Innovation Crisis in Black America Pt. 2: Where are Black Entrepreneurs and Angels?
By Mike Green Today’s article is a continuation of a yesterday’s previous post. There’s an economic crisis of monumental proportions occurring in black America. The challenges stretch across a vast spectrum of education, unemployment, entrepreneurship, investment and innovation. But you won’t hear much about this crisis from any of the so-called “mainstream” media. Black Unemployment [...]
Read MoreInnovation Crisis in Black America, Pt. 1
By Mike Green There is a crisis occurring in 12.3% of the American population, otherwise known as Black America. The crumbling economic infrastructure of the nation has impacted every industry, media included. As a former journalist who voluntarily resigned a position as Web editor of an award-winning daily newspaper (owned by Dow Jones Local Media Group [...]
Read MoreInc.com Lists Top 10 Black Entrepreneurs, Half in Tech Sector
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
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
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 [...]
Read MoreEd Young: Bridging the Gap Between Print and Internet
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 [...]
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