Lowell Hawthorne, a 57-year-old Carribean business owner committed suicide in New York over the weekend.  He was the founder and CEO of Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill.  He was once featured on the hit show "Undercover Boss" a show about black entrepreneurs who have challenges with their businesses.  He had 120 restaurants in nine states and built an empire. But as we all know being an Entrepreneur is like being manic, the highs are very high but the lows are very low. [...]

A shooting incident on Thursday night in South Memphis has left two women critically...

RICK ROSS DEFEATS TRADEMARK SUIT OVER MASTERMIND ALBUM Targets Further Expansion Into Food Industry Through Checkers Acquisition Announces New business Partnership With Luxury Hair Care Line Rich Hair Care It has been a year of successful turnovers for Grammy nominated recording artist and expanding black entrepreneur, Rick Ross. [...]

Meet the Black and Latinx Company, EquityCoin, Using Blockchain to House Homeless Families Founded as a public benefit corporation, EquityCoin, Inc. created the first digital token on the blockchain backed by affordable housing. The company provides apartments for those in danger of becoming homeless while helping community-members build generational wealth through fractional real estate ownership.  EquityCoin, Inc. [...]

TREVOSE, PA – January 6. 2015 – Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak advised an overflowing crowd at ASI Show® Orlando to seek original ideas if they want to be successful beyond their wildest dreams. “Eventually, you could create software that could change the world,” said Wozniak, an engineer who single-handedly kick-started the personal computer revolution and founded Apple in 1976 with marketing legend Steve Jobs. Wozniak’s keynote on Tuesday was a highlight of ASI Show Orlando, hosted by the Advertising Specialty Institute® (ASI). [...]

It started during his morning commute – a tightness in the chest, shortness of...

Leaders & Their 10 Best Qualities Leaders aren't born but made. You've probably heard of a "born leader," or someone who seems to have always possessed the qualities of a leader: magnetism, empathy, and modesty. [...]

Discover how Jawed Karim, YouTube's lesser-known co-founder, played a pivotal role in creating the world's largest video-sharing platform and revolutionizing online content.

  Want to be a Successful Entrepreneur? Here are my BEST Lessons Learned After 25 Years in Business Being a black entrepreneur is extremely rewarding. Unfortunately, there are other aspects to it that are very challenging. When you're the boss, it is often difficult to have leverage or to have camaraderie with people that work for you. You have to maintain a level of authority. Most of the time, black entrepreneurs, surround themselves with other black entrepreneurs because they understand each other best. Working for yourself is and is not what people think. [...]