Able to withstand the recession, and then thrive during the recovery, the entrepreneurial spirit goes unmatched. Honing a seemingly innate passion for advancement, innovation, and serving the global marketplace, small business owners still stand as the backbone of the U.S. economy. The annual...

This week on The Urban Business Roundtable, UBR Executive Producer TaQuoya Kennedy gets an insiders glimpse into Farrah Gray Publishing, the new book publishing venture of UBR contributor, author and entrepreneurial icon Farrah Gray. A best-selling author and motivational speaker, Gray made...

This week on The Urban Business Roundtable, UBR Executive Producer TaQuoya Kennedy speaks with Dante Lee, the founder and CEO of Diversity City Media and author of Black Business Secrets: 500 Tips, Strategies, and Resources for the African American Entrepreneur. Lee, whose award-winning...

This week on The Urban Business Roundtable, UBR contributor Renita Young speaks with Amos Winbush III, CEO of CyberSynchs, a company which offers software that provides backup and synchronization of mobile devices. Winbush, who at 27, is a member of the BE Next generation, is considered as one...

After leaving corporate America to follow her passion for embellishing and designing shoes, Candra Palmer found out that pursuing one’s dreams often means making sacrifices—in her case, a much tighter budget. But she was pleasantly surprised to find that skills she’d learned as a child...