Category: Black Enterprise

The eyewear category does not operate like most consumer goods markets. Products move through independent optical practices and specialty retailers that are supplied almost entirely […]

By Tony Lawson Architecture sits at the front end of infrastructure. Decisions made during the design stage shape how institutions operate, how public investment is […]

Woodlawn Central is an ambitious development project on Chicago’s South Side, a large-scale, mixed-use development steps from the Obama Presidential Center, Lake Michigan, and the […]

World Wide Technology is a St. Louis-based enterprise technology services firm founded in 1990 by David Steward. The privately held company generates approximately $20 billion […]

Middle-market private equity is evolving. Cedric Powell, a partner in Squire Patton Boggs’ Global Corporate Practice in Washington, DC, sees the shift as structural. The […]

By Tony O. Lawson National CDFI lender Lendistry will manage $100 million in small business financing on behalf of Visa. A global payments company allocating […]

In 2018, Pat McGrath became one of the few Black founders in beauty to see her company valued at $1 billion. Pat McGrath Labs had […]

Equity funding has become the dominant narrative in startup financing. Venture capital attracts outsized attention relative to its actual deployment. It is a selective, concentrated […]

Discussions about Black-owned banks frequently focus on individual action. Open an account. Move deposits. Demonstrate support. Less attention is given to the structural factor that […]

Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo is expanding his business portfolio. He has launched FR34K Gummies, a new candy line developed with Candy Funhouse, the online […]