Posts Tagged ‘Business’

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Jan24

The Power of Good Customer Service

by Duane on January 24th, 2012 at 7:42 am
Posted In: success

Laurel, MD (January 17, 2012) — When 36-year old Brian White opened his barbershop in 2008, he wanted to try something different. He didn’t just want to offer haircuts like other barbershops in the area. First, he wanted to re-introduce the “bow-tie” effect to a generation that has never seen that. And, secondly, he wanted [...]

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Dec23

Formulate a Business Partnership Based Solely on Race? Good Luck with That One

by Duane on December 23rd, 2011 at 7:54 am
Posted In: Commentary, Headlines

Recently, my wife and I were asked enter into a business partnership with a few other Black entrepreneurs that we have never met up until the phone call I’m talking about. Allow me to cut through the chase: we declined. Allow me to explain.

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Dec16

From a Brutha on Facebook

by Duane on December 16th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
Posted In: The Brothas

Not from me, folks. Just a response a friend posted on Facebook.
“I dont believe in the “spread the wealth” jive. I built my business from scratch and nobody spread a dime in my direction. The wealthy didnt pay my healthcare premiums. I took personal responsibility. Funny

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Nov16

How would YOU fix the economy?

by Duane on November 16th, 2011 at 7:01 am
Posted In: Economy

AOL founder Steve Case provides some food for thought on the matter.

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Nov10

Minding our Business

by Duane on November 10th, 2011 at 7:08 am
Posted In: Economy

So I guess this is going to be the BlackEnterprise.com post for today (I know I have some readers over there, so can y’all please disable that on-load video?)
Anyway, here are two great articles they recently emailed to me that I thought was well worth the read.

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Nov09

Got an idea for a start up?

by Duane on November 9th, 2011 at 7:05 am
Posted In: Economy

“Portsmouth, VA (November 8, 2011) — If you’ve got an idea for a new product or service and have been thinking of starting your own business, then February 16, 2012 is a day you wish would come sooner than later. On that date, some 100 aspiring and existing small business owners will be part of [...]

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Nov01

Why some people stay broke

by Duane on November 1st, 2011 at 7:22 am
Posted In: Headlines

Here is a great post I found over at blackweb20.com regarding the useless “Arrington is evil” Twitter campaign (Michael Arrington is the founder of Techcrunch. He was recently quoted as saying that he “Didn’t know any black entrepreneurs”). This quote was a dang SNIPET of an entire show. But of course it does not take [...]

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Oct27

Customer service and slavery

by Duane on October 27th, 2011 at 7:22 am
Posted In: Commentary

We hear all the time about all the things that have been inherited because of slavery: our diets, broken family structures, irresponsible men, our inability to learn like other people, financial instability and more. But there is one thing that is constantly left off of that list: Customer service.

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Sep10

What Black folks were able to accomplish without a jobs bill

by Duane on September 10th, 2011 at 10:32 am
Posted In: Remember

Yup! I’m taking it waaaaay back again. In a time when government flat out refused to help Black folks, we got together along with a few friendly Whites who believed in us and built our own economy.
You have to click on each picture to read the text. Just mouse over the picture once you get [...]

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Feb21

A bit of good news in B-More

by Duane on February 21st, 2011 at 7:53 pm
Posted In: Economy, success

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“Maryland had 102,135 black-owned businesses in 2007, up 47 percent from 2002, according to the national Survey of Business Owners, part of the five-year Economic Census. In 2007, black-owned firms in the Baltimore area accounted for well over a third of all the black-owned companies in the state.”
This is certainly good news. I just wished [...]

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Dec08

Dear Urban League: Putting more “bruthas on the wall” isn’t enough

by Duane on December 8th, 2010 at 9:34 am
Posted In: Commentary, Economy, Headlines

Last week, Patricia A. Coulter, president and CEO of the Urban League of Philadelphia posted a plea (because that is exactly what is was) to non-Black companies to hire more Blacks on their corporate boards.

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Aug30

When You Have To Tell People, It Is A Deeper Problem

by Duane on August 30th, 2010 at 8:58 pm
Posted In: Commentary

I dare you to do a Google search under the following terms~

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May28

AmeriKKKa: The Struggle Continues…

by Duane on May 28th, 2010 at 8:25 am
Posted In: Economy, Headlines

The Jim Crow days are once again upon us.
“Business startups reached their highest level in 14 years in 2009, according to a new study released by the Kauffman Foundation, a nonprofit research firm. Data shows 558,000 new businesses were created each month in 2009, with African-Americans and people 55 and older fueling the greatest increases. [...]

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