Elementary through high school students were introduced to in-demand careers in Houston, and they were able to participate in interactive demonstrations led by industry leaders.
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We asked four black businesswomen how they got their start. Here’s what they said. | USA TODAY
— Talis Shelbourne, USA TODAY Back in the 1950s and ’60s, Milwaukee bustled with African American-owned businesses. But a combination of changing demographics and concentrated poverty dimmed the community’s once-bright glow of entrepreneurship. In 2012, African Americans made up 22% of all business owners in Milwaukee County, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Recently, the city’s […]
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These HBCU entrepreneurs’ Afrocentric focus continues to change the clothing game | The Undefeated
Three young designers who want to send messages of black empowerment, entrepreneurship and success.
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Afropreneurs: This Company Is Bringing Luxury African Fashion Under One Roof Online – Okay Africa
For 26-year-old health and safety expert turned tech entrepreneur Chekwas Okafor, fashion is a family business.
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How African American Entrepreneurs Can Power the Economy
New business creation is down in general, but up among African Americans.
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Black Women-Owned Businesses Skyrocket By 322 Percent In Less Than 20 Years
African-American women are the fastest growing group of entrepreneurs in America, a new study reveals.
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Deconstructing African American Identity into Axioms, Photos, and Colors
Two things are true: Martine Syms likes both purple and words. As with her website and her publishing imprint Dominica, Syms’ exhibition Fact &Trouble at the Institute of Contemporary Arts is awash in the color purple: Royal purple C-stands, royal purple television monitors, and royal purple exhibition text.
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Monet’s Closet
At 14, Tatyanna Penrice is not your ordinary middle school student, but an entrepreneur as well. She founded Monet’s Closet all by herself. Loving to sew, which plays a huge role in her business because she creates and designs pillows. Although she is young, Tatyanna doesn’t let her youth affect her business. She is very talented, motivated, and determined to reach the goals she has set for herself and her business.
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Cory Nettles Honored at African American Chamber of Commerce Event
More than 500 Milwaukee-area business and community leaders packed the grand ballroom at The Pfister Hotel Tuesday for the African American Chamber of Commerce’s Breakfast of Champions during which business leader Cory Nettles was honored.
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Following the Footsteps of African-American Worker Cooperatives
“We liked the ability to improve neighborhoods by actively having employees build co-ops in a neighborhood that’s challenged, where people could actually walk to and from work, building wealth and keeping the money in the neighborhood.”
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