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BLACK ENTERPRISE has brought together thousands of women who are serious about making power moves at the annual Women of Power Summit, now in its ninth year. Executives, entrepreneurs and innovators network, bond and share ideas that help them move their businesses, their careers and their personal lives forward. They also honor the leaders among...

Kenna Zemedkun has launched television shows, carved out his own music genre, created new ways of raising money for the issues he cares about and helped overhaul a social networking site....

Taste of Jamaica Restaurant will open its doors to the people of Sacramento on December 31st, 2013, making it the only Jamaican restaurant in the local area.The restaurant aims to bring the vibrant culture of Jamaica into California’s capital by offering classic Jamaican dishes in a setting reminiscent of the Caribbean island country. All of...

Louis B. Lynn’s family tree is rooted in entrepreneurship. His grandfather owned a grocery store and his father ran a butcher shop.“My father was businessman of the year back in the ’60s. Last year, we won the Ronald H. Brown Leadership Award,” says the president and chief horticulturalist of ENVIRO AgScience Inc. (No. 84 on the be indus...

Prestige Automotive Group CEO Gregory Jackson (Image: Courtesy of Subject)This week on The Urban Business Roundtable, Dywaine Betts Jr., speaks with Gregory Jackson, St. Clair Shores, Michigan-based Prestige Automotive Group,  one of the nation’s largest Black-owned businesses, ranked at No. 3 on the 2013 Black Enterprise 100s Auto Dealers list wi...

McKissack & McKissack President and CEO Deryl McKissack (Image: Courtesy of Subject)This week on The Urban Business Roundtable, Dywaine Betts Jr., speaks with Deryl McKissack, the president and CEO of McKissack & McKissack, a company specializing in architecture and interiors, program and construction management, and planning and...

September’s New York Fashion Week is one of the biggest gatherings around the runway featuring new collections from household names and up-and-coming designers. Fittingly, Brett Johnson is a rising designer in town to promote his new menswear clothing line.The 23-year-old founder and creative director of the Bethesda, Maryland-based Brett Johnson...

Starting a business is a goal of many entrepreneurs who wish to launch a multi-million dollar enterprise. For Jaylen Bledsoe of Hazelwood, Mo., that goal was met at the age of 15......

In 1958, newlyweds Ben and Virginia Ali used $5,000 to begin renovating a building at 1213 U Street. Built in 1910, it first housed a silent movie house called the Minnehaha Theater. Later, Harry Beckley, one of D.C.’s first black police detectives, converted it into a pool hall.On August 22, 1958, Ben’s Chili Bowl opened for business. And 55 y...

Cash Money Records and Cash Money Content co-CEO and co-founder, Bryan “Birdman” Williams, is moving from the music world, into the fashion and retail industry.In  a partnership with leading music merchandising company Bravado, Birdman announced the global launch of two apparel brands: Rich Gang & YMCMB at the Agenda Trade Show, hel...