The NYC Small Business Resource Network was launched today in response to the crisis facing many of the city’s over 230,000 small businesses.
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation, the...
Jamaal and Christina Lane are well known in the Portland Metropolitan region as the husband-and-wife team behind three successful barbershops and a barber institute.
In response to the...
Jamaica’s Queen of the Dancehall, and Love and Hip-Hop Atlanta star, Spice celebrates her “Inches” with the release of the new single and the launch of her hair extension and beauty line, Faces...
Both Black and Latinx Americans have faced higher unemployment rates during the COVID-19 pandemic, and their businesses have been hit harder, too. In Philadelphia, active Black biz ownership fell...
Blackbird coworking collective is for women of color & allies; entrepreneurs in business, arts, activism & wellness who understand the essential aim toward diversity and work-life balance...
Focused on COVID-19 economic recovery, the National Business League (NBL) will host its 34th Annual National Black Supplier Conference, an "NBL LIVE Virtual+" experience from 8 am – 3 pm on...
The year 2020 can’t end quickly enough for most small business owners.
Across the country, the pandemic forced many of them to close their operations temporarily – or permanently – and the...
Rap Snacks CEO James Lindsay.
The Black Diaspora and its relationship with food is one full of rich heritage, culture and identity. And for centuries, Black people have used it to unify...
American Express (NYSE: AXP), in collaboration with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, announced this week the formation of the “Coalition to Back Black Businesses” with a $10 million...
Black Businessman Solomon RC Ali is giving out investment and business tips.
According to veteran journalist and Amanpour & Co. host, Christiane Amanpour, "the racial wealth gap all...
Los Angeles based designer, Claude Kameni of Lavie by CK, is the first African-American designer to be sponsored by NYFW/IMG in this September's 2020 Fashion Week.
NYFW will showcase...
Recognizing the disparities within the healthcare market for Black communities across the nation, esteemed civil rights attorney, author, and advocate Areva Martin has launched Butterflly Health,...
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has launched the Black Founders Development Program, a new initiative that will invest in and support Black technology startup founders and entrepreneurs.
Led by...
Brysie Lane was founded by Silicon Valley Program Manager, Seina Wedlick, to provide women with an everyday bag that can evolve with every outfit change.
With the mantra "One Bag, Many...
On Tuesday, September 8, there will be a press conference led by New York Assemblymember David Weprin to demand that New York City give mom-and-pop owned restaurants a fighting chance by...
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