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American Express Awards 25 Black-Owned Small Businesses With $25K In Funding From Grants

Andrea BlackstoneJuly 27, 2021July 27, 2021

by Andrea BlackstoneJuly 27, 2021July 27, 20211908

Twenty-five Black-owned small businesses from American Express’ Coalition to Back Black Businesses grant program will receive $25,000 more to move forward in business through the...

Business

Fresh Initiative Aims To Boost Digital Presence For Small Black-Owned Businesses

Jeffrey McKinneyJuly 26, 2021July 26, 2021

by Jeffrey McKinneyJuly 26, 2021July 26, 2021630

The "NYC Small Biz: Open + Online,” is a fresh initiative to help small businesses to take part in the growing digital economy. ...

Entrepreneurship

15-Year Old Opens Black-Owned Cupcake Shop During Pandemic

BLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsOctober 31, 2020October 30, 2020

by BLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsOctober 31, 2020October 30, 202027440

Meet Layla Wallace, a 15-year old teen baker and entrepreneur from Michigan, who is making boss moves with the launch of her new cupcake shop...

Entrepreneurship

These 91 Black-Owned Businesses Worked Together to Generate $49M in Sales in One Year

BLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsJuly 26, 2020July 31, 2020

by BLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsJuly 26, 2020July 31, 202040462

Traffic Sales and Profit (TSP), a powerful network and Facebook group of almost 14,000 purpose-driven African American entrepreneurs, has announced that 91 of the Black business...

Entrepreneurship

This Black-Owned Ice Cream Shop Is A New York City Safe Haven

BLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsDecember 10, 2019December 10, 2019

by BLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsDecember 10, 2019December 10, 201910019

Mikey Likes It has shops in New York City’s Lower East Side and Harlem to uplift and inspire under-served communities...

Entrepreneurship

Black-Owned Warranty Disrupter Upsie, Raises Over $8.5 Million in Funding

Sequoia BlodgettJune 6, 2019June 6, 2019

by Sequoia BlodgettJune 6, 2019June 6, 20191529

Black-owned warranty disrupter, Upsie, just received an additional $5 million in funding bringing its total amount of rasied capital to $8.5 million....

Entrepreneurship

Black-Owned Vegan Cookie Company Closes $1 Million from Jay-Z’s Venture Fund

Sequoia BlodgettJune 4, 2019June 7, 2019

by Sequoia BlodgettJune 4, 2019June 7, 20194312

Vegan cookie company, Partake Foods, closes $1 million in funding courtesy of Jay-Z's venture fund, Marcy Venture Partners....

Entrepreneurship Lifestyle

Ultimate Buy Black Product Guide

BLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsNovember 26, 2018January 2, 2019

by BLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsNovember 26, 2018January 2, 20192184

Black Enterprise presents the ultimate 2018 Buy Black Holiday Gift Guide. The listing includes the latest and vetted products and services from a wide-range of...

Entrepreneurship

In The Path of Hurricane Florence: How to Protect Your Small Business Now

Jeffrey McKinneySeptember 11, 2018September 18, 2018

by Jeffrey McKinneySeptember 11, 2018September 18, 2018420

e it hurricane, fire, or flood...most owners say they don’t have formal disaster recovery plans in place, though catastrophic weather events keep rising. Here are...

Lifestyle

60 Black-Owned Alternatives to Starbucks

Samara LynnApril 17, 2018April 17, 2018

by Samara LynnApril 17, 2018April 17, 20183018

Here are 60 alternatives to Starbucks....