Sentences with phrase «of black entrepreneurs»

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».

But as the story began to unfold I realized that there was new element of mid-century African - American life that I was getting into: the role of the black entrepreneur among African - American transplants from the south.

TT had the following to say about this vision: «The aim here would be to help unlock the full potential of the black entrepreneur who can not afford to study, or who doesn't necessarily want to because, let's be honest, formal training isn't for everyone.

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.

«We got that language so much that it was clear to us that, as young, black male entrepreneurs, the experience of building a company would be very different,» echoes Quarles.

Vancouver native Brian Wong is one of the youngest entrepreneurs to ever get venture capital funding — he received $ 200,000 from True Ventures partner Phil Black when he was 19 to help fund Kiip, his mobile rewards platform.

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.

After creating a sensation a few years ago with Bevel, a line of shaving items for black men that reduces razor bumps, serial entrepreneur Walker is back with Form, a line of shampoos, conditioners, and other products aimed at a wide array of hair textures.

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.

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«I wasn't surprised by the response, but I was reminded why black women are the fastest - growing group of entrepreneurs,» Packnett tells Fortune.

«I pattern - match for grit,» says Arlan Hamilton, founder of Backstage Capital, an early - stage investment fund that backs black, female, and LGBTQ entrepreneurs.

-- 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 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.

Bob Ellis is an ecommerce entrepreneur and founder of Bavarian Clockworks, an online store that sells authentic German Black Forest cuckoo clocks.

A new addition for the 2013 SXSW Interactive Festival, BIT programming focuses on the experience of digital designers, developers, entrepreneurs, trend - setters and visionaries from the black community.

This particular coup is being hosted by Vicki Saunders, a ridiculously energetic five - time entrepreneur with a blond bob and oversize black glasses, who is also the founder of SheEO.

10:45 — 11:45 Session 3: Almost Space — UAVs, Balloons and Virtual Reality Moderator: Bradley Cheetham, CEO / President of Advanced Space, LLC Jack Elston, CEO, Black Swift Technologies Bradley Farquhar, Space Entrepreneur and Former Director of Business Development at SpaceVR Dylan Taylor, Super Angel & Founding Partner, Space Angels

Using a Lean Startup Methodology tailored for communities of color, DID excels at 1) finding Black and Latina women entrepreneurs with high growth companies and game changing ideas, 2) connecting them to an unmatched network of investors, mentors, and influencers, 3) developing their start - up toolkit and leadership skills, and 4) supporting their entrepreneurship journey from the build phase to exit with the goal of helping create companies that have a strong positive impact on the economic health of their local communities.

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.

Well - known dining entrepreneurs and chefs attended the event including Julie and Rick Moonan of RM Seafood and Celebrity Chef Tour President Jeff Black.

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.

So, on top of performing 250 surgeries a year, directing the work of five research teams, administering the institute and fund - raising for it, on top of a demanding speaking schedule and active service on many medical boards, on top of preserving Sundays as family days often spent sailing with his wife, Carol, a urologist at UCLA, their son, Keith Quinten, 13, and daughter, Teal, 16, Black has become a biotech entrepreneur.

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.

Black Girls Rock held its annual awards show on Saturday evening, celebrating women of color who are killing it as entrepreneurs, performers and philanthropists.

Shirley is a social entrepreneur, life coach and creator of the perfect black leggings (PBL).

This has been the inspiration behind the site from the onset, when the founder a forward thinking technology entrepreneur, realised the potential of bringing Black people together via the Internet.

Is he beckoning fresh entrepreneurs and existing services into a black hole because of this check which revealed (see June post) that Markus was doing ever so slightly better than most would have assumed.

This vision was inspired by the founder a forward thinking technology entrepreneur who recognised the potential of bringing a diverse group of Black people from the African Diaspora together.

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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

As the black jobless rate stands at 16 %, legions of African - Americans will have to embrace entrepreneurship as a means of finding employment and wealth - building opportunities... I encourage you to open the pages of this book... if you want to gain insight into the lives of entrepreneurs and what it truly takes to succeed.»

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.

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.

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.

The next year, artist and «conceptual entrepreneur» Martine Syms dissects the mannerisms of black women in her performance video Notes on Gesture.

Black and Latinx founders account for a staggeringly low proportion of legaltech entrepreneurs, at just 2.3 percent and 3.1 percent respectively, the study -LSB-...]

Black and Latinx founders account for a staggeringly low proportion of legaltech entrepreneurs, at just 2.3 percent and 3.1 percent respectively, the study says.

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.