Paulla McCarthy, a single Black mother in New York, is the owner of a spring water bottling plant. In addition to to owning the plant, she also owns the land from which the spring water is obtained. No other woman in the state of New York has ever done so. [...]

Aisha “Pinky” Cole is the founder and CEO of Slutty Vegan ATL. She was born to Jamaican immigrant parents in Baltimore. After attending  Clark Atlanta University she moved to LA and landed a job in the TV industry. Her career brought her to NYC, where she opened a Jamaican restaurant [...]

Nasir Jones, better known as the rapper Nas, could quite possibly have more hits outside of his extreme lyrical talent than he does inside of Hip Hop. If I were to ask you to give me your Nas Top 5 it might include classics such as NY State of Mind, [...]

How's that old saying go? “If you want to hide something from a Black person, put it in a book.” I've tried my damndest, but I can't manage to find who coined this phrase. Or where this quote originated from. But we have all heard it. I remember that the [...]

Franchising, by design, allows entrepreneurs to bypass some difficulties of getting a business off the ground. But experts say Black people may choose franchising over sole proprietorship because of limited access to business connections and support. Black entrepreneurs have thrived in franchising for years and are choosing this route over founding traditional small businesses at a faster rate [...]

Any entrepreneur will tell you that you have to make revenue while you're sleeping. Bianca S. Robinson of Cayden Cay Consulting has figured out how to do just that. Robinson started with small steps but high ambitions. After finishing her business degree, she worked for an engineering firm as a [...]