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The rapid growth of businesses owned by African American women is particularly impressive and hard-won especially among black mothers who manage to raise children while running a business. Here are ten mompreneurs who serve as inspirational lightning rods for all people in business.
Talk about a disruption. Last weeks announcement by Arlan Hamilton, founder and managing partner of the venture fund Backstage Capital, that her new $36 million fund will invest exclusively in black women led startups, has caused more than a stir.
If you live in one of these places, you live in three of the most diverse cities in America: Jersey City, NJ; Houston, TX; and New York, NY. That ranking is from a new report from WalletHub, a personal finance and credit website.
Michael Phillips spoke last month at a TEDxWilmingtonED Conference on the topic, "When Kids Learn on Broken Chairs." He begins by talking about a literal broken chair, but later the image evolves into a metaphor for the broken K-12 public education system in the U.S.
California's state legislatures honored Cynthia Marshall on both floors of the senate and assembly in April for her advocating good policies in the state and her current work with the Mavs. Marshall took over the CEO role, a first for a black woman in the NBA, after an expose detailing a culture of sexual harassment against women in the basketball organization.
