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BKReader
2 months ago
Brooklyn

Feb. 18: Brooklyn Black History Maker, Mandy Bowman

Geolocation technology and AI power the Official Black Wall Street app to support Black-owned businesses.
Mandy Bowman's inspiration from the success of Black Wall Street in Tulsa led to the creation of the app. [ more ]
Entrepreneur
2 months ago
Black Lives Matter

The Burden of Breaking Barriers is Pushing Black Leaders to Breaking Point. This DEI Expert Reveals Where We Are Going Wrong. | Entrepreneur

Breaking barriers can lead to powerful opportunities in business and create a lasting legacy.
Being the first often comes with challenges and adversity, both from within and outside of institutions. [ more ]
www.startupcan.ca
2 months ago
Black Lives Matter

Resources for Black Entrepreneurs in Canada

Black entrepreneurs face systemic barriers when trying to start a business in Canada.
55% of Black business owners in Canada have been denied a bank loan at least once. [ more ]
New York Amsterdam News
2 months ago
Coffee

Meet New Rochelle's Casaroma Cafe Crew

Casaroma Cafe aims to honor Caribbean heritage while building a thriving community space for Black and brown entrepreneurs.
Entrepreneurs Yari Flores and Kevin Rucker founded the cafe and are committed to showcasing small-business owners and hosting community events. [ more ]
www.3blmedia.com
1 year ago
Marketing

GoDaddy Empowers New Wave of Entrepreneurs With Learning Se

While many may think the last few years (a pandemic, supply chain issues, rising inflation costs, etc.) slowed entrepreneurship in America, GoDaddy's Venture Forward research initiative found quite the opposite is true.More than 5.27 million Americans started new microbusinesses since the onset of the pandemic and 2022 U.S. census data reveals a 42% surge in new business creation since 2019.
www.toronto.com
1 year ago
Toronto

'The path forward': RealOnes app makes it 'ridiculously easy' to find Black, Indigenous and allied businesses

After 15 years in technology, Joe Harry refinanced his condo and maxed out pretty much everything to create an app that makes it ridiculously easy to shop local and buy Black worldwide.RealOnes works on Android and iOS in 179 countries, it's free and it's exactly what Black entrepreneurs like Nikki and Paula Gowie wanted.
Food & Beverage Magazine
1 year ago
Food & drink

Introducing Uncle Waithley's Vincy Brew Ginger Beer with Scotch Bonnet

Karl Franz Williams, Caribbean-American mixologist, restaurateur and owner of Harlem's 67 Orange Street and New Haven's Anchor Spa, today announced the retail and online expansion of Uncle Waithley's Vincy Brew, Ginger Beer with Scotch Bonnet Pepper.A non-alcoholic small batch ginger beer, Uncle Waithley's is a refreshing beverage and an ideal mixer to add great ginger flavor to cocktails and mocktails.
Digiday
1 year ago
Marketing

How Pepsi is putting the spotlight on Black-owned restaurants with its marketing dollars

Pepsi wants to put a spotlight on Black-owned businesses to address their ongoing funding issues.Pepsi is reintroducing its program, "Pepsi Dig In Day" with chef Carla Hall to spend its marketing dollars on these businesses.Pepsi Dig In Day returns for its second year on November 4th and will collaborate with Black-owned restaurants across the country to host lively brunches where fans can sit and enjoy complimentary music and drinks.
Food & Beverage Magazine
1 year ago
Food & drink

Pop Star Ciara in LA to Celebrate Ten To One Rum!

Grammy Award winning artist and entrepreneur Ciara and co-founder of Ten To One Caribbean Rum Marc Farrell celebrated at the Gathering Spot in Los Angeles, CA.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Black business owners celebrate Juneteenth with pop-up event in Roseland

Black business owners gathered in Roseland on Saturday to celebrate Juneteenth with a pop-up event that included food, music and a raffle.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Sean 'Diddy' Combs to buy Chicago-area cannabis operations in deal connected to $2 billion Cresco-Columbia Care merger

Sean "Diddy" Combs has agreed to buy nine cannabis retail stores and three production facilities in Illinois, New York and Massachusetts for $185 million as part of required antitrust divestitures for the pending $2 billion Cresco-Columbia Care megamerger.The deal to sell off a portion of the combined Cresco-Columbia Care portfolio to Combs, announced Friday, includes the Columbia Care dispensaries in Villa Park and Chicago's Jefferson Park neighborhood, which have been rebranded as Cannabist, as well as a Columbia Care production facility in Aurora.
Eater Boston
1 year ago
Boston food

Next Up for Boston Food Influencer Everybody Gotta Eat: A Food Truck

Emmanuel Mervil of Everybody Gotta Eat - the catering operation, food-festival host, and food-centric Instagram handle with 18,000 followers that highlights Black-owned restaurants around Boston - is adding another branch to the business: a food truck.Mervil is planning to debut the truck for hire at private parties as well as for stops around town to serve the public starting in spring 2023, marketing director Dawn Martin tells Eater.
www.cbc.ca
1 year ago
Toronto

Ottawa should move fast on promised $200M fund for Black-led charities, group says | CBC News

Ahmed Hussen, minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion, holds a press conference on Parliament Hill on Monday to talk about support for Black community initiatives.
Digiday
1 year ago
Marketing

Why some want companies to spend more with Black-owned businesses

| By Julian Cannon
Some Black-owned publishers have seen an increase in ad revenue after some agencies started spending more on their channels.
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