Digital Grass Innovation and Technology has announced that applications are now open for the Junction Halls Food and Beverage Success Incubator. This free 6-week program will provide comprehensive mentoring programs and marketing support for established food-based businesses, restaurants that have struggled during COVID-19, and entrepreneurs with a great food/beverage concept. The founders of Digital Grass, who manage the “GROW” CEO Space powered by the Pompano Beach CRA, have assembled a seasoned team of restaurant owners, restaurant consultants, marketing experts and business consultants to coordinate the incubator which launches January 19, 2021. Applications are available at https://junctionhalls.com/incubator/.
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In the midst of the continued fight against systemic in-justice, several athletes and franchises have led initiatives at the intersection of sports and activism. One of the latest efforts is being spearheaded by the Atlanta Hawks. The basketball franchise recently inked an exclusive financing deal with Black-owned banks, the NBA reported.
14-year old Gabby Goodwin now has a headquarters for her business, thanks to her parents, Comedian Mike Goodwin and Rozalynn Goodwin. The successful teen entrepreneur, who is the CEO of Confidence, is looking forward to fulfilling orders for her patented GaBBY Bows and girls’ plant-based natural hair products, as well as hosting entrepreneurship and beauty workshops there. The first commercial property investment for the Goodwin family also has retail space, a salon and office space for MTG Comedy.
“The launching of this new partnership and integration reflects a significant first for the Walgreens API team,” said Andrew Schweinfurth, Manager, Walgreens Developer Relations. “As we welcome Culture Greetings and founder Dr. Dionne Mahaffey, we acknowledge that she is the first African American female founder to join the platform.”
The new notebooks feature original artwork that includes positive depictions of children of color. With notebook names such as Brown Girl Genius Notebook and Brown Boy Brainy Notebook, the company is amplifying young voices of color and diversity by offering children’s books that are written and published by children.
It’s a good idea to conduct a financial health check-up to know where you currently stand. You can do this by reviewing your credit report to be on the lookout for any discrepancies, calculating your debt-to-income ratio, and assessing your emergency savings. It’s also important to determine if you need to obtain health insurance or plan for retirement. Depending on the results of your financial health check-up, you may need to consider more proactive strategies to help you gain financial stability.
On November 6-7, Kristi Jackson – White House-recognized innovator and founder of the Women CEO Project – will present the Global Power Tour to empower Black women business owners. The virtual conference will bring a power-packed lineup of nine renowned speakers to invest in Black women entrepreneurs with strategic and hands-on business development tools for success.
The 1,000 Black Families movement aims to address those very same inequalities. Having struggled as a single mother in the projects in New Haven CT, Dr. Roberta is all too familiar with the barriers that limit Black economic progress. After spending years speaking, writing, and teaching others how to break what she has dubbed “The Poverty Curse”, she seeks to share lessons she has applied to her own success with Black families looking to increase their overall wealth. And in keeping with that critical mission, Hoskie’s daughter, Allia, a senior at Morgan State University, an HBCU, has worked as the Managing Director of the 1,000 Black Family Program and has been instrumental in the program’s development.
Touted as the ‘Best Urban Foodie App’, Black Foodie Finder is an app database of Black-owned restaurants, food trucks, and other eateries all across the United States. The app features a list of Black-owned restaurants from over 6,000 locations that offer everything from soul food and barbecue to cultural cuisine, vegan dishes, and more.
Meet Adrian Le’Roy Devezin, founder of Empowr News, a news app built by Black engineers for a Black-owned nonprofit featuring only Black news publishers.