Not exact matches
Roberto Torres, co-owner of the
Black and Denim Apparel Company, discusses their successfully funded Kickstarter Campaign, how they found out about, and were awarded, several business grants, were featured
in Entrepreneur magazine, and got their products
in the Oscar, Grammy, and BET awards swag bags.
Some
entrepreneurs have found a unique way to avoid decision fatigue: We remember Steve Jobs
in his trademark
black turtleneck and still see Mark Zuckerberg's range of gray T - shirts.
Millionaire
entrepreneur Farrah Gray discussed the importance of depersonalizing failure
in an interview with
Black Enterprise.
Like the owners of most small companies
in Argentina, this
entrepreneur does some of her business off the books —
in the
black,
in the Argentine parlance.
«
Entrepreneurs who do business
in the
black will never be able to sell their companies,» says Carlos Adamo, one of Santiago Bilinkis's first investors and a founder of Aconcagua Ventures, a seed investment fund
in Buenos Aires.
The number of
black women - owned businesses has more than tripled since 1997, making
black females the fastest growing group of
entrepreneurs in the U.S. Between 2007 and 2012, the number of
black women - owned businesses grew by 67 % according to the National Women's Business Council's Survey of Business Owners.
Where
black women make up only 1.5 % of senior - level executives
in the private sector, there's been some tremendous growth among
entrepreneurs.
In honor of
Black History Month, Entrepreneur presents a list of some of history's most iconic black entrepren
Black History Month,
Entrepreneur presents a list of some of history's most iconic
black entrepren
black entrepreneurs.
Sponsors such as venture firm Andreessen Horowitz and marketing agency Ogilvy & Mather lent additional support, and
in October 2012 digitalundivided hosted its first FOCUS100 conference, bringing together aspiring
black female
entrepreneurs, investors and tech thought leaders.
-- Josh
Black,
entrepreneur, author of Personal Best, and CEO of GroupM Content
in Asia; GroupM is a media investment group with more than $ 100 billion
in billings
In 2012, they launched Code2040, an organization that wants to create a pipeline of talented black and Hispanic students and aspiring entrepreneurs, and funnel them to the biggest tech firms in the worl
In 2012, they launched Code2040, an organization that wants to create a pipeline of talented
black and Hispanic students and aspiring
entrepreneurs, and funnel them to the biggest tech firms
in the worl
in the world.
As a
black female
entrepreneur and person
in the spotlight, I am trying to figure out how I can move the needle forward and open doors for everyone, no matter the color of their skin.
• The two
black men arrested
in a Starbucks settled with Philadelphia for $ 1 each and $ 200,000 to help young
entrepreneurs.
The company's latest initiative is
black entrepreneur development
in coal, which will be its key focus... →
Monique is a Venture Partner at 500 Startups investing
in black and Latino
entrepreneurs.
I hold a similar regard for statements by white South Africans who seek to convince us that apartheid is
in the best interest of colored and
black peoples, as well as for statements by American
entrepreneurs who argue that they are invested
in South Africa for the purpose of enhancing the standard of living for
black workers.
Here
in Chicago some of these events include the Taste of Chicago,
Black Women's Expo, and many private events hosted by
entrepreneurs.
Wilfred Emmanuel - Jones A successful
entrepreneur who launched a range of foods under the label the
Black Farmer, Wilfred Emmanuel - Jones (pictured below), was born
in Jamaica and has worked
in television and catering.
The Cabinet Office minister and Tory policy architect had also dismissed proposals to foster a new class of
black entrepreneurs, saying they would simply set up
in the «disco and drug trade».
From the 1960s through the 1980s, a new set of
entrepreneurs latched onto the idea of mining manganese nodules,
black lumps of rock — some as big as baseballs —
in which metals are more concentrated than they are
in seawater.
Female
entrepreneur; Gender representation on corporate boards of directors; Economic development; Explorers and travelers Tallahassee, Florida (CNN)
In Florida's halls of power, Sherry Johnson is somewhat of an anomaly: a
black woman who grew up destitute and
Hi, I am a
black man born
in NC, 5» 11, athletic build, nice looking, college educated, street educated, hard worker,
entrepreneur spirit, health conscious, and very loveable.
Unlike the overwhelming Toronto International Film Festival that is held right
in the heart of Canada's biggest city and has grown ever more cumbersome to negotiate over the years, this brainchild of billionaire
entrepreneur Sheila Johnson, a co-founder of
Black Entertainment Television, a film producer («Lee Daniels» The Butler») and former Sundance Institute board member, has maintained a relaxed and easy - to - navigate vibe — complete with free shuttles to nearby venues outside of the Salamander.
Black said TFA concluded that the challenges were the same
in every country — poor kids don't have the same access to education as richer kids — and that TFA could «help shorten the learning curve» for those
entrepreneurs.
Amy
Black is vice president of development for Teach For All, which Kopp co-founded
in 2007 after pleas from
entrepreneurs in Britain — and then Germany, India, Lithuania, China, Lebanon, the Philippines — to help set up projects
in their countries.
From Mormon enclaves
in Arizona to
black liberationists
in Michigan to Web
entrepreneurs in California, this breathtaking array of sponsors soon will serve 500,000 students via an archipelago of small schools, enrolling fewer than 200 children on average.
Tables of elderly
black matrons
in their Sunday finest buzz with neighborhood gossip, while just a few feet away union reps pass the inexpensive red wine to their wives, and elsewhere unreserved tables of strangers make nice with college students,
entrepreneurs, government workers — white,
black, and Hispanic — all bonding over their common hopes for the city.
This film examines Oakland's evolution through the eyes of social
entrepreneurs determined that youth of color not be left on the sidelines as Silicon Valley spreads into the home of the second largest
black community
in California.
And
in how many classrooms across the city are
Black children learning that their ancestors were kings and queens, fighters against enslavement, strategists and spies, scientists and inventors, doctors, healers and
entrepreneurs?
Current and former students, faculty, and staff gathered
in Smith House to hear Clemente, who is a nationally - known,
Black Puerto Rican organizer, journalist, and
entrepreneur.
NewSchools is a national nonprofit venture philanthropy that supports teams of educators, and education
entrepreneurs, who are reimagining public education.Their Diverse Leaders investment strategy works to close the racial and ethnic demographic gap between education leadership and students by investing
in entrepreneurs who are advancing
Black and Latino leaders
in education.
In an article in Entrepreneur, Neil Patel detailed his experience with the AmEx Black Card, which he uses mainly for business expense
In an article
in Entrepreneur, Neil Patel detailed his experience with the AmEx Black Card, which he uses mainly for business expense
in Entrepreneur, Neil Patel detailed his experience with the AmEx
Black Card, which he uses mainly for business expenses.
The next year, artist and «conceptual
entrepreneur» Martine Syms dissects the mannerisms of
black women
in her performance video Notes on Gesture.
Two
black men arrested last month at a Starbucks
in Philadelphia while waiting for a business associate have agreed to release the city from any legal claims
in exchange for the payment of $ 1 each and a promise to donate $ 200,000 to a program for aspiring
entrepreneurs.
However, within tech, only 3 % of venture capital is invested
in female founders, and less than 1 %
in Black / Latinx
entrepreneurs.
The Best
Black Woman
Entrepreneur blogs from thousands of top
Black Woman
Entrepreneur blogs
in our index using search and social metrics.
His real estate investing strategies have been featured
in publications such as: Forbes,
Entrepreneur Magazine,
Black Enterprise, USA Today, CNBC, FoxNews and The Washingtonian magazine.