While beauty store shelves were being flooded with natural hair care products, no one seemed to be thinking about educating women on how to discover and use these products. No one besides Myleik Teele, that is.
(Charlotte Post) — Jeffrey Lee isn’t afraid to test the limits of how far he can go in fashion. He said he was told a clothing line would never work with a name like HTDOGWTR – pronounced “Hot Dog Water” – but he created it anyway. “People still tell me to this day you won’t […]
Randal Pinkett discusses the key points of his new book.
(The Michigan Citizen) — Owned and operated by a trio of young African American entrepreneurs, this soul food restaurant serves up more than delectable dishes. The three friends are shining examples of brotherhood, community leadership and entrepreneurial fortitude. The trio, native Detroiters Chef Robert Hewitt, Murdock Thomas and Wisconsin transplant Dave Killins, puts education at the […]
(Cleveland Plain Dealer) — Claude Booker had succeeded in placing his southern-style dishes in hundreds of grocery stores across America before he walked into the Dave’s supermarket on Harvard Avenue last week and felt, suddenly, like a prophet with honor in his hometown. There in the dairy case was his macaroni and cheese and black-eyed […]
(The Network Journal) — Browse through any black business magazine, and you’ll realize that most people still embrace the concept of the “American Dream”–the idea that hard work and dedication will lead to prosperity in the United States. African Americans are no different in that they, too, would like to capitalize on the promise of […]
(Black Enterprise) — As Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week comes to an end in New York, designers are wrapping up the shows, with the last finishing touches being added to the day’s events. Most onlookers, whether attending the shows or watching them on their favorite networks, enjoy the final product, a show that may last minutes but took […]
When John Thompson announced his decision to retire as CEO of Symantec, after a decade in that post, the veteran tech executive joked to a reporter that his only plans involved “a chaise longue on the beach and a mai tai.” Little more than a year later, the 61-year-old Thompson is back in the saddle. […]
(Portfolio.com) — You have to be able to describe your brand in three words, says Daymond John, one of the co-founders of the successful apparel line FUBU and part of the panel of tycoons on ABC’s Shark Tank. “If it’s BMW, it’s fine, German, engineering,” John says. “If it’s TBS, it’s ‘we know drama.’” When […]