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How 62-year-old trailblazing engineer Deryl McKissack turned $1K into a $15 billion business
Deryl McKissack is the President and CEO of McKissack & McKissack, a Washington, D.C.-based construction management and design firm behind some of the most prominent buildings in America. Some of her...
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History-maker and ‘The Folklore’ founder Amira Rasool raises $3.4M to help diverse brands enter global stores
Amira Rasool is the founder of The Folklore Group, a business-to-business platform that connects retailers with brands from emerging markets across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and South America....
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Duke University speaks after ending scholarship for Black students
Duke University has ended its full-ride scholarship program for Black students following the 2023 Supreme Court ruling that ended affirmative action in admissions. The Reginaldo Howard Memorial Scholarship...
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Will Drewery on working for Elon Musk before building his own startup: ‘The hardest thing that I’ve ever done’
Will Drewery is the co-founder of Diagon, a startup that helps manufacturers procure equipment. After graduating from business school in 2012, he moved to the Bay Arena where a friend told him about Tesla,...
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Past experiences helped dad on journey to opening latest Black-owned Caribbean restaurant in NJ with son
Get to know Parris and Tristan Jordan, the father and son duo behind Bacchanal Junction, the newest black-owned Caribbean restaurant in Bloomfield, New Jersey. With a passion for Caribbean culture and...
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This Nigerian American is behind the 1st Black-owned sports complex in Corpus Christi expected to cost $28.3M
Dr. Kingsley Okonkwo is a Nigerian-American businessman behind the first Black-owned sports complex in Corpus Christi, Texas. Prior to starting the sports complex, he established the Corpus Christi Football...
