Power Couple Launches Black-Owned Real Estate Brokerage to Help More Families Find a Home
Meet Calvin and Ro’Shunda Russell, founders of Park Place Realty Group, LLC, a Black-owned real estate brokerage that is helping families qualify for homeownership. The self-taught duo, who launched the company earlier this year, was able to purchase their first
Comcast RISE Awards More Than 20 Black-Owned Small Businesses in South Florida
[SOUTH FLORIDA] – Two dozen Black-owned small businesses in Broward and Miami-Dade Counties have been selected among the first round of Comcast RISE award recipients. Comcast RISE will help thousands of small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic over the
Black-Owned Tech Start Up Revolutionizes Home Inspection Industry
New York, NY — A new, innovative Baltimore-based tech start-up called AfterrHome is changing the way the world views the home inspection industry by using Artificial Intelligence to help prospective buyers and sellers book and facilitate home inspections. From its
Black SuperPac Urges Candidates, Parties to Spend Millions with Black Businesses
One of America’s leading Black conservative political action committee has instituted a national effort to help Black-owned businesses earn some of the billions of dollars spent during America’s political campaigns as the 2020 election year hits the home stretch. BlakPAC,
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
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
Black-owned firms to launch first affordable-housing REIT
MacFarlane Partners CEO Victor MacFarlane and Avanath Capital Management CEO Daryl Carter (Photos via MacFarlane Partners and Avanath Capital) Two of the largest minority-owned real estate investment firms in the country are teaming up to launch what they say is
How Reginald F. Lewis Influenced Generations of Black Entrepreneurs
Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun? is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The book is about Reginald F. Lewis, the legendary entrepreneur who rocked Wall Street when his firm, TLC Group, acquired Beatrice International Foods for $985 million. The
Master P hopes his Black-owned food brand will replace Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben’s
The rapper and entrepreneur Master P hopes that his brand of food, which includes rice, beans, grits, syrup and more, will help diversify the food industry. During that time, brands like Mrs. Butterworth, Aunt Jemima, Cream of Wheat and Uncle