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Sean Combs, Diddy
July 13, 2023
Sean "Diddy" Combs launched an e-commerce platform where consumers can discover Black entrepreneurs and buy their products.
October 31, 2022
The Black female-founded tech company Resilia has reportedly raised close to $50 million in venture capital to help fund expansion…
Entrepreneurship Reset with Coach Tish theGrio.com
September 22, 2022
Entrepreneurship is full of unexpected and inevitable twists and turns. Here's how to stay the course and succeed in spite…
Adobe
July 20, 2022
The St. Louis-based nonprofit, Brownpreneurs, aims to foster, support, and train the next generation of Black entrepreneurs.
The Reset With Coach Tish theGrio.com
May 6, 2022
Two best friends started a business together while each kept her corporate career going. This week, they tell Coach Tish…
Courtney Smith Detroit Phoenix Center homelessness
November 30, 2020
Courtney Smith founded the Detroit Phoenix Center to help find solutions for youth homelessness in her hometown.
Hadi Shakuur, CEO and founder of Muzbnb, poses for a photograph Friday, Aug. 2, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
September 4, 2019
Every few months, social media lights up with a story or viral video about discrimination in home-sharing: A host kicks…
traveling thegrio.com
April 4, 2018
We asked a group of savvy entrepreneurs to share personal lessons from managing a business and tips on how they’ve…
October 16, 2015
On Wednesday, rapper Lupe Fiasco took to Twitter to announce the creation of a new nonprofit organization aimed at helping…
June 5, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Brigette Kidd, co-founder of That's Suspicious Behavior (TSB), won best presentation and received a $50,000 investment to…
January 31, 2012
theGRIO's 100 - Michael V. Roberts is one of the country's most successful African American businessmen...
January 30, 2012
theGRIO's 100 - At the age of 16, Jermaine Griggs created Hear and Play, a site dedicated to helping users…
January 23, 2012
JAIPUR, India (AP) - Oprah Winfrey says she is confident that President Barack Obama will win another four-year term in…
December 6, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Outlets on both sides of the Atlantic are reporting on a New York City man who makes…
October 28, 2011
Blogger-turned-investor Michael Arrington ignited a controversy with his comments about the visibility of minority-led companies...
June 24, 2011
Africa is starting to change for the better and Kenya is becoming the leader in this long overdue movement offering…
February 11, 2011
Conversations surrounding sexually transmitted illnesses and the rise in new cases of HIV often morph into great concern; but, typically,…