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5 tips on how to scale your business from Esusu co-founder Abbey Wemimo

Esusu Financial is a company that provides rent reporting and data solutions for credit building to immigrant and minority groups. It was co-founded by Nigerian-born American Abbey Wemimo in 2018. The fintech company helps low-to-moderate…

By Preta Peace Namasaba November 12, 2023
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5 key takeaways from the inaugural BlackStars Summit

Spending the day with accomplished Black professionals sharing insights on career growth on both income and impact at the inaugural BlackStars Summit was inspiring. The panelists offered wisdom for navigating leadership and professional relationships, the…

By Kanree Wright November 10, 2023
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4 key life and leadership lessons from Wanda Austin, the first black and first female CEO of The Aerospace Corporation

Wanda Austin is the former president and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation, an American nonprofit corporation that operates a federally funded research and development center committed exclusively to the space enterprise. Austin joined The Aerospace…

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Robert Reffkin is founder and CEO of a billion dollar enterprise. Here is the most important lesson he has learned.

Robert Reffkin is the co-founder and CEO of Compass, a real estate technology giant. He founded a successful company at the young age of 15, steadily climbed the corporate ladder, and eventually built a billion-dollar…

By Preta Peace Namasaba October 25, 2023

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What does it mean to be Peggy Alford, Meta board director and PayPal’s former Executive VP?

Peggy Marie Alford is a highly accomplished executive who was most recently the Executive Vice President, Global Sales at PayPal. She oversaw the global sales and distribution of PayPal’s products and services and led the…

By Nii Ntreh July 11, 2024
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Desiree Ann Ralls-Morrison: How the McDonald’s EVP’s career exemplifies Black progression in corporate America

It is perhaps an indictment of a system where we can only greet anecdotes and isolated successes with glee. But on the brighter side, the progress of Black men and women in corporate America is…

By Nii Ntreh July 5, 2024
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Why you should read this memoir by Sheila Johnson, one of modern America’s most successful women

Sheila Johnson is the co-founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET) and founder and owner of Salamander Hotels & Resorts, and remarkably, the third richest Black woman in the United States. The entertainment and hospitality magnate…

By Nii Ntreh July 3, 2024
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How MC Hammer overcame bankruptcy to become a top investor in Silicon Valley

Celebrities, athletes, musicians rappers, and actors lose their money so often that it is no longer shocking. But bouncing back from the ruin, more so in a completely different industry is rare. Stanley Kirk Burrell,…

By Preta Peace Namasaba June 30, 2024
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