Tag Archives: black women entrepreneurs
Coca-Cola’s $100 Million Plan to Support Women-Owned Businesses in Nigeria and Other Markets
Coca-Cola & IFC donate $100 million to fund women owned companies
Coca-Cola’s new plan looks to solve the financing problems women entrepreneurs face in emerging markets
By C. Daniel Baker
#FOCUS100: Black Women’s Tech Conference Becomes Trending Topic
Highlights from the FOCUS100 Pitch Bootcamp
Founded by Kathryn Finney, the FOCUS 100 symposium was designed to not only connect black…
By Marcia Wade Talbert
Tasha Smith: Tyler Perry’s Muse Puts Work Into Her Marriage (Literally)
The actress teams up with her husband for her latest business ventures
Actress Tasha Smith is best known for her breakthrough role as the vivacious Angela Williams…
By Gerren Keith Gaynor
Sylvia Woods’ Funeral: Bill Clinton, Bloomberg Pay Their Respects
Hundreds attend wake for Harlem's "Queen of Soul Food"
Hundreds packed Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist Church for the funeral of Soul Food queen and entrepreneur,…
By Black Enterprise
Entrepreneurs Conference: How Janice Bryant Howroyd Built A Billion-Dollar Business
The founder and CEO of the largest minority woman-owned employment agency to share her 7 keys to business success
Janice Bryant Howroyd, CEO of Act•1 Group, the first black woman to own a billion-dollar…
By Carolyn M. Brown
Entrepreneurs Conference: 8 Keys To Bouncing Back From Setbacks
Soul Purpose's Founder & CEO Nadine Thompson to share how entrepreneurs can remain resilient in the face of adversity and perceived failure.
Soul Purpose Lifestyle Company CEO Nadine Thompson is one of the featured panelists on the…
By Carolyn M. Brown
7 Black Female Trailblazers in Medicine
Pioneering physicians, researchers and surgeons
Take a look at black women making big strides as physicians and researches.
By BlackEnterprise.com
Trailblazers
Since its premiere in 1970, Black Enterprise has highlighted the achievements of black female entrepreneurs,…
By Carolyn M. Brown
One Size Doesn’t Fit All
Longtime friends hope shoe store for women with larger feet finds its niche
At 5 feet 6 inches and wearing size 12 footwear, Washington, D.C. native Toni Hall…
By Alan Hughes
On the Rise: A Clean Slate, A Successful Business
How Elohim Cleaning Contractors CEO Sirena Moore started her commercial cleaning business and grew it to a multi-million dollar venture
CEO Sirena Moore (Image: Courtesy of Subject)
“As a teenage mother with no higher education and…
