Community Spotlight

August is Black Business Month! On this edition, Denise Hill interviews Alverta Lopez, a volunteer mentor at SCORE. Small and minority businesses are a key aspect of our national economy. Supporting these businesses is an integral part our local economy here in the DC metropolitan area. SCORE is an organization that provides support to small businesses. […]

Starting a business takes a lot of prayer, planning, confidence, and, most important, money. Some entrepreneurs have been able to start from literally nothing and build empires from the ground up. Others have come out of the gate looking for, and securing, small business loans to assist with the expenses associated with starting their own […]

Lifestyle

If you haven’t heard, Black women have exploded on the entrepreneurial scene and more and more of us are looking to go independent and start our own business. After the 2007/2008 recession and housing debacle, many of us have turned side hustles into our main sources of income, to the tune of $52.6 billion dollars in revenue. […]

National

On June 30th, the Export-Import Bank’s charter will expire if Congress refuses to act. House Republicans are in full swing to diminish Ex-Im bank’s ability…

11/27/13- Roland Martin talks with Alfred Edmond Jr., Black Enterprise, about Black Friday and the importance of supporting small businesses on “Small Business Saturday”.

According to Jason Riggs, communications director for Kiva, microloans play a “pivotal role” for some small businesses, providing not just funding, but also financial literacy training and other services. Kiva is a nonprofit organization founded in 2005 that has issued $341 million in loans over the past seven years. It’s also worth noting that Kiva has […]

This, the United States, is the land of milk and honey afterall, so why aren’t more of us taking advantage of the business opportunities that immigrants are able to navigate and operate to become business owners. Not having the time, money or energy are obstacles to overcome but is the real challenge a lack of a merchant mindset, more focused on a job […]

(Via DCFAB) Last week, Cathy Hughes, founder of Radio One LLC was featured on a panel discussion for the Verizon Wireless Small Business series. Natasha Eubanks, who founded theYBF.com was also featured. Check out DCFAB for more pics of the event.

Every day I coach women who are waiting for more time, waiting for children to grow up, waiting to get married or waiting for some person, place or thing outside of themselves to make their dreams come to fruition. When I ask why not go after their dreams NOW, the number one answer is that […]