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What does it take to follow your dreams and achieve personal wealth? The answer lies within our 2007 Small Business Awards winners, celebrated earlier this year at the Black Enterprise...
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What does it take to follow your dreams and achieve personal wealth? The answer lies within our 2007 Small Business Awards winners, celebrated earlier this year at the Black Enterprise...
Will Lucas is founder of Classana, an educational resource discovery engine.
The recession may be ebbing but minority-owned businesses are still caught in the grip of an unrelenting credit crunch. They are twice as likely to be denied a loan and twice as likely to not even apply for one because they fear they’ll be rejected. When they are approved, they pay higher interest rates, regardless of the owner’s and the firm’s age and creditworthiness.
When the rest of the world is immersed in a busy workday schedule, Greg Smith prefers to lose himself on the road along strikingly poetic landscapes to get away from...
“My parents were both teachers. They always taught me to save and the value of the dollar,†says Harris. “I’ve heard the horror stories. It’s hard to get out of debt when the interest piles up.â€