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Whether she’s teaching, consulting, or mentoring a minority entrepreneur, Edwards' philosophy remains the same. “While it’s important to financially support the creation and growth of minority-owned businesses, I’ve found it more rewarding to ensure that business owners have the wherewithal to excel, increase, and prosper perpetually.â€
The worldwide economic recession has affected African Americans in more ways than meet the eye. The stress and pressure to make ends meet, pay college tuition and plan for the future is taking a toll on our psyche. For many, the bleak economic climate has cast a cloudy shade of gray on overall mood. For some, such a dire sense of hopelessness has taken hold that entire families have been wiped out—literally.
Everyone has dreams of calling the shots. But a company CEO does more than tell everyone else what to do. In short, they must have a working knowledge of the functions of the company’s rank and file—the lifeblood of every enterprise.
Kenneth Holley cringed last winter every time he heard someone on the television news compare the current U.S. recession to the Great Depression of the 1930s. “They went too far,†says Holley. “Unemployment was 25% during the Depression, and there were thousands of banks that went under. The parallels aren’t there.†(The nation’s jobless rate at press time: 8.9%)
