Author: Ian

Palo Alto attorney Ajwang Rading announced his candidacy for California’s 18th Congressional District today. In an email to campaign supporters, community activists, loved ones, and voters, Rading laid out his vision for the district and…

Business News

Supplier Success Leads Expansion of Facebook’s Invoice Fast Track Program, Providing Up to $100 Million for Diverse-Owned Businesses

Supplier Success, a black-owned supplier finance consultancy, recently celebrated the expansion of the Facebook Invoice Fast Track program to financially support diverse-owned businesses across the United States. The program, set to relaunch…

Entrepreneurs

Nine Reasons You Should Never Hire Friends

Wouldn’t it be great if as entrepreneurs we could be auto clone ourselves and everything that we hate doing is done for us? Make Your Hire Strategy your HIGHEST Strategy…

Business News

DICE Raises $122 Million in Series C Funding Led By SoftBank; Tony Fadell Joins Board

DICE, the fast growing music discovery and events ticketing platform, today announced it has raised up to $122 million in Series C funding. The round was led by new investor,…

Business News

GSU Researcher Helps Improve Mental Health Literacy Among Barbers Serving Black Communities

The stigma of mental health is a prevailing issue among African Americans in general and African American men specifically, according to Dr. Kevin Washington, head of the Department of Psychology/Sociology…

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Dance Music Digital Collectibles Platform RCRDSHP Closes Multi-Million Dollar Seed Round

RCRDSHP, the digital collectibles platform for electronic music, is announcing the close of its first investment round. Supported by some of the leading innovators and investors in the NFT/digital collectibles…

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Late Entrepreneur and Producer Melvin Van Peebles Talks about Racism in Hollywood in 1971 (video)

Before Spike Lee there was Melvin Van Peebles, one of the greatest black actors, filmmakers, playwrights, novelists and composers who talks about how difficult it was to get his movie…

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Music Daily’s “Tracks” Features Innovative Charts + More

Music Daily, an all-new website aimed at Gen-Z and Millennial music fans, is taking a different approach to music charts. While the overall programming is based in part on trends…

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Bishop T.D. Jakes Honored for 45 Years in Ministry

There are a myriad of words to describe T.D. Jakes: Pastor. Global leader. Best-selling author. Filmmaker. Real estate industrialist. Conference producer. The senior pastor of The Potter’s House in Dallas,…