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3 Challenges I Overcame As A Black Woman Starting My Own Business | Blavity

May 4, 2020May 4, 2020#BuyBlack, African American Entrepreneurs

I decided to define my own path … Some of you may have heard the statistic that Black women only raise an average of $42K for their businesses and most don’t know how to attract a team. I read these facts — and let them go. I decided to define my own path as a Black woman […]

This Black Woman Owned Farm is Adapting and Thriving During a Pandemic | SHOPPE BLACK

May 4, 2020December 12, 2020#BuyBlack, African American Entrepreneurs ...

— Shoppe Black Staff, Shoppe Black If you’re looking for a Black Woman-Owned Farm in Charlotte, NC, look no further than Mother’s Finest Urban Farm. We caught up with the owner, Samantha Foxx to find out more about how she and her business are doing these days. What inspired you to start a farm? I was […]

Meet The 10 Black Women Entrepreneurs Preparing To Shine In The Virtual $100K New Voices + Target Accelerators Pitch Competition | Essence

April 24, 2020June 15, 2020#BuyBlack, African American Entrepreneurs

By Rachaell Davis, Essence Join us on Friday, April 24 to support these boss ladies and see who wins big! Free registration to attend is now open! Let’s be honest, Black women excelling as entrepreneurs (or as anything they want to be, really) is nothing new. On Friday, April 24, the good people from the […]

How Coronavirus Is Disrupting the Supply Chain of This Black-Owned Business | Black Enterprise

April 2, 2020April 2, 2020#BuyBlack, African American Entrepreneurs ...

Like most good businesses, Loza Tam was created to meet a need. Founder Tomara Watkins started the business, which sells head wraps, turbans, and headbands, back in 2016 to solve her own hair issues. “I was in a Bikram yoga class, and I have a big kinky curly fro. I had on one of those little headbands […]

Meet the 15-Year-Old Who Went From an Ice Cream Cart to an Ice Cream Parlor | Black Enterprise

January 24, 2020January 24, 2020#BuyBlack, African American Entrepreneurs

At only 8 years old, Victor “Beau” Tracy Shell surprised his parents by asking for an ice cream cart for his birthday in order to sell ice cream not only to buy his own toys but to help his family as well. Soon, his parents obliged and he received the cart on his birthday, giving […]

First African American-owned bourbon brand to debut in Louisville | WLKY

January 24, 2020January 28, 2020#BuyBlack, African American Entrepreneurs

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sarah Shadburne) — Victor Yarbrough wanted to do something that would bring positive opportunities for economic growth to west Louisville, according to our partners at Louisville Business First. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] So, he started his own bourbon brand with his brothers Chris and Bryson. It’s called Brough Brothers Bourbon, and it’s already distributed through […]

This Black-Owned Cafe is Redefining the Culture for People in Richmond, Virginia | Black Enterprise

January 4, 2020January 4, 2020#BuyBlack, African American Entrepreneurs

A little black girl walks into a coffee shop and stops when she sees a black woman by the counter. With excitement and curiosity in her eyes, the little girl asks, “Do you own this?” Kelli Lemon, the owner of the Urban Hang Suite RVA social cafe, bends down as she looks at the little […]

Teen Entrepreneur Celebrates 10 Years in Business, Lemonade Distribution in 1,500 Supermarkets | Black Enterprise

January 2, 2020January 2, 2020#BuyBlack, African American Entrepreneurs

She started a business that went from a single lemonade stand to the shelves of 1,500 supermarkets across the country. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] 1,500 supermarkets She walked off Shark Tank with a $60,000 investment and Daymond John as a mentor. She speaks at business conferences all across the world—this year alone she presented in Budapest and […]

Making black dollars work for us | The St. Louis American

December 21, 2019December 21, 2019#BuyBlack, African American Commuities ...

All holidays in the U.S. are highly commercialized. Christmas is the most commercialized to the tune of $475 billion, according to National Retail Federation estimates. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Lost in those billions is a big portion of the $1 trillion-plus spending power of black folks. Our consumerism rarely comes with demands for accountability and respect. Some […]

This Social Entrepreneur Uses Blockchain to Power a Successful Business and Feed the Hungry at the Same Time | Black Enterprise

December 21, 2019December 22, 2019#BuyBlack, African American Entrepreneurs ...

Jasmine Crowe is the opposite of an accidental entrepreneur. She followed her passion—and her purpose—to become a social entrepreneur, founding Goodr, the food waste management solution that gets surplus food from the companies that would otherwise throw it away into the hands of the nonprofits that desperately need it. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] It all started when […]