Category: Black Enterprise

By Tony O. Lawson The Doux is a textured haircare brand that generated $38 million in sales and $7.3 million in EBITDA in 2025. At that […]

By Tony Lawson Real estate development is where capital formation, regulatory approval, construction risk, and long-term asset management converge. As capital is committed, approvals are […]

Businesses struggle when demand arrives faster than their systems can handle. It shows up as “sold out” across products, reservations, or time slots. On the […]

The close of a fund marks the beginning of an operational cycle that runs for a decade or longer. The workflows that govern it run […]

By Tony O. Lawson Zeal Capital Partners operates across financial technology, healthcare, and the future of learning and work as a connected system that determines […]

By Tony O. Lawson Many early-stage firms fail to translate early performance into institutional scale. The data doesn’t hold, LP conviction drops, and the firm stops […]

Beauty brands now operate across direct-to-consumer and retail simultaneously, with each channel placing different demands on inventory, fulfillment, and brand positioning. Retail requires committed inventory, […]

E-commerce growth is often measured in orders, revenue, and customer acquisition. What is less visible is how quickly that growth introduces operational strain. Systems that […]

CMMC enforcement has moved from roadmap to reality. As the Department of Defense phases cybersecurity requirements into active solicitations, compliance is no longer a preparatory […]

Real estate moves through a sequence of decisions. What gets identified, what gets funded, and what actually gets built. Most of that happens before a […]