by Furious | Sep 9, 2014 | Blog
Dr. Claud Anderson is president of PowerNomics Corporation of America, Inc., The Harvest Institute and WaterLand Fisheries, Inc. PowerNomics is a company that publishes his books and produces multimedia presentations in which he explains his concept, PowerNomics®....
by Furious | Aug 23, 2014 | Culture
Black people all around the country are mad, frustrated and outraged over the routine killing of unarmed, black men around this country and the regular police brutality we experience as well as a community. But the time has come to stop ONLY marching and protesting....
by Furious | Jun 13, 2014 | Blog
Not all employers operate strictly by the book. Some of them break laws cut corners; others because they just don’t care about their employees. Most of them break the law because they simply don’t know it. On top of federal laws that often go forgotten or...
by Patrick Irvine | Mar 24, 2014 | Blog, Business
I think it’s time to have a real look at Black Business. Why? Because we are constantly beat over the head with people saying that we need to start more business in order to get out of the situation that we are in. But no one ever goes into much more detail than...
by Furious | Dec 17, 2013 | Business
We are constantly talking about entrepreneurship and business development inside the UI Family. Many understand there is a strong need for us to open our own businesses, hire our community and support these endeavors with our spending dollars. One segment of the black...
by Kenya | Jul 4, 2013 | Blog
I remember when Robert “Bob”Johnson, a former lobbyist for the cable industry, launched BET back in 1980 (I may be telling my age but it’s all good) as a direct response to MTV which, at the time, would not play music videos made by people of color...
by Furious | May 8, 2013 | News
Crowdfunding has opened up a world of opportunity to people searching for capital, but that doesn’t mean those opportunities extend equally to all segments of the population. BlackStartup debuted a crowdfunding platform today that features projects and ideas...
by Furious | Apr 23, 2013 | Business, Celebrities, News
Jay-Z has announced that he is selling his minority stake in his ownership of the Brooklyn Nets so that he can spend the majority of his time focusing on his newest venture: Roc Nation Sports. “Being a member of the Nets organization surpassed some of my greatest...
by Furious | Mar 22, 2013 | Business
Oak Park, Ill. mother Maggie Anderson entered 2009 with an ambitious goal: for her and her family to “buy black” for an entire year. Anderson hopes her effort to support African American-owned businesses will her inspire her community become more active...
by Furious | Feb 2, 2013 | Blog
Moving forward must be a strong practice of community economics. If we just did this, we could hire our own community and not have the highest unemployment rate in the country. We wouldn’t have to worry our schools because we could supplement our own.You will find if...
