We would all like to be ground-breakers, pioneers. It’s not a trait someone can ignore or fail to appreciate. And one of the most amazing ground-breakers of all, the first self-made African-American female entrepreneur, was Madam CJ Walker. Imagine, at the dawn of the twentieth century, defying one’s station in life and shattering ceilings the ... Read more...
Spiegel Has a Reputation for Fighting for Reputations. Like Mark Zuckerberg, Mark Cuban, and Sean Parker, Evan Spiegel is known for his quirks and interesting personality than for his amazing business acumen. Like those others, Spiegel has an orchard of money trees in his back yard. But is the Western obsession, and if someone’s a ... Read more...
User Friendly Meets Earth Friendly. Paul Tasner is an over-fifty entrepreneur whose startup is Earth-friendly. PulpWorks, Inc. aims to replace toxic packaging with gentler and non-harmful alternatives. When it comes to packaging, for Tasner, it’s not some passing fancy or something he’s been excited about for a couple of years. Instead, he spent his career ... Read more...
Madam CJ Walker Worked Her Way to Successful Entrepreneurship The wealthiest black woman of our time may be Oprah Winfrey. But a hundred and fifty-years ago, during the Civil War era, the wealthiest black woman was Madame C.J. Walker. She was born in 1867, right after the Empancipation Proclamation. She grew up to become a ... Read more...
A look back at the disgraced entrepreneur's beginnings. He stood accused of striking his girlfriend one hundred and seventeen times, a shameful crime alleged to have been captured on video tape. Internet entrepreneur Gurbaksh Chahal lodged a not guilty plea, and while out on bail, he did something very particular to our times and within ... Read more...