Category: Black Businesses

  —  Marsha B. @IntroverNTheCity, Hello Beautiful Most people choose to address their fitness goals at the top of the new year. Because everyone aims to get their bodies together in time for the spring and summer seasons, there is a heavy emphasis on diet and exercise. With Covid dominating most of 2020, the public […]

  —  Dana Givens, Black Enterprise Racial justice advocacy group, Color for Change, is doing its part to help Black entrepreneurs and brands survive through the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization has recently launched a new digital directory to help consumers discover Black-owned brands under various categories called the Black Business Green Book so consumers can patronize Black business through the holiday season. […]

  — Shoppe Black Staff, Shoppe Black Despite the challenges now faced by many small business owners these days, a Black farmer in Seatlle is managing to survive and thrive. Ras Peynado is the owner of Seattle based, Herban Farms. He is following the footsteps of his father, a fourth-generation farmer who lived and died in […]

  — BLACK ENTERPRISE Editors, BLACK ENTERPRISE 8-year old Zoe Oli is on a mission to inspire self-love and confidence in young girls of color with her company Beautiful Curly Me. She has created a line of black dolls with curls and braids, hair care products, and has authored two books – all within the past two […]

  — DeAnna Taylor, Travel Noire As Brooklyn native Jay Z said, “Over here we measure success by how many people successful next to you.” That could also be said for Brooklyn resident Sunshine Foss and her husband Remo. The Foss’ are the proud owners of Happy Cork, a wine and spirit store that features Black and […]

— TOM FOSTER, EDITOR-AT-LARGE, INC. Tristan Walker, founder and CEO of Walker & Company Brands, which makes personal-care products for Black people, reflects on the lessons he’s learned from his mentor Roz Brewer, who is now the COO of Starbucks. –As told to Tom Foster I got to know Roz Brewer four or five years ago. She was the CEO […]

Like most good businesses, Loza Tam was created to meet a need. Founder Tomara Watkins started the business, which sells head wraps, turbans, and headbands, back in 2016 to solve her own hair issues. “I was in a Bikram yoga class, and I have a big kinky curly fro. I had on one of those little headbands […]