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Resources for entrepreneurs are now available in Dallas’ southern sector with the opening of the Dallas Entrepreneur Center at the Southwest Center Mall in Oak Cliff. More than 450 individuals recently toured the new offices at Redbird and talked with business owners about opportunities available to help launch their businesses.

Texas Wholesale Furniture Co., based in Houston, Texas, is owned and operated by Prairie View A&M Alum, husband and wife team, Brandon and Naima Townsend. Their company works with 200 manufacturers nationwide, and specializes in wholesaling high-end residential and office furniture.

Every now and then a business plan just works. The business owner’s goals come to fruition. And then he or she takes on a more hands off approach. ...

 Sherman Lewis III says that he may be conservative by nature but he “bet the house” when he decided to launch his business venture in Houston 14 years ago.While creating a portfolio of real estate properties in the Washington, D.C. metro area, Lewis, who was 33 at the time, found out about the possibility of owning Shell gas stations. “It w...

At a gathering of the nation’s leading black executives and entrepreneurs, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner characterized Carlecia Wright as a “financial maverick.”In her role as director of the Office of Business Opportunity, Wright helps foster a more competitive, inclusive commercial ecosystem by giving minority-...

A black entrepreneur’s “power move” on the energy sector could create hundreds of jobs in one of the the poorest communities in Texas....