The Hot List
Making their mark on sectors ranging from finance and medicine to media and entertainment, this year’s roster of black enterprise Hot List honorees are young, audacious change agents. Some have...
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Black Blogger Month: Street Etiquette, The Substance of Style
Going beyond fashion into style with their Street Etiquette blog, Joshua Kissi and Travis Gumbs speak to the needs of the everyday man
Most Powerful African Americans in Sports
Unlike other sports lists, BLACK ENTERPRISE approached The 50 Most Powerful African Americans in Sports from a business perspective. Athletes make millions, but who are the people who hire and...
The Entrepreneur in You
There are no easy short-cuts to successful, sustainable entrepreneurship: being your own boss takes lots of time. Most of all, it takes work, work and more work. Those unwilling to embrace this truth usually end up doing entrepreneurship the hardest and most costly way possible—by trial and error—and become unhappy and frustrated, if not bankrupt. If you’re even thinking about starting your own business some day—or even if you’re an established entrepreneur who started on the path to business ownership without a road map—do yourself a favor and read: Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months: A Month-by-Month Guide to a Business That Works by Melinda F. Emerson (Adams Business; $14.95). As founder and CEO of Quintessence Multimedia, a marketing video production company, Emerson provides a month-by-month road map, with critical checkpoints along the way, for anyone who is truly committed to their entrepreneurial journey.
United Colors Of Global Hue
On a blustery March afternoon Don Coleman, 51, sits behind his spacious desk in his Southfield, Michigan, headquarters and collects his thoughts. Meetings with creative teams, finance staff, and clients...