Don't Hire Friends, Just Give them the Money It is not your job to save the world (aka Hire Friends) but if you volunteer, be prepared to work 24 hours a day. I've heard every sob story you can imagine and I'm not falling for it anymore. I'm not saying that it's impossible to have a good experience but it's RARE. Hiring friends is always a problem. It almost always starts with some kind of a sob story which puts you behind the 8 ball from gate. They have an unfair advantage. [...]

  Want to be a Successful Entrepreneur? Here are my BEST Lessons Learned After 25 Years in Business Being a black entrepreneur is extremely rewarding. Unfortunately, there are other aspects to it that are very challenging. When you're the boss, it is often difficult to have leverage or to have camaraderie with people that work for you. You have to maintain a level of authority. Most of the time, black entrepreneurs, surround themselves with other black entrepreneurs because they understand each other best. Working for yourself is and is not what people think. [...]

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Less than 3% of companies nationwide are owned by people of color who manage a business. However, according to Census Bureau data, the proportion of Black-owned firms has increased by 8.52% over the previous two years. This is faster than the 0.46 percent growth rate experienced by all enterprises. [...]

Technology trend: Digital audio advertising dollars on the rise ‘The more targeted, the better ROI’ (New York) Radio reaches 91 percent of Americans and more of these listeners are choosing digital audio options to curate their own music news and entertainment, creating niche markets for advertisers to invest their ad dollars. The number of digital radio listeners will grow about 12 percent by 2019 with nearly 200 million listeners digitally tuning in to radio, according to the marketing research firm, eMarketer. Additional data from eMarketer shows that advertisers are following listeners into the digital market. [...]