Black-Owned Brands to Support on Amazon Prime Day—And on *Any* Day
Amazon Prime Day 2020 is officially here to kick off the holiday shopping season, and this year, supporting independent, female-founded, and Black-owned businesses is center stage. Clearly, protests, donations, and taking action are the most meaningful ways to stand up
Voya Launches New Program to Boost Retirement Savings for Minority-Owned Businesses
WINDSOR, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA), announced today a first-of-its-kind program to support greater retirement planning opportunities for minority, women, veteran, disability, and LGBTQ-owned businesses — along with nonprofit organizations that serve them. The Just Right Advantage™ Program is
Give Black KC aims to raise money for Black businesses, community
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A new fundraising effort this week
Introducing the Etsy for black-owned businesses
“A lot of people want to support black-owned businesses but it’s difficult to find them. It’s obvious this platform was needed.” With black and ethnic minority workers facing a Covid unemployment crisis, many of us want to do more to
Fintech Equality Coalition Engages Black Fintech CEOs
Frequently, questions about diversity in fintech center on gender diversity, and that gender diversity means “white women.” When any organization is predominantly white, it tends to focus on attracting customers who look like its employees and leadership—white ones, though that’s
Killer Mike’s new Black-owned bank receives ‘tens of thousands’ of account requests in less than 24 hours
New York (CNN)A new majority Black and Latinx-owned and operated digital bank hopes to make supporting Black-owned banks and businesses a little easier for consumers. Greenwood was created by Bounce TV founder Ryan Glover and his close friend, rapper-activist Michael
U.S. government scrutinizes Microsoft’s plan to spend $150M on diversity and inclusion programs
Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Wash. (GeekWire Photo / Monica Nickelsburg) Microsoft in June announced a sweeping racial justice plan, including an initiative to spend $150 million on diversity and inclusion programs, and double its number of Black and African American
This woman is behind the first Black-owned tax franchise system in U.S. giving businesses financial freedom
Alniesha Carter is the first Black woman to own a tax franchise business in the United States. The tax franchise business, TaxPrep Evolution Inc. (TPE), is already making significant impacts in the country, according to Blackbusiness. Carter has been in
Daymond John to pick Black entrepreneurs for $25,000 grants: ‘We need to be building businesses, not burning them’
Daymond John, founder of apparel line FUBU and investor on ABC’s “Shark Tank,” announced on Tuesday his launch of Black Entrepreneurs Day , a virtual event to support Black-owned businesses, on Oct. 24. John has invested much of his time
Two Black-owned DFW startups land funding from Google
After being accepted into the inaugural Google for Startups Accelerator for Black Founders, two local companies have landed funding from the technology giant. Joining 76 other startups, Dallas-based Kanarys and McKinney’s ShearShare were selected for funding through the recently launched
