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Dawna Kelly Is Making Magic With Her Abrakadoodle Franchise
Dawna Kelly worked with a trusted franchise consultant and decided on Abrakadoodle. Her decision, however, wasn’t made overnight. It took about five years, but once she made her decision, she jumped in...
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Entrepreneurs of Color Fund Awards Nearly $3 Million to Detroit Businesses
Since the launch of Entrepreneurs of Colors Fund last year, JPMorgan Chase has awarded $2.75 million to nearly 30 minority-owned small businesses, to start up and expand in the Detroit area. More than...
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Exclusive: Why I Am Running For Mayor Of Detroit While Still In College
(Image: Latoya Colts) It is no secret that President Donald Trump’s Administration, much like many leadership positions in the United States workforce, does not represent our nation’s diversity. As...
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This College Student is Ready to Take on Detroit
She’s 22. She’s a college senior. And she’s running for mayor of Detroit. Myya D. Jones expects to graduate this spring from Michigan State University, but she has already announced her bid to run for...
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On the Road With ‘Shark Tank’ 2017: Meet the Co-Founder of Hashtag Props
Shark Tank Cast (Photo: ABC Television Group) For the sixth stop of the nationwide Shark Tank Diversity Tour, the casting team for ABC’s Shark Tank visited Detroit, where entrepreneurs pitched their...
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Femology Business Lounge Plans to Help Women-Owned Businesses Thrive
Meagan Ward (Image: creativelyflawless.com) When Meagan Ward, founder and CEO of Creatively Flawless, met client-turned-business-partner Ashleigh Brock they immediately bonded over the need for a...
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This Detroit Entrepreneur Is Tapping into This $47 Billion Market
Moses Shepherd (Image courtesy of Moses Sheperd) After researching the nation’s oil and gas industry, Moses Shepherd unearthed some compelling information: There are a scant number of minority...
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Frederick Douglass Distinguished Scholar Plans to Help Detroit Business Owners
Last year I wrote about the Frederick Douglass Distinguished Scholars program at American University in Washington, D.C. FDDS is an elite leadership development program for high schoolers who’ve earned...
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‘Detroit’ Tells A Gruesome, Horrifying Story That Must Be Seen
Detroit is a powerful film that uncovers a series of events that led to the killing of three unarmed, black teenage boys by white police officers. The movie is set during the 1967 Detroit riots, where...
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How This Dynamic Duo Launched Detroit’s First Black Restaurant Week
In May 2017, Kwaku Osei-Bonsu, founder of the Strange Roots Box, and Lauren Bates an employee of Quicken Loans met at a Maintenance & Mimosas event in downtown Detroit. Two months later they joined...
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Meet The Educator Changing the Face of Failing Schools in Detroit
Recognized as a 2017 Michigan Administrator of the Year by Michigan Association of Public School Academies (MAPSA), Chanivia Patterson, principal of Detroit Enterprise Academy moved the school from the...
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GM Catapults Launch of Black Girls Code Detroit Chapter
Black Girls CODE has frequented the media a lot as of late, particularly for turning down a $125,000 grant from Uber that the founder, Kimberly Bryant felt was disingenuous. Bryant told TechCrunch...
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Three Black Business and Civic Leaders Honored by Western Michigan University
Two residence halls and a conference center at Western Michigan University will be named after three legendary black Detroit business and civic leaders. The honorees include the late automotive...
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New $5 Million Program Helps Black Developers Rebuild Detroit
African American real estate developers in Detroit will get financing and training opportunities to grow their businesses courtesy of a $5 million program being offered by Capital Impact Partners....
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45 Great Moments in Black Business – No. 27: Don Barden’s $149 Million...
This year, BLACK ENTERPRISE celebrates the 4th anniversary of its roster of the nation’s largest black-owned businesses—The BE 100s. To commemorate the significance of this collective’s widespread...
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[OPINION]: Thousands Visit Detroit for The Women’s Convention Inspired to...
On Jan. 21, 2017, the largest single-day protest took place in U.S. history at the Women’s March. The momentum and energy from that event was an experience of a lifetime. Lives were changed and many...
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NFL Players Association Sponsors Finance Workshops for High School Students
Former footballers in the NFL Players Association recently sponsored a series of personal finance workshops for 30 metropolitan Detroit high school students. (Image: iStock/PeopleImages) The...
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These Detroit Residents Are Building Their Own Internet
We’ve heard of a lot of systems created to keep the underrepresented population uninformed, but these Detroit residents aren’t going for it. Equitable Internet Initiative is a group of Detroit...
View ArticleCongressman John Conyers Jr.: ‘I Am Retiring Today’
After being accused of multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, Congressman John Conyers Jr. announced Tuesday that he will step down from his position in the House of Representatives immediately. “I...
View ArticleFund For Black-Owned Detroit Businesses Balloons to $18 Million
The Entrepreneurs of Color Fund in Detroit, a popular financing tool for minority-owned businesses in the Motor City, is growing nearly three times bigger. Two supporters of the fund, JPMorgan Chase...
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