Inc.com Lists Top 10 Black Entrepreneurs, Half in Tech Sector
by Sherri L. Smith
Inc.com recently featured the “Top 10 Black Entreprenuers of 2010″ from its annual Inc. 5000 list. If you’re unfamiliar with the listing, to be included on the list a company must have exhibited a certain level of growth between 2006-2009 to be included on the list. The list was comprised of many different industries including [...]
Read MoreLooking Ahead: Organize Your Business Based on Exit Strategy
by Latoicha Givens
When choosing a legal structure to operate a new business venture, business owners often choose a legal structure based on finances or popularity. For example, a business owner may automatically choose an Inc. structure (C-corp or S-Corp) because every major corporation in America is a Inc. They may choose a LLC (Limited Liability Company) because [...]
Read MoreLiving the Bitchie Life: Lessons in Growing a Brand
by Sherri L. Smith
What can you say about Necole Bitchie? One could simply take the easy way out and just write her off as a black gossip blogger — albeit a possible $20 million gossip blogger. Necole Bitchie is a brand, a personality, but most importantly she’s an entrepreneur with some serious tech savvy. Aside from the flagship [...]
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Ed Young: Bridging the Gap Between Print and Internet
by Sherri L. Smith
Black Enterprise, recently launched their iPad app. Although Black Enterprise spearheaded the look of the app, they turned to Ed Young and f2f | 6Sixty digital to provide the tech know-how. You may remember Young from the controversial Blackbird browser back in 2008. According to Young, f2f | 6Sixty digital is a development firm, a [...]
Read MoreEditLift Founder Matt Wise: ‘Cosembling’ a Business Model that Serves
by Robin Caldwell
Matt Wise, founder of EditLift, can explain the up side of ADHD like no other. He uses an analogy that involves a lion sleeping uder a tree during daylight hours, and then leaps up to hunt its prey in the darkness. It will only return to the tree when its hunger is satiated. In other [...]
Read MoreAfrican Americans Only 1% of Internet Start-up Founders
by Sherri L. Smith
Black Web 2.0 has written about the importance of securing funding for Internet start-ups at various stages from the great idea to contracting the know-how to build it to the launch.
Private investment research firm CB Insights has released its first ever Human Capital Venture Capital report. In part one of the report, the company takes an in-depth look [...]
