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Black Entrepreneurship, the Sequel
Some thoughts on how the recent emergence of more black-owned small businesses reflects on a proud history. Read more
African-American Issues
Recent Articles about African-American Issues
Black Entrepreneurs: A New Generation
As traditional black-owned retail and service businesses decline, new, more ambitious black entrepreneurs emerge. Read more
A New Black Dream
A new trend of self-sufficiency and entrepreneurial spirit takes root in some African-American communities. Read more
The Reluctant Entrepreneurs
Are American blacks still stuck on the bottom rung of the economic ladder because so few start businesses of their own? Read more
Blacks In Business: Are They Reluctant Entrepreneurs?
Joel Kotkin's sense of history is skewed, and his sociological analysis of black culture is sorely lacking in depth and quality. Although Kotkin deftly d... Read more
Blacks In Business: Are They Reluctant Entrepreneurs?
Joel Kotkin's article "The Reluctant Entrepreneurs" (September), is a manifest example of "bikini journalism." What it reveals is interesting and provocat... Read more
Urban Renewers
Some thoughts on what groups are making it in the inner-city, and why. Read more
A New Kind of Business
Policymakers should take a good look at growth companies founded by African Americans. Read more
Blacks In Business: Are They Reluctant Entrepreneurs?
Paramount among the factors affecting the development of black business enterprise has been the postindustrial restructuring of the U.S. economic system. ... Read more
The Great Leaders Series: Madam C.J. Walker, Founder of Madame C.J. Walker Enterprises
By assembling a grassroots sales force, this pioneering African-American entrepreneur built a multimillion-dollar enterprise in the Jim Crow era. 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
Blacks In Business: Are They Reluctant Entrepreneurs?
After reading "The Reluctant Entrepreneurs," I was a little disappointed to see that no one mentioned what I -- as a successful black entrepreneur of 14 y... Read more
Magic Johnson to Speak at Black Entrepreneur Expo
April 27, 2007 -- Basketball legend-turned-entrepreneur Earvin "Magic" Johnson will be a keynote speaker at this year's Black Enterprise ... Read more
Who Owns Harlem?
As an economic-development boom takes off in Harlem, residents hotly debate what path will lead the famed African American neighborhood into a prosperous fut... Read more
"taking Care Of Our Own"
Black networks spring up to help the "best and the brightest" start new firms and lure black customers to black businesses. Read more
What About The Diaspora?
One critical part of the post-Katrina debate should be on the half-million or so people still living in exile, many of them former residents of New Orlean... Read more
What About the Diaspora?
One critical part of the post-Katrina debate should be on the half-million or so people still living in exile, many of them former residents of New Orlean... Read more
Blacks Facing Extra Startup Woes
A study finds African-American entrepreneurs have limited access to capital. Read more
Blacks In Business: Are They Reluctant Entrepreneurs?
"The Reluctant Entrepreneurs" is the best article I have read regarding minority businesses. The truth about support among blacks couldn't have been bette... Read more
Bridging the Digital Divide
In the United States, it's an unfortunate reality that basic opportunities and values that come from having a good education are not, traditionally, besto... 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
Ethnic Web Sites Search for Niche Markets
The Web has become increasingly saturatedwith new multi-ethnic sites ranging from basicinformation hubs to community-building arenas toe-commerce sites. I... Read more
Ethnic Web Sites Search for Niche Markets
The Web has become increasingly saturatedwith new multi-ethnic sites ranging from basicinformation hubs to community-building arenas toe-commerce sites. I... Read more
Plowing New Ground In The Delta
CEO Charles Bannerman learned that the most effective social activism is a healthy bottom line. Read more
Entrepreneurs in the News
The Smithsonian celebrates the work of pioneering African American entrepreneur Lula Mae Reeves. Read more
SBA Loans: Following the Money
By: Robb Mandelbaum The Small Business Administration's efforts to make smaller loans available to more peo... Read more
How I Did It: When Civil Rights Came to My Box Office
A Memphis businessman recalls how his chain of movie theaters prepared for integration in the Jim Crow-era South. Read more
A Tree Grows In Chicago
How South Shore Bank revived an inner-city neighborhood Read more
SBA Issued Record Amount of Loans in 2004
August 19, 2004 -- With nearly two months left in its fiscal year, the Small Business Administration has already granted more 7(a) and 50... Read more
Blacks In Business: Are They Reluctant Entrepreneurs?
I have just read "The Reluctant Entrepreneurs" and am very impressed. I thought it was very informative and realistic, with not a hint of biased viewpoin... Read more
Immigrant Entrepreneurs Outpace Native-Born Americans
A new Kauffman Foundation report also found that more seniors are starting businesses. Read more
Self-Employed Businesses Unlikely to Hire Employees
August 20, 2004 -- It's been said that hiring the first employee c... Read more
"Kidpreneurs" Headed to Disney World
An annual business education program for young, African-American entrepreneurs opens this week at Walt Disney World's Swan and Dolphin Resort in Lake Buen... Read more
Work-Life Balance Key for Job-Seekers
Oct. 31, 2006 -- Salary, benefits, and the opportunity for work-life balance are key deal-makers for job-seekers in considering a new job... Read more
The Founder Next Door
Is today's entrepreneur any different from the rest of us? Read more
Teaching Entrepreneurship
Chart showing rates of business formation among ethnic groups in the U.S. versus that of NFTE graduates. Read more
SBA: Loans Hit Record High
The Small Business Administration approved $20.6 billion in loans for small businesses over the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, up from $20.25 billion in 200... Read more
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