Blair Underwood’s Advice to Black Creatives: If You Want More, Create More
Black Enterprise caught up with Blair Underwood to discuss his insights on success in the entertainment industry and diversity in Hollywood.
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Artist Charly Palmer Talks the Business of Black Art
Writer Ida Harris caught up with Charly Palmer, a painter, muralist, designer, and illustrator in Atlanta, to discuss Black art and the art business.
Pay Me Now
The occasional road bump is to be expected, and that’s exactly what investors have been getting lately. While the market continues to edge upward, overall it’s been a pattern of...
Beyond Our Borders
It’s clear we no longer live in an American-centric society but in a global economy. Now, more than ever, African American professionals and entrepreneurs need to assume a global focus.
Know Your History
Doug White is no investing novice. An entrepreneur whose 7-year-old company sells and services Apple computers  small and mid-sized businesses, White understands that markets don’t always go up. But when they dive, it still hurts. “I’ve lost more money in my pension this year than I’ve put in to save on taxes,†says the 53-year-old Pennsylvanian about his Simplified Employee Pension Individual Retirement Account. Even so, White resisted the urge to dump stocks. He and wife, Celeste, 52, believe the only way to a comfortable retirement is to cast their lot with the market. “We don’t come from affluent families; we don’t have anything to rely on other than our own planning,†says White, calculating that he may need to postpone retirement by five years to make up lost ground. “We have no choice but to stay the course.â€