Black Women In Business
The Consequences of Starving Your Business
Look, sis, we all know that running a small business takes a lot of funds, and it’s tempting to cut the costs where you can. But, it’s also important to know that taking a do-it-yourself approach to the big things isn’t really free. Instead, if you try to DIY the tasks that keep your business…
Read MoreMoney Moves During the Pandemic Recession
The 2020 recession did not come to play. If these last few months of the pandemic have showed us anything, sis, it’s that things are always changing. COVID-19 and stay-at-home orders have impacted everyone, but Black-owned micro businesses like yours and mine have probably been hit hardest of all. Financial experts have already identified this…
Read MoreThe Home Office: 7 Tips for Productivity When Working From Home
Working from home brings its own unique challenges, since home tends to be a personal space where we go to relax, decompress, and live our lives beyond the workplace. The people who work from home successfully are the ones who figured out how to set boundaries between their work lives and their personal ones, enabling…
Read MoreSistahbiz Spotlight on Orion Brown
Orion Brown, Founder & CEO of BlackTravelBox®, is a brand strategy professional with over 15 years of experience. Before becoming a full-time entrepreneur, she led brand strategy at Oracle. Where she facilitated Fortune 100 client engagements to deliver data-driven consumer insights. She led brand marketing efforts for the Transformers and My Little Pony brands at…
Read More17 Podcasts Every Black Woman Entrepreneur Needs In Her Rotation
I love to catch up on podcast episodes during routines, like my daily commutes, when I’m folding laundry or cleaning. I struggle to find time otherwise for my own entrepreneurial development. So I tune in for this reason and for many of the same reasons that Forbes has shared. Podcasts are a great way to…
Read MoreSistahbiz Spotlight on Sales Maven Nadia Brown
Dr. Nadia Brown is a sales strategist, consultant, trainer, and founder of The Doyenne Agency, a sales firm that works with business owners, companies, and corporations to multiply revenue and awaken the consistent closer within your sales team using the Consistent Sales Method™. Nadia brings over fifteen years of experience and massive results with clients,…
Read MoreSistahBiz Spotlight on Marci Perry
This week’s SistahBiz Spotlight is Marci Perry, owner and founder of Denver Shine Company, an innovator in the Denver entrepreneurial scene. After working for a family member’s shoe shining business in college, she launched her company with a mission to redefine the way that people think of the shoe shine business, added a mobile element…
Read MoreSistahBiz Spotlight on Toi Massey
Our SistahBiz spotlight for this week is Toi Massey. This inspiring sistah is a mechanical engineer, nuclear physicist, and black belt! She does not play! Toi Massey is well known for her efforts to help children from all backgrounds gain access to resources through her STEAM education program at the JEKL Foundation. Her consulting agency,…
Read MoreSistahbiz Spotlight on Gerri Howard
Gerri Gomez Howard is the She-EO of the Gomez Howard Group (GHG), an integrated marketing and communications firm that specializes in developing and implementing initiatives that promote important social issues and engage diverse, multicultural audiences. Gerri enjoyed an 18 year career in television working for KCNC-TV a CBS station in Denver where she led the…
Read MoreSistahbiz Spotlight on Sonaya Williams: The CEO Partner
The founder of The CEO Partner®, a systems driven, profits-obsessed, Digital Project Management agency that helps smart CEOs grow their business and meet their goals. Sonaya started her service based business in November of 2011 while still working full-time in Corporate America as a Senior Financial Systems Analyst. Since then, she has built a six-figure…
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