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Patents and Profits
Writer Renita Burns (center) with inventors and November cover subjects Each November, BLACK ENTERPRISE dedicates the issue to small business. Considered the backbone of the U.S. economy, this group...
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What’s Your Social Media Strategy?
In less than five years, social media has revolutionized not only our communication culture but how we conduct business. The dizzying effect of unlimited—and sometimes unfettered—24-hour access to...
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Three Passion-to-Profit Myths Debunked
Some have an epiphany. Others know from the get-go. Tiffini Gatlin says a combination of both inspiration and instinct lured her towards entrepreneurship. After working nearly seven years in the...
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Don’t Let Fear Keep You From Becoming an Entrepreneur
How often have you thought about starting your own business only to have a doubt creep into your mind and keep you from taking any action? Well, here are two reasons you don’t have to worry about when...
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To keep people engaged in her company’s social media presence, Dawn Fitch spends one to two hours a day writing blog posts, commenting on her followers’ comments and posts, and developing “flash...
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Being a Not-For-Profit is Not a License to be Unprofitable
Benjamin Lamson and Sulaiman Sanni, co-owners of WeDidIt, a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based web-based, online crowd-funding platform for non-profit organizations, earned a $25,000 grant in the MillerCoors Urban...
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Young, Millennial and Fearless: How Being a Self-Starter Can Lead to Big Wins
Author and culture creator, Syreeta Gates (Image: Twitter) For many millennial leaders, life isn’t about getting just any job and taking home a check every two weeks. It’s about paving their own way,...
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Women of Power: Young Leader Teaches Girls Importance of ‘Going Global’
Martice Sutton, avid traveler and founder, Girls Going Global (Image: File) Change a girl, and you will change the world. Whether we choose to believe it or not, our childhoods impact who we become as...
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Power Women of the Diaspora: Young Leader Using Shea Butter to Empower Women...
Rahama Wright, founder, Shea Yeleen International (Image: Wright) Many people don’t think about where shea butter comes from when they glide their favorite shea product onto their skin or hair, but...
View Article5 Inspiring Books On Social Entrepreneurship
As the founder of a social enterprise called LSTN Headphones, I often look to companies and entrepreneurs I admire for advice on navigating our growing business while continuing our mission to do well...
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Tech Disruptors for Good: Goodie Hack Aims to Transform Communities Worldwide
Saturday, June 21, 2014 marked the second effort of the “Goodie Hackers” to be the change they want to see in the world. Hundreds of local entrepreneurs, designers, developers, marketers, and service...
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How Young Leader’s Passion for Food and Hip-Hop Gained Support from Sean...
Driven by a passion for hip-hop and food, Syreeta Gates is blazing a new trail in the world of social entrepreneurship. As the founder of The Gates Preserve and dream director with The Future Project,...
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Investor Roundtable Focuses on Creating Economic Shift for POC
Over the past week, Head and Heart Philanthropy, a social impact agency, got together to discuss how they could be more effective in closing gaps in the African American community. Founder Christal...
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BE Modern Man: Meet “The Cyclist” Shawn Walton
Name: Shawn Walton Profession: Social Entrepreneur – Educator Age: 29 One Word That Describes You: Renaissance man Shawn Deangelo Walton was a 7-year lifestyle cyclist and student of Morehouse College,...
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BE Modern Man: Meet Nonprofit Executive Robert Malone
Photo Credit: Jacques S. Dupre Name: Robert Malone Profession: Nonprofit Executive Age: 44 One Word That Describes You: Compassionate Mentoring to Manhood (M2M) Executive Robert Malone is dedicated to...
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BE Modern Man: Meet “The Intervention Specialist” Carl Scott
Name: Carl Scott Profession: Intervention specialist Age: 27 One Word That Describes You: Optimistic Intervention specialist Carl Scott is focused and his priority is simple: To provide students,...
View ArticleMeet Charles Archer, CEO of the THRIVE Network
What is your profession? Social Entrepreneur & CEO of the THRIVE Network What is your age? 43 years old. I have contributed to my industry by: Fighting on behalf of those underserved in the African...
View ArticleThis Social Entrepreneur Uses Blockchain to Power a Successful Business and...
Jasmine Crowe is the opposite of an accidental entrepreneur. She followed her passion—and her purpose—to become a social entrepreneur, founding Goodr, the food waste management solution that gets...
View ArticleThis Community Leader Is Building an Africatown to Fight Gentrification in...
Community leader K. Wyking Garrett is designing programs and initiatives that inspire, mobilize, and activate communities for sustainable social impact. Recognized in 2019 by Seattle Times as one of 13...
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