Something’s Brewing: Husband-And-Wife Team Build Coffee Shop Chain in NYC
The story behind a growing NYC coffee cafe chain named Milk & Pull is more than just about successful business. The story is rooted in […]
Scammed! Detroit Woman Unwittingly Pays Off ‘Mortgage’ to a ‘Fake Landlord,’ Now She’s Facing Eviction
After two years of paying a mortgage and believing that her home was fully paid for, one of Detroit’s most vulnerable is now facing eviction. […]
Young Mogul Turns Beauty Brand Into Million Dollar Enterprise and Empowers Young Women Along the Way
Like most 9-year-old girls, Zandra Cunningham loved feeling pretty, and lip balms were her kiddie cosmetic of choice. The balm boss has spent the past 10 years […]
Black Beauty Entrepreneur Goes From Working at Target to Making $5,000 a Month
The founder of a Black beauty company struggled for about two years to find a job that paid more than $15 an hour before she […]
Buy $28,000 in Furnishings to Rent a Home in the World’s Craziest Housing Market
By Alice Kantor Skyrocketing demand is hitting up against strict rent regulations in Berlin, sparking some unusual deal-making. Renters say they are being asked to spend small […]
Owning a Primary Residence Is Not the Only Way to Invest In Real Estate: Five Tips to Purchasing a Rental Property
Finurah will be bringing you a series of articles discussing the difficult choices associated with purchasing a home. Homeownership is one of the main ways […]
Two Friends Left Steady Paychecks, 401(k)s and Bet on Themselves. Today They Run a $1M Business.
Seven years ago, two friends had the idea to open a small seafood restaurant in Brooklyn, New York. Fifi Bell Clanton and Gwendolyn Niles left […]
People ‘Took One Look at Me’ and Doubted ‘I could build a Million-Dollar’ Company, Says Founder of Mahmee App That Attracted $3M From Mark Cuban, Serena Williams
Melissa Hanna isn’t the typical Silicon Valley startup founder. She’s a woman, and a Black woman at that, and she didn’t have the kind of […]
Why Black Homebuyers Missed Out on the Pandemic Real Estate Boom
Despite the national surge in homeownership, the rate of Black homebuying has changed very little over the last 20 years, a recent study shows. And the […]
Here’s the Scoop: How One Entrepreneur Funded Her Ice Cream Business Dream
Washington, D.C., native Karin Sellers opened the doors to Here’s the Scoop ice cream shop in 2019 in Columbia Heights. It was the community’s first creamery owned […]
Pass It Down: Black Americans See Homeownership as Important to Transfer Wealth, New Study Shows
The American dream isn’t just about owning a home with a white picket fence. It is about seeing homeownership as a means to accumulate and […]
‘Remember Your Why’: Life and Career Coach Tana M. Session Offers Advice to Budding Entrepreneurs Looking to Get ‘Unstuck’
Ever since she was a little girl, Dr. Tana M. Session said she always knew she was destined for greatness, for something far better than […]
Want to Be a Black Finance Star? They’re Building a Mother Ship
By Max Abelson When Wall Street executives talk about diversifying an industry that’s still run mostly by White bosses, chances are good they mean recruitment, […]
‘Make Wise and Smart Investments’: Uncle Luke Shares His Thoughts on Building Generational Wealth
Uncle Luke, born Luther Campbell, is known as a founder of Southern hip-hop, 2 Live Crew legend, and an early pioneer of twerk music. Campbell […]
Sky’s the Limit: Black Contractors Wants To Build Tallest Skyscraper in NYC History
One World Trade Center may currently be the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere, but if a team of mostly Black contractors and lenders has […]
“I’ve had to Finance Everything Myself’: Meet the Owner of a Million-Dollar Black-Owned Vegan Fine Foods Company
Steven Smith, the owner of Vegan Fine Foods, doesn’t exactly come from money. For many years, his father, a welder from Georgia, worked in a […]
Birmingham’s First Black McDonald’s Owner Started Making $5 an Hour Painting Signs for Coca-Cola
When Larry Thornton became one of six students to integrate Goodwyn Middle School in 1967, he was hardly a star student. He said he couldn’t even […]
Beauty Maven and Mompreneur Working to Uplift and Connect Other Black Women Professionals to One Another
Grinding to fulfill your dreams isn’t always pretty, but makeup artist and business owner Mimi Johnson is working to change that by lending fellow entrepreneurs […]