Risk-taking is a prerequisite for successful entrepreneurship – it is in the definition. While comfort zones are safe and predictable, they often are barriers to innovation, growth and business success. Andre Swanston followed the entrepreneurial…
Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream Speech” was delivered at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and was organized by Black union members as a call for workplace equality.…
Valerie Daniels-Carter saw her chance at entrepreneurship when she heard that Burger King was looking to increase its number of Black-owned Burger King franchisees. She scrapped together her savings and sold her car and property…
The Texas public school system didn’t think Haley Taylor Schlitz was smart. When her previously high grades began to decline in the fifth grade, her parents were keen to get to the root of the…
Robert F. Smith’s Vista Equity Partners has acquired JAGGAER, a global leader in enterprise procurement and supplier collaboration software, from Cinven. The acquisition aligns with the firm’s goal of investing in artificial intelligence after raising…
To celebrate Slutty Vegan’s 6th anniversary, its founder and CEO, Pinky Cole Hayes has rewarded two of her longtime employees, Angel Barnwell and Miesha Hambrick with their own franchise. The two women have been crucial…
Black business ownership is growing at the fastest pace in 30 years. According to data from the Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Finances, the share of Black households owning a business has more than doubled,…
The pandemic unequivocally changed how we work. It shook up the traditional workplace setup and ushered in the remote work era. According to the Pew Research Center, approximately 22 million employed adults in the U.S.…
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