According to the 2026 Wells Fargo Impact of Women-Owned Businesses report, Black women owned roughly 2.8 million nonemployer businesses in 2025. That number climbed 13.2% in just one year, faster growth than any other racial or ethnic group of women…
Somebody in Florida just matched all six Mega Millions numbers. Jackpot: north of $800 million. By tomorrow there’ll be the usual wave of confetti graphics and “10 things I’d buy” listicles, and by next week most of that coverage will…
Buying a home is still difficult for many Black families. Keeping one in good condition is becoming an equally important challenge.The Go Urban Companies (TGUC) Financial just rolled out a $150 million home improvement loan portfolio. TGUC is a Black-led…
Sheena Allen’s early edge wasn’t technical skill. She never had that. What she had was a willingness to split two things most people treat as one: knowing what a product should be, and knowing how to build it. In 2011,…
Most people would have built a major tech conference where the money already was.Justin Samuels didn’t buy it. He bet on Atlanta instead. When Samuels launched RenderATL in 2019, he wanted something bigger than another regional meetup. He wanted a…
