2020 Annual Black Conference helps black entrepreneurs connect, learn and discover the support that they have within their own community. We will be discussing the key factors that made their business successful. Also, we will be discussing the speakers’ thoughts on how to create more of a financially independent community.
Name: Mandy Bowman Age: 28 Current Title: Founder & CEO of Official Black Wall Street Location: New Jersey Education: Babson College Mandy Bowman is the Founder and CEO of Official Black Wall Street. After studying entrepreneurship at Babson College, she set out to empower the Black community through economics and ownership. With a deep-rooted […]
This Black History Month we wanted to celebrate and acknowledge non-profit organizations making a difference in the black community. Join us in celebrating 28 organizations “Giving Black.” The Twelve Days of Christmas, Inc. – http://twelvedaysofchristmas.org/# Description: Gayla and Donya Gardner, the Founders of The Twelve Days of Christmas, Inc, have decided to make a difference […]
Big risk often lead to success, and owner of Vivrant Beauty, Desiree Verdejo is proof of this. After seven years, the former attorney and Harlem native decided to leave corporate America to open the beauty boutique in the heart of her own community. The beauty retailer has created a buzz in the industry, offering both a brick […]
The underground artists surrounding the creative depths of NYC have always motivated and inspired me to write. After taking a magazine writing course in college, I decided it was time to design something of my own. One night I was awakened by a rush of ideas. I started developing the layout for my magazine and I didn’t stop […]
The inspiration for Weird Enough Productions came from a variety of places. I remember growing up as a black male watching cartoons and rarely seeing anybody that looked like me. As a student at a predominately white institution, I saw firsthand the effects of media misrepresentation, and how media stereotypes had large effects on peoples’ […]
It’s Black History Month and the Homage Hotel Group is giving you a chance to become a part of making Black History in the Travel and Leisure Industry. Homage is seeking to make a change in the American hotel industry, in which African Americans own less than 1% by opening a new hotel in downtown […]
In the words of Minister Louis Farrakahn: “Let us get up from the foot of our 400-year-old enemy and stop being beggars and start thinking of ourselves as builders!” We have so much power and no understanding of how to use it, but no more. Here are four reasons why you should support black-owned businesses: […]
Name: Robert Lewis Business Name: Black Cooperative Investment Fund Current Title: President/Board Chair Location: Los Angeles, CA Educational Background: Howard University, Washington, DC Master of Social Work, May 1996 […]
DIFFICULTY ACCESSING EXPERTISE AND BUSINESS SERVICES Only 58% of Black owners sought professional services, for reasons including expense, inaccessibility, and mistrust, compared with 70 percent of white owners LACK OF ACCESS TO NETWORKS THAT CAN HELP SUPPORT AND PROMOTE The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) found in 2016 that Black-owned businesses saw less utilization relative […]
