Over the last decade, Ivan Thomas has emerged as a powerful force within business, lifestyle and entertainment, elevating the public images of celebrities and big companies, as well as catapulting unknown entrepreneurs from obscurity into the spotlight. He is often found on a red carpet somewhere, or at a TV or radio station with a client....
Please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today? I come from very humble beginnings in the great city of Troy, Alabama. I began laying my blueprint while I was incarcerated(I was incarcerated at the age of 17 with the sentence of Life w/the possibility of parole). I served...
The Humbl Hustlr Foundation held its 2020 Hustl•Print Summer Entrepreneurship Pitch Competition and Vine City Community Cleanup on Saturday, August 1, at the Russell Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. A day dedicated to youth mentorship, young Black men throughout the metro Atlanta area participated in a basketball clinic, entrepreneurship pitch competition, and community cleanup, where...
Please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today? I got to where I am today with hardwire, dedication, due diligence and patience for a better life. Success wasn’t my only goal in life. Survival was and still is. Valencia McKinney, what should we know? What do you do best?...
After a highly successful launch that left shelves bare, Rivente’ Cognac has fully restocked with a more refined look, feel, and message. Their Juneteenth release was both intentional and symbolic as the brand encourages cognac lovers to have it “Your Way” while envisioning a “New American Dream.” With its newest release, Rivente’ is paying homage to Black excellence while...
Traffic Sales and Profit (TSP), a powerful network and Facebook group of almost 14,000 purpose-driven African American entrepreneurs, has announced that 91 of the Black business owners in their tribe have worked together to collectively generate $49 million in sales within just one year (from July 2019 to July 2020). Led by its founder, Lamar Tyler,...
Please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today? My name is Stephanie Aukes. I am a PR-expert and media coach from Amsterdam, The Netherlands. I first started in PR when I was about 23 years old. When I was working as a volunteer, organizing entertainment events I met...
Please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today? I was raised by my single mother with my little sister. I had seen so much while growing up. Before my dad left, he would drink and become brutally abusive with her. The things that I saw as a child...
How did you get to where you are today? The hurt from my childhood at one point was so toxic in my life that it was destroying me as an adult. But, after much perseverance, hardwork and believing in myself, my relationship with God was able to turn my entire life around to becoming the...
Meet the prominent business professionals of color who are successfully leading our Black and Brown communities to financial empowerment, credit achievement, and powerful investing (generational wealth) through education. They are Derricka Harwell, CEO of BeautifyCredit, award-winning, published author of Beautiful Credit and founder of the “Beautiful Credit Tour” – an 18 city tour to inner-city high school youth...