Support Black Entrepreneurs On Small Business Saturday
Use this campaign to support local enterprises to conduct your own "empowerment experiment"
This Small Business Saturday make an effort to devote some of your holiday shopping budgets…
The Problem With Black Women’s Health
Work can wait, your health should always be your first priority
Women’s health is a rarely discussed topic amongst African American women but with pulmonary disease…
By Caroline Clarke
Making Gangsta Moves in the Innovation Economy
Creativity, persistence, capital and connections will drive the advancement of high-growth African American businesses
What’s needed to maintain forward momentum for the emerging digerati? You guessed it – capital.…
By Derek T. Dingle
November 22, 2011
Tags: A Gathering of Angels Urban Entrepreneurship Summit, A. Michael Green, Ben Franklin Technology Partners, Black In America 4: The New Promised Land - Silicon Valley, blacks in technology, Chad Womack, CNN, Dr. Chad Womack, DreamIt Ventures, dt ogilvie, George Fraser, GoKit.me, Hajj Flemings, Hank Williams, Huffington Post, Johnathan Holifield, Jonathan Holifield, Kloudco, Mike Green, Minority Angel Investor Network, Rutgers Business School Center for Urban Entrepreneurship and Economic Development, SocialWayne.com, startup, Terrence Hicks, The America21 Project, Wayne Sutton
3 Reasons to Attend/Avoid Your Next Class Reunion
Revisiting the most awkward period of your life can be, well... awkward
Class reunions always cause anxiety. Who you were, what you’ve done and where you’re going…
By Caroline Clarke
November 17, 2011
Tags: Bronx High School of Science, Caroline Clarke, class reunion, college reunion, COlumbia University, Education, high school reunion, reunion, Smith College, Spelman College, Winging It
What the European Debt Crisis Means for Your Investments
Market volatility is here to stay. Don't panic—adjust your portfolio and look for opportunities
In today’s tumultuous investment environment, what should you do as an investor? Follow our advice…
By Derek T. Dingle
November 10, 2011
Tags: bailout, dividend stocks, Dow, Dow Jones Industrial Average, European debt crisis, G20, GOP debate, Greece, Italian bonds, italy, Lehman bankruptcy, Lehman Brothers, Mitt Romney, Moody's Investors Service, NASDAQ, Portugal, President Obama, S&P 500, value investing
Heavy D’s Final Words: “Be Inspired!”
A successful rapper, actor and businessman, what set Heavy D apart was his perpetual light
Known as Heavy D, rapper/actor Dwight Myers passed away at the age of 44, leaving…
By Caroline Clarke
5 Terms That Have Lost their Worth in Corporate America
Lots of business buzz words don’t mean what they used to. Beware, lest you be sorry.
There was a time when customer service actually worked, now the term is nothing more…
By Caroline Clarke
November 3, 2011
Tags: career advice, Caroline Clarke, company retreat, confidentiality agreement, customer service, performance appraisal, salary negotiation, startegic plan, Winging It
Are There Really More Blacks In Prison Than Were In Slavery?
Well, yes—and no. It's another example of how facts about black people, without context, can be dangerously misleading
Author Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness cites…
By Alfred Edmond, Jr.
October 28, 2011
Tags: Andreas hale, criminal justice, Jim Crow, justice system, media bias, Michelle Alexander, prison industrial complex, prison reform, slavery, social justice, The Well Versed
6 Good Things About the Worst Row on an Airplane
When you're flying coach you always have to remember the silver linings
Traveling is already a headache when you’re flying coach, but add in a seat in…
By Caroline Clarke
October 27, 2011
Tags: air travel, airplane, Business Travel, Caroline Clarke, out of office, out of office travel, out of office travel guide, red eye flight, Travel, travel tips, Winging It
20/20 Vision Forum: Create Your Own Job and Reinvent Yourself
Black Enterprise teams with Walmart to help African Americans gain an edge in today's tech-driven, global job market
Our 20/20 Vision Forum: Job Creation and Career Opportunities in the Next Economy, one of…
By Derek T. Dingle
October 26, 2011
Tags: 20/20 Vision Forum, Alicia Villarreal, American Jobs Act, Arnold Donald, Bishop Noel Jones, Blair Taylor, China, Crenshaw High School, Executive Leadership Council, Hajj Flemings, Hilda Solis, job creation, Johann Schleier-Smith, Los Angeles Urban League, Magnus Greaves, Michael Mandelbaum, Minority Angel Network, President Obama, RLJ Rule, Robert Johnson, Rooney Rule, Tagged, Tavis Smiley, TheCashFlow, Thomas L. Friedman, Timothy A. Reese, UNCF, unemployment, Walmart
