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Blacks in Technology: Bolstr Let's Small Businesses
Bolstr is a community funding marketplace for small businesses. Data shows that 80% of donations to successful crowdfunding campaigns come from the social network of the person asking. So after meeting each other as interns at JP Morgan Chase, co-founders Charlie Tribbett and Larry Baker, both 28, saw a way to help entrepreneurs engage local…
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Uncle Luke Donates 5,000 b condoms to Miami Non-Profits
Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell, formerly of the rap group 2 Live Crew and, b condoms, the only black-owned condom company have announced a partnership, Clutch reports. Campbell is donating 5,000 Platinum XL b condoms to a Miami, Fl area non-profit organization this summer. He will also donate another 1,000 Platinum XL b condoms through “Let…
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Publishing Powerhouse Uses Strategic Partnerships to Build an Empire
To say that Munson Steed oversees a media empire would not be an exaggeration. CEO of the Steed Media Group, a multimedia company that includes flagship publication, Rolling Out— the largest chain of African-American-owned weekly newspapers in the country—-he’s literally got his finger on the pulse of black urban America. But more than that, Steed,…
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The Black Face of Abortion: Dr. Kermit Gosnell
Abortion could now be the new Black, thanks to Kermit Gosnell – depending on how it all plays out. What we do know for certain is that the West Philly horror stories are dramatically changing the landscape of the national abortion debate. And, it just so happens that the doctor performing the abortions is Black…
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Does 'N-gger' Trump All Other Slurs?
Panam Jackson writes: A few weeks back, one of the homeys sent me a video of an incident on a Metro train in DC. See, some wayward white man on the Green Line (notoriously known as the “Soul Train” in the area due to its propensity to run only through Prince George’s County, MD and DC),…
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Basketball Wives Movie: Smart Move or Marketing Disaster?
When you think of Basketball Wives, what comes to mind? You’re probably thinking of violent, self-absorbed, narcissistic women with a false sense of reality who represent all the negative stereotypes women have fought for decades to erase. Now, can you imagine that being brought to the silver screen? Well, it’s coming! When it was confirmed…
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When Some People Think You're Marrying a White Woman
Damon Young writes, in a follow up to his pre-April Fool’s Day post, “How I Fell in Love With a White Woman.” You know, whenever I watch videos like the one where the father was beating his daughter after catching her making a twerking video, I wonder if people who believe in corporal punishment are on…
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Actor Larenz Tate Advocated for Job Opportunities for Urban Men
Actor Larenz Tate and Buffalo Wild Wings franchise owner Karim Webb recently participated in a media roundtable luncheon hosted by the California Community Foundation (CCF) for its BLOOM program (Building a Lifetime of Opportunities and Options for Men) in Los Angeles. The actor has partnered with the restaurant entrepreneur to advocate for employment for urban…
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Youngest Black Hedge Fund Owner Opens Investment Firm for Black Institutions
Fredrick D. Scott on Monday announced that he was creating Fredrick D. Scott, LLC, a venture capital and private equity firm that will invest in and acquire” minority-focused financial and banking institutions.” Scott was the head of ACI Capital Group, LLC (ACI), a investment banking and advisory firm that managed with $3.7 billion in assets.…
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Black Designer Fuses European and African Culture for Collection
Today’s business market is more global than ever, with women making international boss moves from coast to coast. In a special series on women entrepreneurs of the diaspora, BlackEnterprise.com will bring you highlights on power females who have taken their passions and made them profitable — from North America to Europe to Africa and everywhere…