Let me offer this quick tip to you as a public service announcement: If you desire a truly healthy relationship with someone, focus more on their character than the amount of currency they make or have. It seems that in today’s society, there is a lot more focus placed on income and not enough attention…

So you want to make more money? It may be time to shorten your name. Using its 6 million members to analyze name-length and factors such as salary level, industry and location, the career site TheLadders says it behooves moms everywhere to shorten names — since its research says that not only is there a…

Ryan Leslie, sitting in the courtyard of a warehouse in the west side of Manhattan one recent evening, is as relaxed as he could be. It’s a seasonably warm night, and he’s got dark glasses on, which shield his eyes from the studio light shining on the several bottles of Don Julio, and a margarita…

To cultivate a conversation about the critical challenges facing American education, Black Enterprise partnered with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to host Today’s Business Crisis: Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce, a symposium to be held May 15, 2013. Its goal is to draw upon the resources of top leaders in business, philanthropy, and education to help find…

According to reports, 10,000 Baby Boomers are retiring each day. With so much knowledge walking out the door, organizations are constantly seeking to fill positions that Baby Boomers are leaving behind. A great number of these positions are far from being entry-level. In fact, many Baby Boomers devoted their entire careers to attain some of…

Today, Web entrepreneurs of iROKOtv and Nollywood fame, Jason Njoku and Bastian Gotter, have initiated $1 million in investment for Nigerian tech startups with the official launch of SPARK. Based in Lagos, Nigeria, the company will support and develop aspiring tech and Internet entrepreneurs and is set to fill the vacuum that currently exists in Africa’s angel investment…

Today, Web entrepreneurs of iROKOtv and Nollywood fame, Jason Njoku and Bastian Gotter, have initiated $1 million in investment for Nigerian tech startups with the official launch of SPARK. Based in Lagos, Nigeria, the company will support and develop aspiring tech and Internet entrepreneurs and is set to fill the vacuum that currently exists in Africa’s angel investment…

Brian K. Marks, a veteran in the ethnic beauty industry has partnered with his wife, Nene Marks, to introduce Nene’s Secret hair care collection. The hair maintenance line features a signature fragrance as well as an exclusive My Secret Recipe formula, a blend of unique natural ingredients from the rich continent of Africa designed to…

In Part 2 of our video interview with Tonya Lewis Lee, the health advocate and Founder of HealthyYouNow focuses on exercise: its importance, her frustration with myths and that pesky issue of hair. Take a look at Part 1 of this video. Photo Credit: BlackEnterprise.com Read More: http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/tonya-lewis-lee-healthy-you-now/ BlackEnterprise.com is the premier business news and investment…

Over the years, I’ve observed a few things about people who are good savers. It’s not because they are the most frugal, have a budget that accounts for every single penny or make high salaries. Their strategy is simple: Make it automatic. Putting your savings on autopilot simply means that you have set up a…