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What? You’ve Never Watched ‘Shark Tank’?

ABC's reality show featuring entrepreneurs swimming with "Sharks" for capital is must-see TV.

ABC’s reality show featuring entrepreneurs swimming with “Sharks” for capital is must-see TV.

By Alfred Edmond, Jr.

Posted: October 2, 2012 Tags: angel capital, Barbara Corcoran, Blogalicious, business plan competitions, Daymond John, elevator pitch, elevator pitch competitions, Kevin O'Leary, Mark Cuban, MillerCoors Urban Entrepreneurs Series, MUES, Shark Tank

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How to Leave Your Corporate Job and Be a Smart Entrepreneur

As an entrepreneur, freedom must be managed properly and used for true business productivity

By BlackEnterprise.com

Posted: September 25, 2012 Tags: corporate America, entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Small Business, The Young Entrepreneur Council

UBR Spotlight: Second Generation Construction Mogul Mamon Powers Jr.

More on the entrepreneurs, business strategies and economic news featured on The Urban Business Roundtable

This week on The Urban Business Roundtable: Powers & Sons Construction CEO Mamon Powers Jr.;…

By Alfred Edmond, Jr.

Posted: September 19, 2012 Tags: BE 100s, BE 100s CEO, BE 100s CEOs, black-owned construction firms, BlackMoneyMatters.com, Cabel Group Inc., Gil Michel, Mamon Powers Jr., Powers & Sons Construction, Powers and Sons Construction, The Urban Business Roundtable, Urban Business Roundtable

Accelerate your payments and delay your collections. Towards the year end, purchase any needed supplies and delay any collections. Purchasing supplies will lower your profit thereby reducing the amount of taxes paid in the current year. Delaying collections will lower your income level, thereby reducing the tax amount owed in the current year. Although the taxes will not be assessed in the current tax year, they will be delayed to the next year. “I definitely do caution business owners because, if they spend too much at year-end, in January, some companies, they’re struggling to make payroll,” says Robbie Hampton. However, this strategy really only works when the company is profitable.

5 Labor Trends Small Biz Owners Need to Know

Preventative action can protect your company from employee lawsuits

According to labor attorney Charles H. Wilson, there are five major issues in the workplace…

By Alan Hughes

Posted: September 14, 2012 Tags: Employment, Jobs, Labor, workforce

Boris Kodjoe Talks New Role, Family Life and Entrepreneurship

Actor, father and philanthropist balances it all

Actor, father and enterpreneurship advocate Boris Kodjoe stars in latest Resident Evil and talks about…

By Kenya N. Byrd

Posted: September 13, 2012 Tags: black actors, Boris Kodjoe, entertainment industry, film industry, Nicole Ari Parker

UBR Spotlight: Award-Winning Designer Kevan Hall

More on the entrepreneurs, business strategies and economic news on The Urban Business Roundtable

This week on The Urban Business Roundtable: Fashion designer Kevan Hall and small business consultant…

By Alfred Edmond, Jr.

Posted: September 12, 2012 Tags: Andree Driskell, Andree Driskell Associates, Black Economic Council, Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference, Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference + Expo, Black Enterprise Small Business Awards, black fashion designers, fashion designers, Kevan Hall, Kevan Hall Collection, Kevan Hall Couture, Kevan Hall Design, The Urban Business Roundtable, Urban Business Roundtable

UBR Spotlight: General Mills Baking Products President Anton Vincent

More on the entrepreneurs, business strategies and economic news on The Urban Business Roundtable

This week on The Urban Business Roundtable, UBR contributor Renita D. Young speaks with General…

By Alfred Edmond, Jr.

Posted: September 5, 2012 Tags: Anton Vincent, Black Enterprise Small Business University, Black Sales Journal, General Mills, Michael L. Parker, Michael Parker, small business university, The Urban Business Roundtable, Urban Business Roundtable

It took a trip to Nigeria for Jason Njoku to begin to see success, starting IROKO Partners, the premier source of Nigerian entertainment --- from movies to music. In just two years, the company has become the world’s largest distributor of Nigerian music and movies.

Njoku knows a thing or two about overcoming, having switched gears from a career in science (He holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Manchester) to the world of Web by way of several early failures. (He ran a student magazine which folded; a financial blog franchise which faltered; and a t-shirt company that eventually didn't work out.) "My early failures could have--- maybe should have knocked my spirit. But I was determined not to let failure get in the way of raw ambition. I love what I do," Njoku says.

Today, IROKO has reached more than 560,000 registered users in less than seven months and has viewers in 178 different countries. Take a cue from Njoku with these tips for business success in Africa. --- Octavia Goredema

Expanding in Africa: Small Business Tips for Success

IROKO Partners CEO Jason Njoku gives advice on global expansion

Jason Njoku, founder and CEO of IROKO Partners, offers three tips for business success in…

By Octavia Goredema

Posted: September 4, 2012 Tags: Africa, business expansion, business strategies, international business, iROKO Partners, Jason Njoku

Cool Jobs: Jason Njoku Brings Nollywood to International Forefront

IROKO Partners founder talks global expansion, million-dollar deals

From London to Lagos, iROKO Partners founder Jason Njoku offers multifaceted Nigeria entertainment platform to…

By Octavia Goredema

Posted: September 4, 2012 Tags: Africa, cool careers, entertainment industry, Entrepreneurship, international business, Nigerian entertainment, Nollywood, Web marketing

Next Generation of Blacks On Wall Street

Loop Capital is helping young professionals break into the lucrative investment banking business

Representation of African-Americans and Hispanics in the investment banking community remains miniscule at…

By Carolyn M. Brown

Posted: August 31, 2012 Tags: BE Next, blacks on Wall Street, Internships, investment banking, Loop Capital, Next Generation

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