Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, Bryan “Birdman” Williams (f.k.a. Baby) grew up with the odds against him, but the music industry veteran used his business savvy to catapult himself beyond the expectations of his environment. Today, Williams, along with his brother Ronald...

Originally known for being a Miami Heat dancer and mother to Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard’s son, Royce Reed has carved out her own space as a media figure with her appearance on VH1’s popular Basketball Wives. While going the reality TV route has proven to be both a gift and curse,...

Artists aren’t typically what comes to mind when you think of entrepreneurs—yet, their pursuits are no less commercial in nature than the most cold-eyed business professional. Chental-Song Bembry, the 15-year-old writer and illustrator behind The Honey Bunch Kids, and her mother, Holly...

...

Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.am announcing his collaboration with Intel. (Source: Intel, Bob Riha,Jr.) Everyone is talking about ultrabooks this year. Many are calling them the PC’s answer to the MacBook Air, and the laptop’s response to tablets. These sleek laptops come equipped...

Headphones from the House of Marley range in price from $29 to $299 (Image: House of Marley) Beats by Dre. Sleek by Fifty Cent. Soul by Ludacris. House of Marley. You’ve probably heard about these high-performance, high-end headphones and maybe even bought a pair or two. If you...

Celebrity runway coach, J. Alexander (Image: File) Dubbed the “Queen of the Catwalk,” J. Alexander aka Miss J is known as the outspoken and fierce runway coach from America’s Next Top Model. The man who began his career as a model for Jean Paul Gaultier, eventually transitioned...

Yandy Smith The dictionary describes an entrepreneur as ‘A person who engages in business enterprise, usually with some personal financial risk.’ Under this definition, anyone who runs and owns his or her own business can be classified as an entrepreneur because they are...

DJing is a non-traditional career path for sure and these days, with very few barriers to entry, anyone with a passion for music and enough money to spend on equipment can call themselves a DJ. But though there are legions of people who call themselves DJs there are few who make a good living...

We challenge you, in this eight-day series, to get in the driver’s seat of your life so that you can direct it where you want to go. Based on The 8 Cylinders of Success,™ this series will help you discover ways to align those cylinders and thus create the most powerful vehicle possible...