How did you first get involved in your business? Welcome to our special interview series, Black Owned Businesses in the Spotlight, where we highlight successful businesses that are doing amazing things. We believe in a concept that says “you have to see it, to seize it.” No longer will we wait for others to acknowledge …
IndustryBuzzZ Media Network was created by an energetic young woman who set out to inspire others while following her dreams. Lutonya Lang uses her platform to inspire, encourage, and entertain. She has interviewed a large array of successful African Americans from small business owners to actors. She learns and pulls inspiration from every interview she …
Marley Dias is moving mountains and breaking glass ceilings and she’s 12 years old. Marley is the founder of the #1000BlackGirlBooks, which was a campaign that set out to donate 1,000 books featuring Black girls as main characters. After completely demolishing that number and collecting more than 10,000 books, Dias secured a book deal and …
Although he has millions Lebron James chose to invest in himself. He turned down a guaranteed $14 million deal with McDonald’s to work toward building his own franchise and it looks like it’s paying off. He talked about why he made the decision to invest in Blaze Pizza instead of the million dollar McDonald’s contract: …
Antoine Wade is working his way into the deodorant market. Yes you guessed, he is related to Dwayne Wade, they are cousins. He has worked with his famous cousin in many ways over the years as business consultant on products, endorsements, and commercials. He also ran Dwayne Wade’s fantasy camp for several years. “When I …
Many of us have heard countless jokes about black women and our hair. Yea it’s true many of us don’t like getting our hair wet but our rigorous hair regimens can be exhausting. Who wants to dedicate hours, daily, to doing their hair? Not me. Now avid black female swimmers can swim as often as …
Nigerian sisters Chinelo Chidozie and Ndidi Obidoa collaborated to create beauty products specifically for black skin. To give black women and women of color more beauty options these sisters created the Bolden skincare line. One of their products includes a sunscreen which will not leave a white film on black skin. In an interview with OkayAfrica, Chinelo Chidozie …
Moziah “Mo” Bridges snatched our attention in 2014 when he and his mother, Tramica, appeared on Shark Tank to market his company, Mo’s Bows, and gain financial backing. He was only 12 years-old when Daymond John, the creator of FUBU, invested in Mo’s Bows which specializes in creating handmade bow and neckties. Now fast forward …
It was completely heart wrenching to hear 10 year-old Kheris Rodgers talk about how colorism affected her self-esteem. During a news interview, Kheris shared a troubling experience. She was in class and her teacher asked the class to draw pictures of themselves. As the teacher passed out crayons she handed Kheris a black crayon because …
At 31 years old, Nancy Twine is the youngest African American woman to launch a line at Sephora. Twine got her start developing personal care products working with her grandmother in the kitchen where she learned to use toxin-free alternatives in soap and other household products. While none of the products in her line come …
