Michelle K. Massie

Some business owners shudder at the thought of cold calling. The idea of telephoning total strangers to persuade them to set up a meeting can...

As Sharon Joseph and her aunt Gail Richards strolled down Harlem’s famed 125th Street four-and-a-half years ago, they noticed that the business landscape lacked a...

You’ve had a successful week at a trade convention. You’ve collected dozens of business cards and connected with other professionals with whom you’re sure to...

Corey Pitts took a moment to assess the insurmountable devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast region this summer. As he stood in...

When Cynthia P. Ham was six months pregnant, she began decorating the nursery for her first child. She went to stores near her Greensboro, North...

What distinguishes a gold mine from ordinary junk depends on whom you’re talking to. When Andrell Harris and his friend Jason Owens happened upon old...

Fed up with the lack of quality parts available to black actors in Hollywood, self-described “starving actor” and Houston native Je’Caryous Johnson left Tinseltown behind...

Independent recording artist Eric Cire sold 1,000 units of his debut album, “ericcire.com,” in one month, thanks in part to a new audio technology trend...

As an intern at Bad Boy Entertainment, Shawn Prez did not view the other interns as his competition. Instead, he looked to the company’s executives...