Everything You Need To Know About AARP Medicare Supplement Plans
A Brief Overview of Medicare Supplement Plans While Medicare Parts A and B, also known as Original Medicare, cover some health care costs, they don’t pay for everything. That’s where an AARP Medicare...
View ArticleNipsey Hussle’s Business Partner Carries Out ‘Our Opportunity’ Investment...
Nipsey Hussle and his long-time business partner, David Gross, had a vision for an investment initiative that Gross has kept alive following the Grammy Award-winning rapper’s untimely death. Born...
View ArticleCiti Launches $150 Million Fund To Support Minority Businesses, Including...
Black businesses with socially-driven concepts can now possibly attain some new capital from Citi. The support will flow from the new $150 million Citi Impact Fund. The backing was started to make...
View ArticleHere’s Why and How You Should Build A Remote Team to Grow Your Business
All small business owners have their share of daily challenges. However, for black business owners, there is a slew of additional obstacles on top of these that they have to overcome. The disparity...
View ArticleTerrence J Tapped For Executive Role At Robert F. Smith’s Film and TV...
Terrence Jenkins, AKA Terrence J, the former host of BET’s 106 & Park and co-anchor on E! News, has been hired by the Hidden Empire Film Group as its head of talent engagement for film and TV....
View ArticleHere’s How You Can Get The Shine For All of Your Hard Work
Women in the workplace are known for working twice as hard as their male counterparts. Beyond their expertise or academic credentials, women often feel the need to go the extra mile—some would even...
View ArticleJournalist-Turned-Entrepreneur Tony Samuel Talks About Running A Children’s...
Tony Samuel is a leadership expert, strategist, author, and former music business journalist. He is also the CEO and founder of Talented Books. In an interview with BLACK ENTERPRISE, Samuel talks...
View ArticleLizzo, Body-Shaming, And The Obesity Crisis
I am not a Lizzo (née Mellisa Jefferson) fan. I might recognize one, maybe two, of her songs, upon hearing them. However, Lizzo’s talent and popularity are undeniable, as most recently evidenced by...
View Article20 Millennial Black Women-Owned Brands to Support In 2020
Last quarter, Fast Company reported that black women are starting businesses faster than any other group, sharing that “women of color account for 89% (1,625) of the new businesses opened every day...
View ArticleHow Would You Use $50,000? Enter the 2020 FedEx Small Business Grant Contest...
You imagined it and made it a reality. Now, where would you take your business next if you won a grant? The 2020 FedEx Small Business Grant Contest is here—with 12 prizes available this year. Entries...
View ArticleThe Barack And Michelle Obama Portraits Are Going On Tour
The Obamas are going on the road! Well, at least their portraits are. The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery announced the launch of The Obama Portraits Tour, which is kicking off June 18, 2021,...
View ArticleNew York Knicks Hire Steve Stoute’s Translation Agency to Bolster its Brand
The New York Knicks has hired Steve Stoute’s marketing agency, Translation, to help with its image, according to MSN. Stoute, a former veteran music industry executive, founded Translation in 2004. It...
View ArticleSean Combs: “Black Music Has Never Been Respected by the Grammys” [Video]
At Clive Davis’s annual pre-Grammy gala on Saturday, Sean “Diddy” Combs received the Industry Icon Honor. In his acceptance speech, Combs expressed his frustration with the Recording Academy, its lack...
View ArticleNFL Releases Botham Jean PSA to Raise Awareness about Police Brutality ahead...
Millions of people around the country are gearing up for Super Bowl LIV as the Kansas City Chiefs take on the San Francisco 49ers at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, FL, this Sunday. And while...
View ArticleAfro Sheen Launches Nine New Products For the First Time in 20 Years
To quote LL Cool J, don’t call it a comeback, Afro Sheen has been here for years! The iconic hair brand became a household name in the late ’60s and ’70s during the Afro era before becoming dormant in...
View ArticleNigerian Inventor Creates Stove That Cooks Food And Charges Smartphones
Max Chinnah is a 26-year-old Nigerian inventor and entrepreneur who recently invented a smokeless stove that doesn’t just cook food—the stove has the ability to convert that particular heat energy...
View ArticleMichelle Obama Won Her First Grammy Award
Michelle Obama just can’t lose these days! The former first lady won a Grammy Award for her audiobook Becoming on Sunday. Obama was in competition with the Beastie Boys, Eric Alexandrakis, John...
View ArticleWalmart Pays Homage to the Legacy of HBCU Football at the Celebration Bowl
There’s no experience like sitting in the stands at an HBCU football game. It is a sporting event, concert, fashion show, and family reunion all wrapped up into one affair. Every year in December,...
View ArticleKobe Bryant Founded a $100 Million Tech Fund in 2016
The late Kobe Bryant, former NBA MVP, announced the launch of a $100 million venture capital fund back in 2016. Although the fund was quietly co-founded in 2013 with Jeff Stibel, news of the launch...
View ArticleNike Sells Out of All Online Kobe Bryant Products
After the tragic death of retired Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant, Nike has reported that all Byrant-related merchandise has sold out on its website, according to ESPN. It was initially reported...
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