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Getting Started: ‘Men of Morehouse’ Create an Upscale Condom Line
That something was b condoms, a plush condom brand that merges style and sexual health.The condom label, distributed by PBJ Group LLC, focuses on four main target audiences: African-Americans, Latinos, 50 and over, and gay and bisexual males. Co-founders Panda and Ashanti Johnson are aware of the challenges they face—discussing a taboo topic within urban neighborhoods, competing against well-established, big name condom companies such as Trojan, Lifestyle and Durex and getting on the shelves of major retailers. But they’re showing it can be done.
Half of Detroit Public Schools In Danger of Closing
Detroit is in trouble–again. The city’s public school district continues to grapple with a $327-million budget deficit, resulting in painful cuts for staff and students. If an alternate solution isn’t...
UBR Morning Post: NuJak Entrepreneurs Share the Power of Partnerships
This week on The Urban Business Roundtable, UBR Executive Producer TaQuoya Kennedy speaks with Frank Kendrick and Tim Jackson, the business partners behind NuJak Companies, winner of the 2010 Black Enterprise Small Business of the Year award. Also: wealth-building expert Gerald Grant Jr.
Changing Lanes: Wall Street Trader Quits Job to Pursue His Dreams
Anteneh “Anthem†Addisu, 25, loved working on Wall Street. Making close to $150,000 a year, the Duke University graduate was among a handful of Black men living the fast paced, Manhattan life of a Wall Street trader. During his first year in finance, Addisu’s take-home pay helped care for his mother, who’d been laid off while he was senior year in college. But a prestigious job, six-figure salary, and the accomplished joy of being able to support his family wasn’t enough. Addisu wanted to be a rapper.