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It’s a little after 7 a.m. on A mild April morning, and Suzanne Shank is seated in the back of a Lincoln Town Car barreling north out of New York City on Interstate 95. She’s checking e-mail and voice messages on two cell phones and looking over a presentation she plans to deliver at a 9 a.m. meeting in Hartford, Connecticut, with State Treasurer Denise Nappier.
Jeffrey Taylor earns a living creating 2-D and 3-D animations to illustrate engineering processes and criminal court testimonies, but last year a client persuaded him to go in a new direction—toward helping people picture the benefits of environmental sustainability. He was a bit apprehensive about venturing into a brand new area, but his research revealed a growing sector in need of just the type of cutting-edge visuals his business provides.
As 41 million people tuned into the 82nd Academy Awards, a segment of viewers wondered whether history would be made that star-studded night. Lee Daniels, who helmed Precious, the brutally honest film about an emotionally scarred, sexually abused black teenager, was among the nominees for best director—a win would have made him the first African American to capture the coveted prize. When the envelope was opened, however, Kathryn Bigelow would achieve a milestone as the first woman to receive the honor for directing The Hurt Locker. (Geoffrey Fletcher, who wrote the film adaptation for Precious, would become the first African American to win an Oscar in the screenwriting category.)
Donald A. Coleman isn't concerned about his daughter taking over the reins of his business. If she does, he believes she’s been well trained. “I started her out in the finance committee—not the mailroom,†he explains, “so she could see how the agency made money. She could see the expenses, she could see how we had to fight for our margins in order to reward our good employees and move forward.†Advertising is a tough business, and Coleman wants to make sure his daughter, Kelli, currently vice president of business development, fully understands the nuts and bolts of the industry.
I’ve said it before—networking is a powerful tool if done correctly. For Atlanta-based candle maker Toni Brown, it paid off at this years 15th annual Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference + Expo hosted by Exxon Mobile.
