black female entrepreneurs
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Wrapping Paper Roll Call: Give Their Hustle Some Glow
If there’s one gift the work-from-home set would likely love to receive this season, it’s boundaries. While there are definite benefits to eschewing the commute and daily lunch budget for comfortable pants (or none at all) and working from bed (if you insist), there are also significant downsides as the lines between that aforementioned work…
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Built to Last: American Express and Elaine Welteroth Launch a 'Vodcast' to Celebrate Black-Owned Small Businesses
Buying Black may be more on-trend than ever, but how do we celebrate and sustain Black businesses to ensure they’re built to last? A new video podcast series by American Express aims to do exactly that, Built to Last, hosted by New York Times bestselling author, journalist, producer, and former Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue Elaine…
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Watch: Minding Our Black Business With Anika Hobbs, the Woman Behind the Retail Social Enterprise, Nubian Hueman
One of my favorite stores in Washington, D.C., is Nubian Hueman, located in the Anacostia Arts Center, a multi-use arts space in the Anacostia neighborhood of the city. Nubian Hueman is a retail space that exemplifies Black excellence; the stores—there are currently two retail locations, the D.C. location and another in Baltimore—are filled with items…
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Big Beauty Tuesday: We Don’t Know How Mahisha Dellinger Does It
We’d be the first to admit that it feels like a strange time to celebrate our regularly scheduled Big Beauty Tuesday. While life does indeed go on, even amid protests and pandemic, right now, it should be anything but business as usual. But this pivotal moment in American history also proving to be a time…
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I Tried Trap Yoga. Trap Yoga Won
It’s not my fault. I’m a victim. Since I was a child, my musculature has been as rigid as a slightly inebriated white man trying to learn the kick-pivot part of the electric slide at his co-worker’s daughter’s wedding. To say I’m not flexible is an understatement. Although I am a card-carrying member of the…
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Another Legacy Brand Gets New Life as Black Opal’s New Owners Acquire Fashion Fair
Move over, Fenty Beauty and Pat McGrath, there’s a new black female-owned beauty empire on the rise. Hot on the heels of their acquisition of Black Opal cosmetics in September, the powerhouse team of company CEO Desiree Rogers and President Cheryl Mayberry McKissack have announced the purchase of pioneering beauty brand Fashion Fair from its…
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Here's the Buzz: Serena Williams Is Teaming Up With Bumble to Invest in Women of Color
She’s a happily married woman, but Serena Williams is teaming up with one of the leading dating apps for women—specifically to benefit women of color. As reported by Black Enterprise (BE), Williams recently joined Bumble as a global adviser for the app—which now includes social and business networking components. All are centered around the theme…
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Boss Moves: Kimora Lee Simmons Announces the Reacquisition and Relaunch of Baby Phat
There is a certain generation of women *cough* who remember well the once-ubiquitous presence of the Baby Phat logo, a sinewy, sexy cat that seemed to peer out at us from cropped puffer jackets, velour tracksuits and jean pockets everywhere in the late 1990s to early-aughts. That cat was rumored to have been modeled after…
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Will Madam C.J. Walker’s Home Become an Incubator for Black Women Entrepreneurs?
He’s co-built a beauty empire on his grandmother’s legacy, brought Essence magazine back to fully black-owned status, and at this summer’s Essence Festival (his first as owner), announced The New Voices Fund, a $100 million investment in black women entrepreneurs. Now, Richelieu Dennis, founder and CEO of Sundial Brands (Shea Moisture, Nubian Heritage, etc.) and…