by Arvin | May 13, 2019 | Black Economics, Black Love, Black Pride, Business
Every year in Washington, D.C. there is an amazing event called the Black Love Experience created and organized by Nubian Hueman that not only promotes Black Love, Black Self-Love, and Black Culture but also Black Business and Black Entrepreneurs. This year I had the...
by Reneegede | Jan 3, 2017 | Opinion
Doctors prepare for 10 to 15 years before starting their medical practice. Most entrepreneurs learn on the fly, which is why eighty percent of small businesses fail within five years. Many more business owners struggle to survive. The requirements to become a...
by Freddie Ra | Feb 3, 2016 | Africa, News, Positivity
The idea of using Bamboo to make bicycles is quite cool. All bicycles are believed to be eco- friendly coupled with other benefits such as exercise. However, it seems there are bikes more eco-friendly than others. Here is a story of Bamboo bikes in Ghana which has...
by Mr Incredible | Nov 22, 2015 | Blog
Starting a restaurant has got to be one of the scariest business ventures to enter because restaurants have the reputation of being the one of the most difficult businesses to succeed in. Starting a restaurant is so challenging that if you were to Google “What...
by Freddie Ra | Oct 28, 2015 | Business, Modern History
Like it or not, money makes this world go around. Unfortunately, we haven’t seen many African Americans master the game of economics unless they were an athlete or an entertainer. However, this stigma doesn’t apply to all wealthy black people. Meet Mr. Robert Smith,...
by Freddie Ra | Aug 19, 2015 | Business, News
Marsha Barnes is a young woman who was inspired by the sound financial example of her parents. They lived modest lives taking care of the family, skipping on luxuries like call waiting or shopping at designer stores for clothes. They were saving their funds for...
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 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 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...
