Chicago, IL — Frustrated because she couldn’t find books that her six-year-old African-American niece could relate to and enjoy, a Chicago-based entrepreneur created a company featuring a library of ebooks whose storylines, characters and uplifting messages mirror the lives, families and communities of Black and...
Our Tech Innovator of the Week highlights an African American tech startup or innovator as part of Black Enterprise's lead-up coverage to the TechConneXt technology summit in San Francisco this October. This week's innovator: Kenneth L. Wright and his KleanCollar. “We’re looking to change the world...
The fatal shootings over the past couple of days have further ignited ongoing discussions about diversity and inclusion in the tech industry. With much of the conversation coming from social media platforms, it's time for more Silicon Valley executives to speak up about systematic racism, Erica...
The internet of things, and wearables in particular, may not be quite living up to the hype, but it turns out they may be just the thing for people suffering from Parkinson’s disease. A pair of engineering students from the University of Pennsylvania have started...
Suzanne Shank is a $2-trillion businesswoman whom few Detroiters have heard of. Shank, cofounder and CEO of Siebert Branford Shank, is one of the most successful African-American women on Wall Street. Under her watch and from her offices in the Buhl Building in Detroit, her firm...
Today, I only know of seven active early stage venture capital funds in America that have African American General Partners. There’s Troy Carter and Marlon Nichol’s Cross Culture Ventures, Charles Hudson’s Precursor VC, Kesha Cash’s Impact America Fund, Erik Moore’s Base VC, Lauren Maillian’s Gen...