Tag: entrepreneur
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Entrepreneur Mistakes: Unimportant Interruptions
Do not allow anyone to throw your day off. Nothing like unimportant interruptions For some odd reason, many people think that black entrepreneurs do nothing but sit around and twiddle our thumbs and wait for money to come in. I guess this is why we get unimportant interruptions during the day? They are really under…
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Top 9 Reasons You Should Never Hire Friends and Family
Hiring staff is a significant challenge for entrepreneurs. Hiring Friends and Family can be an even more costly mistake. Imagine if you could clone yourself and delegate the tasks you dislike to someone else
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Brett Johnson BET Founder Bob Johnson’s Son’s Menswear Line
Brett Johnson BET Founder Bob Johnson’s son premieres clothing line in Atlanta The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree (in a perfect world that is) BET Founder Bob Johnson’s son, Brett Johnson, is also running his own business in the form of fashion for men. Taking time to hone in on his side business,…
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It’s Time to Hire an Assistant When….
Photo by Christina @ wocintechchat.com on Unsplash It’s Time to Hire an Assistant When….For many years I did MOST of the work in my business myself. I didn’t trust other people to run my business the way I wanted them to do it and I thought the only person who could do it the way I needed it…
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It's Time to Hire an Assistant When….
For many years I did MOST of the work in my business myself. I didn’t trust other people to run my business the way I wanted them to do it and I thought the only person who could do it the way I needed it to be done…
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Don’t Run Potential Clients Away by Doing This
Over the years, I have learned very valuable lessons about doing business. I pay great attention to what I hear and the advice that I get from successful industry people and I understand the rules to succeed. Below are some of the common things I have heard my clients point out when it comes to…
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10 More Ways to Expedite Client Payments
Get Paid Faster from Clients? When a client takes their time paying a small business, it creates enormous stress on the business owner who is probably already behind. Get Paid Faster. Asking for money from slow-paying clients can be tricky. We want them to keep doing business with us but we also want to pay…
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BET Founder/Entrepreneur Bob Johnson’s Son Entrepreneur Brett Showcases Menswear Line at Neiman Marcus
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree (in a perfect world that is) BET Founder Bob Johnson’s son is also running his own business in the form of fashion for men. Taking time to hone in on his side business, (Brett is also a producer who worked as an executive producer on Lee Daniel’s…
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BUSINESS: 10 Things We Can All Learn from Byron Allen
(Photo by Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for Culture Creators) The industry is paying a lot more attention to Byron Allen these days and that’s no surprise. It’s the way black entrepreneurs are often treated. If your name is not attached to a corporation your PERCIEVED value is often limited. […]
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7 Ways to Make Sure You Get Paid For Your Services
Getting Paid MANY of us have been ripped off in the past. I can honestly say, I have only had it happen to me twice in 18 years but advanced technology should certainly make it easier for us to get our money these days. There is NOTHING worse than completing the work then being lied…
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Inventor/Entrepreneur Lonnie Johnson Wins Massive 73 Million Arbitration from Hasbro
ATLANTA – Lonnie Johnson is a nuclear engineer, who graduated from Tuskegee University with a Ph.D. He is also a former NASA scientist and inventor. […]
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Radio Entrepreneur Steve Hegwood Takes Advantage of Corporate Stations Disconnected from the Community and Overly Researched
Steve Hegwood is having a ball… because he is doing what he loves to do on his own terms with his own company. There are not many urban programmers who can say that right now and while the thought of being an entrepreneur in today’s urban radio arena may be far-fetched to most, it is…
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Why Schools Don’t Teach You About Money: Robert Kiyosaki’s Truth (video)
In a compelling speech that has gained widespread attention, Robert Kiyosaki shares his unique insights on money, education, and entrepreneurship. His story begins with a question he asked his father, a well-educated man with a PhD, about why schools don’t teach financial literacy. The answer his father gave surprised Kiyosaki. His father explained that the…
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5 Ways You May Be Killing Your business
Are you a producer, singer, promoter, blogger, writer… whatever kind of black entrepreneur you are this information can help you. My name is Kevin Ross and for many years I was a DJ on several radio stations. Truth be told I was good at it but I hated it, I could not be myself and…
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10 Quotes About Being Happy That Everybody Needs to Hear
Quotes About Being Happy That Every Entrepreneur Needs to Hear Quotes about being happy are more than words on the page, rather, in a lot of ways, they’re lifelines. On Youtube, more than 40 million people have watched Denzel Washington’s inspiring advice about looking to the stars and working towards a life bigger, grander than…