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Young Entrepreneurs Take Front Seat Navigating Road to Success
Written on 30 Oct, 2009 at 15:18 in Small Business | viewed 2,552 times | 2 Comments
With a penchant for making money and a grasp of their life’s passions, these young money savvy students successfully run burgeoning businesses. Check out who they are and what they do.... (Continue reading)
The Y(awn) Generation? I Beg To Differ
Written on 30 Oct, 2009 at 13:38 in Blogs | viewed 463 times | 3 Comments
We only buy designer duds. The latest smart phone is No.1 on our priority list (if we even have a priority list.) For some members of Generation Y, saving is more like a mythological creature than something you actually do.... (Continue reading)
White House Discusses Nation’s Economy
Written on 30 Oct, 2009 at 9:12 in Business News | viewed 543 times | 1 Comment
The nation’s economy grew during the months of July, August, and September, after a year of stagnation. The Commerce Department reported this week that U.S. GDP (the total value of all goods and services made within our borders) expanded at... (Continue reading)
Teen Tips for Entrepreneurship
Written on 29 Oct, 2009 at 11:11 in Small Business | viewed 1,236 times | 3 Comments
In this, the third article of a four- part series about youth entrepreneurship, three teens tell the stories of how they started businesses and learned how to find fun while financing their futures.... (Continue reading)
Lesson Plans for Young Entrepreneurs
Written on 28 Oct, 2009 at 18:24 in Small Business | viewed 1,244 times | 3 Comments
In part two of BlackEnterprise.com’s four-part series on youth entrepreneurship, we’ll be looking at resources for parents and teachers on the basics of entrepreneurship. There are a number of tools available, from Web-based and online activities to classroom simulations, for... (Continue reading)
What To Do Today to Prepare For This Year’s Taxes
It’s not tax season yet, but by the time you finish feasting on turkey and calculating the damage from holiday spending, it’ll be time to gather receipts, fill out forms, and calculate deductions. Before Uncle Sam comes knocking like an... (Continue reading)
Obama Announces Plans to Boost Small Business Lending
Written on 28 Oct, 2009 at 11:14 in Small Business | viewed 456 times | 1 Comment
Flanked by thousands of boxes of paper records stored by Metropolitan Archives, a Maryland-based business that used an Small Business Administration loan last year to buy its building, Obama said, “There’s still too little credit flowing to our small businesses,”... (Continue reading)
Youth Use Entrepreneurship as a Pathway to Success
Written on 27 Oct, 2009 at 17:39 in Small Business | viewed 1,028 times | 3 Comments
Running a successful business is not an easy feat no matter what your age. Yet there are teenagers, like Kalief Rollins, the winner of the 2009 National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge, who were able to benefit from business start-up education and... (Continue reading)
Motor City Overhaul
Written on 27 Oct, 2009 at 9:48 in About This Issue | viewed 333 times | 0 Comments
When Black Enterprise announced its decision to have its 2009 Entrepreneurs Conference + Expo in Detroit, the move raised more than a few eyebrows. After all, if the nation was in a recession at the time, surely Detroit must be... (Continue reading)
Can Detroit Be Saved?
Detroit is known by many names: The D, Motor City, and Motown, among others. But this once sprawling metropolis of nearly 2 million has over the past few decades become more synonymous with poverty, crime, unemployment, and urban blight. ... (Continue reading)
