Magic Johnson, who has gone from basketball star to a mega successful businessman, knows something about entrepreneurship. And recently he helped The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) reach out to entrepreneurs. ICIC teamed up with the Small Business Administration, and Bank of America to invite more than 100 growing inner city companies from [...]
If the US financial crisis has taught us any lessons, one should be how deeply our financial decisions will impact our family and community for years to come. While the situation may or may not be improving in the United States (depending on how you fared the recession)–the truth is it is going to be [...]
Ten Game-Changing Strategies to Achieve Success and Find Greatness By Randal Pinkett & Jeffrey Robinson, Authors of Black Faces in White Places: 10 Game-Changing Strategies to Achieve Success and Find Greatness Establish a strong identity and purpose. Your ethnic and cultural identity is a great asset. Amplify it as a competitive advantage. A strong identity [...]
TheCASHFLOW – Three Days to Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference. Things are coming together as Atlanta prepares for the BE Entrepreneur’s Conference next week. The CASHFLOW is running a content where you can win tickets to the event by tweeting about their tix giveaway and including the best business advice you ever received. I won’t be [...]
The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) will hold its 36th Annual Convention March 31 through April 4 in Toronto, Canada, which will mark the first ever international convention in the 35 years since NSBE’s creation. This year’s theme is “Engineering a Global Impact.” The conference boasts over 200 sponsors and exhibitors from known companies [...]
Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco is set to return to California this year on May 3 -6 at Moscone West. The annual event’s theme for 2010 is “Platforms for Growth,” with a focus on helping businesses pick the best web platforms for their goals. The Web 2.0 Expo is produced by O’Reilly Media, Inc. and [...]
1stFriday.com, Inc. announces the launch of “Connections,” touted as “a social and professional networking site spun off the national offline First Fridays phenomenon.” The intention of the site is to create strong online Black communities in local markets across the United States. The Connections platform is driven by technology from Leverage Software Inc. “We believe [...]
The annual Tech Connection event will take place in Houston this Thursday evening, co-hosted by the Houston Technology Center (HTC) and Greater Houston Partnership (GHP). The event brings together ten local organizations that offer access to the resources necessary for building a successful technology company. Tech Connection provides an opportunity to learn about their future [...]
As Facebook continues to dominate social networking, entrepreneurs are relying more and more heavily on Fan Pages to promote their business. According to Entrepreneur columnist Mikal Belicove, it may not be time to drop your blog just yet. Branding. A Facebook Page poses limitations to attaching your company logo throughout, while a blog gives you [...]
I attended the second annual African American Internet Marketing Summit yesterday in Chicago at the downtown Wyndham hotel. I didn’t attend last year and was excited about this year’s topical focus on Internet Marketing. Ken Smikle does a great job of organizing this event and Interactive One was one of several outstanding sponsors. I met [...]
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