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UBR Spotlight: Kimberlee Burt and The Business of Childcare

This week on The Urban Business Roundtable, UBR Contributor Bryant Monteilh sits down with Kimberlee Burt, owner of the Chicago-based early childhood learning center A Child's Place. Burt, who began her career as an educator, parlayed her professional experience into her entrepreneurial venture. With more than 50 children currently enrolled, Burt has been featured in Ebony and Today's Chicago Woman magazines and has been recognized by the Women's Business Development Center, the nation's largest business assistance center for women, with its Rising Star Award. Burt joins the Roundtable to share her journey from a career in education to starting a childhood learning business.

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UBR Spotlight: OMG Booth Puts New Focus on Old Business Concept

This week on The Urban Business Roundtable: Mose and Shekita James, the co-preneurs who own the innovative Atlanta-based event photography company OMG Booth. Also, Howard Law Professor W. Sherman Rogers, author of The African-American Entrepreneur: Then and Now; my take on social entrepreneurship.

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UBR Spotlight: Branding Innovator Steve Stoute

This week on The Urban Business Roundtable, UBR Contributor Renita D. Young speaks with music executive, entrepreneur, brand expert and author Steve Stoute, CEO and Founder of Translation, a full service, transcultural advertising agency. Also, Amazing Taste Founder Liz Ngonzi; Black Enterprise breaks down the brands in Decoded.

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UBR Spotlight: Food Service Mogul Warren Thompson

This week on The Urban Business Roundtable: Warren Thompson, the president and chairman of Thompson Hospitality Corp., the nation's largest black-owned food and facilities management company. Also: author and life strategist Valorie Burton.

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UBR Spotlight: A10 Solutions CEO Leah Brown Achieves Clinical Success

This week on The Urban Business Roundtable: Leah Brown, the CEO of A10 Solutions Inc. a manager of clinical trials and corporate healthcare clinics earned revenues of $19.7 million in 2010 to land at No. 100 on the Black Enterprise 100s list of the nation's largest Black-owned industrial/service companies. Also: Money Talks International CEO Michael Hudson.

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