Effortless Training
When Mario Godiva Green hops into his Kangoo Jumps boots he might be heading out to shop, run errands, or even go dancing at the club. It’s been reported that rebounding, the bouncing motion in jumping rope, on a trampoline, or in workout shoes like these, offers a variety of health benefits from improving cardiovascular health to cell regeneration, More...
We Have the Power to Serve You
Since our inception, Black Enterprise has accessed some of the most powerful business and political leaders on the planet. Flip to the magazine’s Power Player section, the headliner segments on Black Enterprise More...
The Time to Plan Your Retirement is Now
You’re 30 years old. Do you have any idea how much money you’ll need to support yourself in retirement? Let’s assume that you want to retire at the traditional age of 65, and that you intend to live fairly More...
Wealth: The Great Divide
The greatest divide in this country is not health, education or digital … it’s wealth. Very little I read shocks me. However, I must admit the recent Pew Research Center report on the continued erosion More...
Backtalk with Antonio “L.A. Reid
Antonio “L.A.” Reid has stayed professionally in tune since the 1980s, when he was part of R&B group The Deele and then co-founded LaFace Records with fellow member Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds. The More...
Texting to Africa
The African continent is becoming the fastest growing mobile phone market in the world, according to a 2009 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development report. And Teresa Clarke, chairman and CEO of Africa.com More...
Pure Success
CARA B Natural Products Inc. Owners: Landra Booker Johnson and Kristi J. Booker Location: Charlotte, North Carolina Product: Hair and skincare products formulated especially for ethnically diverse babies and More...
7 Ways to Avoid a Cash Flow Crunch
Too often, small businesses end up in a cash flow crunch because the need to screen out potentially deadbeat customers gets forgotten in management’s haste to grow revenues. Michelle Dunn, founder and president More...
Public Education: A State of Emergency
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” —Derek Bok, educator and former president of Harvard University American education is in crisis. And public schools, especially those populated by black More...
Backtalk with Quincy Jones
Renowned musician and producer Quincy Jones started his six-decade career as a trumpet player before becoming a sought-after arranger. In 1961, he was named vice president at Mercury Records, becoming the first More...