Finding a grant is one thing. Finding the right grant is another. A restaurant owner looking for funds to buy kitchen equipment should not spend three days applying for a technology accelerator. A...

Few corporate leaders take control of a global company just months before a crisis threatens its business. Kenneth Chenault’s Leadership Journey can be traced to when he became CEO of American Express...

Few technology executives have helped create multibillion-dollar results at two of the enterprise software industry’s biggest companies. When Charles Phillips joined Oracle as co-president in 2003...

Few venture capital firms were built to address one of the industry’s biggest funding gaps. By the late 2010s, Black women founders consistently received less than 1% of U.S. venture capital...

For decades, Red Lobster was one of America’s most popular restaurant chains. By 2024, it faced significant challenges.  Falling sales, expensive leases, and years of poor strategic...

While most venture capitalists were chasing the next app for twenty-somethings, Monique Woodard was asking a different question: what happens when the fastest-growing market isn’t young at all?...

Thasunda Brown Duckett’s ascent to the top of TIAA is more than just a corporate success story. It highlights issues like money, access, retirement insecurity, and what happens when someone who grew...

Tristan Walker’s role in Black entrepreneurship goes beyond establishing a grooming company. He compelled investors, retailers, and traditional consumer-goods companies to face a truth Black consumers...

Tristan Walker did not raise millions for Walker & Company by merely selling investors a razor. He raised funds by promoting a larger idea: that people of color deserved personal-care products...