Being persistent, even in the face of adversity, led CEO Stephanie Johnson to achieve her dream of being a successful small business owner. She made the effort to connect with other small business owners to form a community together and establish the right support...
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Juno raises millions to provide family-first healthcare from Inglewood to Harlem
Even after billions of venture capital raised and invested into the digital health space, it’s still difficult to access quality healthcare. And while that may raise questions on if a scrappy startup has a fighting chance at fixing things, to entrepreneur Akili...
8 Popular Black-Owned Businesses
Below are some of the most popular black-owned businesses you should be aware of and an in-depth breakdown of how they’ve survived — and thrived — during the whirlwind of the past few years. 1. BeautyStat Cosmetics BeautyStat was founded by chemist Ron Robinson in...
How One Entrepreneur Uses Tech to Improve Lives
Hugh Molotsi believes “technology should help improve people’s lives.” That was his “guiding principle” for the 22 years he worked at Intuit, where he built innovative solutions for entrepreneurs. But, he says, after decades of living and working in Silicon Valley, he...
Cancer, Discrimination and Toxic Culture: How the Dallas Mavericks CEO Beat Them All
Cynthia “Cynt” Marshall was hired by Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban to take over as its CEO in 2018, becoming the first Black woman to ever head up an NBA team. In her new book You’ve Been Chosen she details the unlikely things for which she has been chosen, from a...
Kimberly Baker’s Bundts Of Love & Joy
THE PASSION OF A CHILD BAKING Born Kimberly Janelle Baker, now Kimberly Raybon, has had a passion for baking since she was a young child and not just due to her maiden name either. Having grown up with 9 (8 living) older brothers and sisters, everyone had chores...