marc Morial...