Alisa Gumbs, Author at Black Enterprise

This Atlanta Entrepreneur Is Using $25K From a Pitch Competition To Grow Her Digital Marketing Biz

Alisa GumbsMarch 26, 2021March 26, 2021

by Alisa GumbsMarch 26, 2021March 26, 20211347

Stephanie Smith is using her winnings from Black Women's Roundtable's Take It To The TOP Entrepreneurship Challenge, to build a digital marketing simulator...

Entrepreneurship Sisters Inc Podcast Technology Women

How This Black Woman Tech Founder Is Disrupting the Retail Industry

Alisa GumbsDecember 24, 2020

by Alisa GumbsDecember 24, 202067606

In Episode 11 of the SistersInc. podcast, "Driving Innovation," Popcom founder Dawn Dickson-Akpoghene shares how she's disrupting the retail industry...

Entrepreneurship Sisters Inc Podcast Women

Kim Fields Is Learning the Facts of Business With Her Successful Coffee Company

Alisa GumbsDecember 10, 2020December 23, 2020

by Alisa GumbsDecember 10, 2020December 23, 20203795

In Episode 10 of the SistersInc. podcast, "Turning Passion Into Profit," actress Kim Fields shares how she went from coffee connoisseur to brand owner...

Entrepreneurship Women

The BOSS Network Hosts Free Event For Black Female Founders

Alisa GumbsDecember 3, 2020December 3, 2020

by Alisa GumbsDecember 3, 2020December 3, 2020820

The BOSS Network, in collaboration with JPMorgan Chase, will host a two-day virtual event to empower Black female founders on December 4th and 5th....

Entrepreneurship Sisters Inc Podcast Women

TasteMakers Africa Founder Cherae Robinson Is Living Her Calling By Connecting Us To The Motherland

Alisa GumbsNovember 25, 2020November 25, 2020

by Alisa GumbsNovember 25, 2020November 25, 20204131

In Episode 9 of the SistersInc. podcast, "Following Your Calling," Cherae Robinson shares how she built a travel tech company out of her love for...

Entrepreneurship Women

9 Black and Brown Women Founders Pitched Their Beauty Businesses—And Now You Get to Vote

Alisa GumbsNovember 24, 2020November 24, 2020

by Alisa GumbsNovember 24, 2020November 24, 20202892

Nine Black and brown women beauty founders are competing in a pitch competition created by Black Girls Ventures, Rare Beauty Brands, and Ulta Beauty....

Entrepreneurship Sisters Inc Podcast Women

CURLS Founder Mahisha Dellinger Is Helping Other Black Women Entrepreneurs Succeed

Alisa GumbsNovember 11, 2020November 11, 2020

by Alisa GumbsNovember 11, 2020November 11, 20202441

In Episode 8 of the SistersInc. podcast, "Paying It Forward," Mahisha Dellinger shares how she is helping her fellow Black women entrepreneurs...

Entrepreneurship Sisters Inc Podcast Women

This Serial Entrepreneur Started Her First Business at 22 With Zero Capital

Alisa GumbsOctober 28, 2020October 29, 2020

by Alisa GumbsOctober 28, 2020October 29, 202012742

In Episode 7 of the SistersInc. podcast, "Starting From Scratch," Sevetri Wilson shares how she built a seven-figure business with zero capital...

Black Men Xcel Entrepreneurship

How Tristan Walker Went From a ‘Kid From Queens’ to One of the Most Successful Black Entrepreneurs of His Generation

Alisa GumbsOctober 27, 2020October 30, 2020

by Alisa GumbsOctober 27, 2020October 30, 202054039

Tristan Walker, founder of Walker & Co., which includes Bevel and Form, spoke at Black Enterprise's Black Men XCEL conference about how he did it....

Entrepreneurship Sports

Shaq’s Message to Small Business Owners: Stand Strong and Keep Fighting

Alisa GumbsOctober 20, 2020October 20, 2020

by Alisa GumbsOctober 20, 2020October 20, 20203070

Shaquille O'Neal is teaming up with American Express to provide help to small business owners during its free Business Class LIVE: Summit for Success....