Tag: Entrepreneurs
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Signs that Your business is Failing (BEFORE the Revenue Loss)
Fellow Entrepreneurs..Remember the days that you rolled out of bed ready to take on the new business day with glee and excitement? Do you STILL feel that way about your Small business? If’ you’ve been doing it for a number of years… probably not. Reason? Well, they don’t call it the 7 Year Itch for nothing.…
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Northwestern Mutual Expands Business Accelerator for Black Entrepreneurs to Include Five Promising Tech Startups
The Northwestern Mutual program provides each startup with $100,000 and access to training and resources Northwestern Mutual, in partnership with gener8tor, today announced the addition of five tech startups to its Black Founder Accelerator program – an initiative the company launched this past year to provide targeted resources and financing to promising Black entrepreneurs nationwide. “This next…
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The Importance of Entrepreneurship
Understanding The Importance of Entrepreneurship With the steady rise of black entrepreneurs all over the globe, and many others hoping to catch a ride on the black entrepreneurial fast track, it might be tempting to dismiss the rightful importance of black entrepreneurship and the immeasurable opportunities it affords. Truly, there has been no other time…
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Making the MOST Money with Google Adsense
Many entrepreneurs have a website and want to know how they can make extra income to cover some of their expenses.. I have learned over the years how to use Adsense and I’ve gone from less than a dollar a day a few years back up to a massive income day for a huge story…
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The End of Generational Trauma: How Remote Work Is Helping Black Entrepreneurs Overcome Inherited Trauma
Generational trauma, also called intergenerational trauma, is a concept used to explain the transmission of challenges within families. It has become a hot topic in recent years due to the focus on redefining mental health and due to the need for accessible and adequate mental health services. However, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic…
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Blog Wallet Tips: 10 Must Haves That Entrepreneurs Need NOW
Some people believe in hoarding information and keeping it to themselves. I don’t believe in that. If I find something great I want to share it with others. To a fault at times but who cares. Here are 10 things that make my life SO much easier that can probably help you too. Click “NEXT”…
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Caress Dreams to Reality Fund Applications Are Now Live
Caress Dreams to Reality Fund Applications Are Now Live and Seeking To Provide Diverse Founders With the Education and Resources Needed To Take Their Dreams to the Next Level As the founding partner of IFundWomen of Color, Caress invested $1,000,000 over the past two years to fund, support, and elevate women of color entrepreneurs and small business…
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“Counterfeit Concepts” of What it Takes to Be an Entrepreneur
Over the years, I have been amazed at how some people are misled by counterfiet concepts about how black entrepreneurs live and work. Most people are very comfortable with the stability they have on a job they may hate but get paid every 2 weeks. They look at the benefits, pay, vacation time, etc. The…
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Black Entrepreneur Commits Suicide
As entrepreneurs, especially BLACK entrepreneurs we are a unique group of people who are often very misunderstood. People think we sit around and make a ton of money and do nothing but live a life of luxury. While most of us, who are successful, would not have it any other way, it is rare that we…
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10 Facts That Entrepreneurs Can Learn From The Success of Buzzfeed
10 Facts That Entrepreneurs Can Learn From The Success of Buzzfeed There’s no question that Buzzfeed is one of the most popular media platforms out there. It attracts people of all ages, with its bubbly, kid-friendly quizzes on its main site, while it also appeals to adolescents and adults with its more mature content found…
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Hundreds of Entrepreneurs to Start Businesses Delivering Amazon Packages
Hundreds of Entrepreneurs to Start Businesses Delivering Amazon Packages Amazon continues its long-time commitment to supporting small businesses with an innovative new offering that helps individuals build their own delivery companies Over time, Amazon will empower hundreds of new small business owners to hire tens of thousands of delivery drivers across the U.S., joining an…
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5 Things to do when Your Day is Off to a Bad Start that take Less than two Hours
Entrepreneurs have surely experienced those days when you notice things are not going well immediately. There is some truth to the adage “I got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning” and it appears that it’s all downhill from there. So what can you do to turn that around and make the…
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Bob Pittman speaks with Ben Horowitz (audio)
Reaching out to share a brand new episode of “Math & Magic: Stories from the Frontiers of Marketing,” hosted by Bob Pittman, Chairman, and CEO of iHeartMedia. In this week’s episode, Pittman speaks with Ben Horowitz, the co-founder and general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. In this incredibly insightful episode, Ben discusses…
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Manage a Business: The Top 10 Places to Set Up Shop as a Black-Owned Business
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. […]
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Avionté Among the 2013 Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies for Second Year
St. Paul, MN, August 27, 2013 –(PR.com)– Inc. magazine ranked staffing software provider Avionté at number 1196 on its 2013 Inc. 500|5000 list, placing it among an exclusive group of America’s entrepreneurs. Inc.’s annual list represents independent entrepreneurs and ranks the nation’s fastest-growing privately-held companies. Companies on the 2013 Inc. 500|5000 list were ranked according…