Displaying items by tag: Women Entrepreneurs

What’s the secret to great chocolate? Pam Eudaric-Amiri would know. The owner of Chocolate Secrets & Wine Gardens Inc. on Oak Lawn Avenue treats her customers to gourmet, hand-made chocolates daily with flavors from all around the world....

Black Enterprise for nearly two decades has recognized teenpreneurs with the goal of inspiring youth to view entrepreneurship as an exciting option, to develop a basic understanding of business principles, and to be ambitious in their career goals. Each year at the Entrepreneurs Summit, hosted by Nationwide, BE presents its Teenpreneur of the...

Research shows that wearing their natural hair makes black women feel liberated, confident, and different from others, giving them a tremendous sense of pride in being black while displaying their natural beauty, notes Tonya Roberts, Multicultural Analyst at Mintel. “The prominence of the market reflects the high price tag of many natural hair c...

Entertainment media mogul Oprah Winfrey is looking to expand her scope of business beyond OWN—and television and film production. She is looking to produce food and beverage items. In fact, she may even be lining up enough products to open her own retail outlet or gourmet food store, according to reports. Last month, Winfrey quietly filed d...

A Spelman grad is making her mark as one of the top UNIGLOBE Travel International franchise owners. The U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Columbus District Office has announced the winners of its 2016 Small Business Awards competition, and Elizabeth Blount McCormick, president and co-owner of UNIGLOBE Travel Designers, was named the...

New and seasoned entrepreneurs will disclose that building a business from the ground up isn’t for the faint of heart.Following the logistics and planning in building your business, you’re then left with the often deal-breaking task of ensuring that business is successful. For many aspiring entrepreneurs, this is the hard part—the wait for success....

Courtesy of Wingstop Franchisee Tina D. HowellTina D. Howell is a visionary entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in the business world.She currently owns and serves as CEO of Virtual Home Care Inc., a home health agency located in Dallas, Texas, as well as two highly successful Wingstopfranchises in South Florida.Wingstop is a...

It’s no secret: Africa is a continent that is being touted by experts, residents, and media alike as a more-than-emerging, enterprise gold mine.Though the challenges of infrastructure, corruption, and terrorism are still present, taking on lucrative ventures is not such a far-fetched idea, especially for black...

Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) achieved another record year in 2015 with 44.7 percent of its contracting spend with woman, minority, and service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprises. This was the fourth straight year that......

In honor of Women’s History Month, the U.S. Small Business Administration has announced that the federal government met its goal of awarding 5% of federal contracts to women-owned business owners (WOSBs) for the first time in history—a huge milestone for female entrepreneurs and the small business community.American Express OPEN, who...