Simple steps entrepreneurs can use to take your business to the next level
According to the recently released data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Survey of Business Owners:…
By Derek T. Dingle
Posted: February 17, 2011
Tags: Alan Hughes, angel investors, Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference, black-owned businesses, business credit score, Business.gov, clean energy, David Hinson, Entrepreneurship, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Export.gov, Facebook, FourSquare, Franchising, Healthcare, Minority Business Development Agency, small businesses, Social media, Survey of Business Owners: Black-owned Businesses: 2007, Tennille Robinson, trade financing, Twitter, U.S. Census Bureau, venture capitalists, warren ballentine
Our editors have developed "The Power Issue" to help our readers find ways to advance their business, professional and financial lives
Our editors have developed “The Power Issue” to help our readers find ways to advance…
By Derek T. Dingle
Posted: February 9, 2011
Tags: 2010 Ariel Black Investor Survey, 401(k)s, 403(b)s, Ariel Investments, Black Enterprise, credit management, Earl "Butch" Graves Jr., Emerging Markets, invest, John Simons, LaToya M. Smith, mortgage broker, Pittsburgh Steelers, Power Moves, Sheiresa Ngo, Super Bowl, Tim Geithner, warren ballentine
Critics can't hurt you unless you let them. But people cosigning on everything you do can kill you
For some people, the thought of having haters is as fascinating as wondering about life…
By Alfred Edmond, Jr.
Posted: February 2, 2011
Tags: building relationships, business relationships, career advice, Constructive criticism, criticism, David & Goliath, Facebook, George Foreman, haters, Joe Frazier, leadership, Malcolm Gladwell, Michael Jordan, Muhammad Ali, Patrick Ewing, self improvement, self-confidence, self-determination, self-motivation, Serena Williams, success, Twitter, Venus Williams, winning
It will take more than job offers, a house and YouTube to make the transition from homelessness and addiction to a productive life
The act of redemption and overcoming is not a magical stroke of luck or an…
By Alfred Edmond, Jr.
As we stand on the threshold of a brand new year, none of us knows…
By Earl G. Graves, Sr.
Posted: January 1, 2011
Tags: inspiration, Motivation, self-help, values
This is the season when people ring in the New Year with champagne toasts and…
By Earl "Butch" Graves Jr.
Posted: January 1, 2011
Being mindful of what we say is not only the right thing to do-- it's good business
DJ Cipha Sounds of Hot 97 made an inappropriate joke that cost him his integrity…
By Janell Hazelwood
Posted: December 22, 2010
Tags: Career Advancement, discrimination, DJ Cipha Sounds, Haiti, Hot 97, inappropriate behavior, racial jokes, racism, workplace gaffes, workplace politics
it starts with across-the-board accountability. Educators have proved that poverty-stricken communities don’t produce failed schools;…
By Earl "Butch" Graves Jr.
The "sexpionage" series was pronounced dead by NBC last week. Here's how to bring it back to life.
The truth is (and it kills me to say this), UnderCovers just wasn’t very good.…
By Alfred Edmond, Jr.
Honest, open communication--not finger-pointing--is vital in a happy relationship
Let’s take the strategic steps in striving to improve and build a clear path toward…
By Janell Hazelwood
