Top App Developer
Ge Wang and Smule have turned app development into an art form with hits such as Ocarina, Magic Piano, and Glee Karaoke. Read more
Minority-Owned Business
Recent Minority-Owned Business Articles
The 2010 Inc. 5000: The Top 10 Black Entrepreneurs
From helping to protect soldiers from IED blasts to expediting FDA approval of life-saving drugs, many of these entrepreneurs have built multi-million dollar... View slideshow
Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: StemCyte
How recent legislation and education helped this cord blood banking company double its business in just three years. Read more
A Name the Press Could Love
A new bakery proves that a killer name can be the best marketing strategy. Read more
How to Get Certified as a Veteran-Owned Business
Acknowledging your status as a veteran could give you an advantage in the business world. Here's how. Read more
How to Get Certified as a Minority-Owned Business
Having a minority-owned business certification can help you tap into a bevy of public and private sector programs. Here’s how to apply. Read more
Helping Ex-Felons Become Entrepreneurs
For his tireless work training the less fortunate - including ex-felons - to become entrepreneurs, Todd Pemberton receives an award. Read more
Small Businesses Score Super Bowl Contracts with the NFL
The NFL’s Emerging Business Program works to educate local minority- and women-owned businesses about Super Bowl vendor procurement opportunities. Read more
Building a Hugely Profitable Blog
Three years ago, Fred Mwangaguhunga launched MediaTakeOut.com, a blog focusing on urban gossip that is beating similar sites run by much larger companies. Read more
A Non-Profit Trains Disadvantaged Entrepreneurs
Growing up in Ethiopia, Alfa Demmellash had no idea she would one day start a non-profit that trains entrepreneurs in low-income areas. Read more
Uptown Cupcakes Attract Scores of Harlemites
Breaking away from New York's downtown cupcake explosion, Tonnie Rozier finds a new demographic in need of the sweet treats uptown. Read more
America's Fastest-Growing Private Company? It's in Insurance
When the big insurers exited the Florida market, a start-up saw an opportunity Read more
Hispanic Economic Organizations Expand Training
Bilingual training is gaining ground in the business community. Read more
Can Entrepreneurship Crack the Glass Ceiling for Asians?
Entrepreneurs make up half the Asian American CEOs at top Bay Area firms, but mid-level managers face a tougher climb. Read more
Famous Amos on Raising Capital
Wally Amos, founder of Famous Amos and Chip & Cookie, on raising capital and choosing investors Read more
An Entrepreneur Shares Tickets to the Presidential Inauguration
Virginia entrepreneur Earl Stafford explains why he spent nearly $2 million to bring hundreds of people to Barack Obama's inauguration. Read more
Reality Bites
The scientists at Emotiv have done the impossible: created a brain-wave-reading headset that lets you conjure entire worlds using nothing but your mind -- a ... Read more
Rethinking Minority Business
Population trends and globalization are making the United States even more of a melting pot and putting the Inc. 500|5000 top 10 minority CEOs ahead of the c... Read more
SBA Partners with Minority Business Group
The two groups hope to expand the nation's five million minority-owned small businesses. Read more
How I Did It: William Wang, CEO, Vizio
When the founder of TV-maker Vizio--soon to be a $2 billion company--says it’s not about the money, believe him. Surviving a fiery plane crash gives a man ... Read more
Asian-American Business Ownership, Revenues Increase
New data finds that minority entrepreneurs are outpacing the national average. Read more
Entrepreneur of the Year: Ping Fu
She came to this country by way of a Chinese prison, but that's the past, and the future holds a tantalizing promise of smarter, cheaper manufacturing and be... Read more
What One Man Can Do
Bill Strickland is in the business of saving lives. After almost 40 years of teaching kids, training adults, and telling his story, he's looking to "franchis... Read more
Study Sees Obstacles to Minority Business Growth
July 7, 2005 --Minority CEOs need to change the way they think about business or they will fall behind in the global economy, reported a r... Read more
Minorities Faced Restrictions to Capital, Says Report
May 24, 2005 --Minority small business owners, especially African-American and Hispanic owners, have faced restrictions in getting access ... Read more
Minority-Owned Businesses Grow
Feb. 25, 2005 -- The share of minority-owned businesses in the United States more than doubled in the last twenty-years, but not all grou... Read more
Black Entrepreneurs: A New Generation
As traditional black-owned retail and service businesses decline, new, more ambitious black entrepreneurs emerge. Read more
Managing Diversity
One company owner's management techniques help to make immigrant workers feel welcome. Read more
Black-owned Businesses
When it comes to black entrepreneurs, there's good news and bad news. Black Americans are creating new businesses at a much faster pace than the economy ... Read more
8(A) Program
Related Terms: Government Procurement ; ... Read more