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Preparing Our Sons for the Game of Life

I have often been amazed by the amount of time and energy many parents invest in their sons’ athletic careers. They attend all the games, travel hundreds of miles to take them to tournaments, and scold them if they slack off during practice drills. However, those same parental cheerleaders are often missing in action when it comes to educational oversight. They may spend hundreds of hours in the bleachers, but they don’t take 60 minutes to review their children’s academic standing.

Go With Your Gut
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Go With Your Gut

In 1969, as the first black woman to earn an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, Lillian Lambert thought she was destined for a brilliant career advocating for social justice. But after a couple of dead-end jobs with federally funded programs, Lambert felt she’d make more headway as a businessperson. Her intuition pushed her into the cleaning industry, where she launched Centennial One Inc., a commercial cleaning business in Landover, Maryland. The company grew to $20 million in annual revenues and employed 1,200 people before Lambert sold it in 2001.

  • Entrepreneurship

Marcus Alexis Dies at Age 77

Marcus Alexis, one of the nation’s most distinguished economists, died Wednesday from complications during surgery. He was 77.

  • Money

Parents, Back Away From the Piggy Bank!

Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar? It may be mom or dad, according to a study released by ING Direct Monday. The financial institution found that in these tough economic times 18% of parents who have been setting cash aside for their children have tapped into that money to pay off bills and debt. And 34% of parents who have been stashing money away for their kids have reduced contributions to their children’s savings.

  • Entrepreneurship

UBR Morning Post: How Farrah Gray Builds His Newest Business By The Book

This week on The Urban Business Roundtable, UBR Executive Producer TaQuoya Kennedy gets an insiders glimpse into Farrah Gray Publishing, the new book publishing venture of UBR Contributor, author and entrepreneurial icon Farrah Gray. Also BE Next Small Business of the Year CEO Jamail Larkins of Ascension Aircraft.

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