Black-Owned Tech Startup Raises $225M

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BLACK-OWNED TECH STARTUP IN LOS ANGELES RAISES $225 MILLION, THE LARGEST INVESTMENT EVER FOR A TECH STARTUP LED BY AFRICAN AMERICANS

Los Angeles, CA -- A new Black-owned startup is making history as they have now received the largest investment ever for an African American led technology startup in the nation.

Black Unicorn Factory is an African American Accelerator program that is about to take the US by storm with its game-changing accelerated growth strategy for small businesses. This enterprising new development program, now commonly referred to as an 'accelerator' has raised $225 million dollars in funding from investors.

This is historic because currently only 1% of all venture capital is invested in African American startups. Currently, there are over 500 unicorns in the world but not one is owned by an African American.

Black Author on "Building Your Beauty Empire"

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ENTREPRENEUR UNVEILS BLUEPRINT TO SUCCESS IN NEW BOOK, “BUILDING YOUR BEAUTY EMPIRE: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCH YOUR BEAUTYPRENEUR JOURNEY”

Nationwide -- Entrepreneur and Medical Aesthetics Practitioner Lyndsey Brantley announces the release of her first book, Building Your Beauty Empire: The Ultimate Guide to Successfully Launch Your Beautypreneur Journey. The new author is the founder of Camellia Alise, an all-natural skincare brand and spa based in Houston, Texas.

Using her own experience as a backdrop, Brantley details her challenges and triumphs of launching her own products, creating training curriculums, winning multiple pitch competitions, and opening a brick and mortar spa and training studio.

Launching a Black-Owned Beauty Brand Just Got Easier

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HOW THIS BLACK FEMALE TECH ENTREPRENEUR MAKES LAUNCHING A BEAUTY BRAND 10X EASIER

Nationwide -- For businesses to thrive new requirements being met or exceeded is very much necessary. Experts and insiders agree, having a professional web presence is more important now than ever due to the pandemic and everyone shopping online. A trend that is certain to continue and grow. We aren’t surprised to see many of the new beauty industry businesses are being led by Black women. Anyone who understands Black history and culture knows that not only do Black women not play around when it comes to their hair and melanated skin, but they have been the foremost trendsetters in the American beauty industry since its birth.

Now with a clear spike in Black-owned beauty entrepreneurs starting their businesses to help cater to the needs of Black and brown women, a passionate professional tech firm is emerging to help. Brand developer and web designer Tiffani Alvaran, owner of PreMade Babe, has been on the scene with ready to launch websites and ready to post graphics that have been helping business owners get their business up and running in a quick and affordable way.

Black-Owned STEM Academy to Help Brown Communities

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FOUNDER OF BLACK-OWNED ACADEMY URGES MORE STEM EDUCATION FOR BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES

Atlanta, GA -- Marlon Lindsay, founder and CEO of 21stCentEd (A virtual STEM and CTE academy), announces the urgency of providing STEM education for all - especially for black, brown, and other minority communities. “Absent from economic opportunities created by a STEM education – for the most part – are black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC),” says Lindsay. He continues, “It is not merely a social good or altruism to include these historically underrepresented groups; it's an economic imperative.”

STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math – when taken together as an integrated discipline, provides opportunities for students to develop the enduring skills of critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration. A STEM project, by its nature, is an experience in the skills dubbed as 21st-century skills.

Black-Owned Wireless Carrrier and Streaming Service Partner

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LARGEST BLACK-OWNED CARRIER, FIGGERS WIRELESS, PARTNERS WITH BLACK-OWNED STREAMING SERVICE, KWELITV

Nationwide -- Figgers Wireless, the nation’s largest Black-owned carrier, is offering current and new subscribers of kweliTV 25% off all of its phones, TVs, F-Buds, speakers, or the first month of the Unlimited Plan when they join or renew their subscription.

kweliTV, a streaming service that curates independent Black films, is also giving all Figgers Wireless customers 25% off its monthly subscription plan as well as other perks that come with a kweliTV membership.

The collaborative deals went live on October 5 on both Figgers Wireless and kweliTV’s websites.

“We felt the timing and synergy was perfect for this partnership and we are very excited to introduce our state of the art services and products to kweliTV consumers,” said Germain Bebe, COO of Figgers Wireless.

HBCU Grad Launches $10.7M Venture Capital Firm

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ENTREPRENEUR LAUNCHES $10.7M VENTURE CAPITAL AND PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM CALLED HBCU SEED

Nationwide -- While attending Oakwood University as a business major, Terrel Davis became a serial student entrepreneur who recognized three significant problems that HBCU students faced: lack of resources, services, and funding. As such, he decided to establish HBCU Seed, a venture capital and private equity firm that solely invests in businesses owned by HBCU students, alumni, faculty, and staff.

As an HBCU student, Davis witnessed firsthand the socioeconomic difficulties that student entrepreneurs had to face. HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) generally only receive minimal financial support and amenities. That in turn leaves less money for them to support student entrepreneurs.

Experts say that the future of HBCUs is bleak since state legislatures and the federal government have reduced their funding in favor of financing institutions with larger endowments. When Davis established his own business, he was met with the same problems.

African Americans Can Study in Ghana

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IS STUDYING IN GHANA THE ULTIMATE BLACK COLLEGE EXPERIENCE?

Nationwide -- Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) traditionally have a mission to meet the educational needs of Black students, provide a safe space for them to grow, learn and express themselves and foster mutual respect for Black culture among a broader population.

Although not an HBCU in the traditional sense, Webster University Ghana, located in Accra, the capital city of Ghana boasts a holistic education program that marries academics with culture, history, and a continuously evolving aesthetic and worldview that is both African and global. Studying at this American university on the African continent offers an educational experience buttressed by the cultural richness of Africa’s first independent country.

Black Homeowners Fight Foreclosure; $1.2M Lawsuit Against Bank

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BLACK HOMEOWNERS FIGHT BACK AGAINST FORECLOSURE; $1.2M LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST ARTISANS’ BANK

Nationwide -- With a tsunami of foreclosures on the horizon, Black homeowners facing foreclosure must act judiciously when pandemic moratoriums have been lifted. Two important facts in fighting against a foreclosure action or lawsuit is to know which jurisdiction, Court, controls foreclosures. State courts have jurisdiction over foreclosures. Federal courts have jurisdiction over debt collection and consumer civil rights.

Homeowners without a lawyer, may in writing file an objection and request a hearing with a judge at State court. Lenders may file either or both of two types of ways for the mortgage debt to be paid (judgment): in rem (property) or in personam (in person). Should the home be sold at a lesser value than what is owed, a lawsuit with a judgment against the person, the lender may place liens against personal assets such as financial accounts, other real estate, etc.

Homeowners must be assured that they can fight back against any action to take their home. For homeowners with an impending foreclosure, seek out free help from a nonprofit agency that has a Housing Counseling” program.

Professor William Maxwell, Founder of The International Conference on Thinking XIX® (ICOT), Looks To End Racism

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CONFERENCE TO HOST 200 OF THE NATION’S MOST SKILLED BLACK THINKERS TO EXAMINE SOLUTIONS FOR RACISM IN AMERICA

Nationwide -- Professor William Maxwell, founder of The International Conference on Thinking XIX® (ICOT), is inviting high-achievement-oriented families to delegate at least one skillful thinker to attend a conference dedicated to ending racism.

Since the birth of this country, several distinguished scholars have warned that, like a cancer, racism would cause the death of democracy in America. The French nobleman, Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1835; Sweden’s Nobel Laureate Gunnar Myrdal’s An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy, 1944, Harvard psychologist Gordon Allport’s, The Nature of Prejudice, 1954, and many others warned that unless remedied, racism would cause “the streets of America to run red with blood.” Although “democracy” and the equality of humans is the official creed of America, Myrdal found that only 2% of American Whites believed in the equality of the races as taught by all the revealed religions of God.

According to Harvard psychiatrist Martha Stout, 4% of the American population are sociopaths and are apparently growing in number. In 2020, several extremist White Power organizations, one with more than 5,000,000 followers, urge Whites to buy more guns and ammunition and get ready for a race war that they hope to instigate around the 2020 elections. Their hidden goal is genocide. Thus, the urgency of this Emergency Summit Conference.

Dr. Shawn Smith Launches Diabetes Meal Plan For African Americans

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FOR BLACK FOLKS WHO WOULD LOVE TO SAY, "I USED TO HAVE DIABETES"

Austin, TX -- Dr. Shawn Smith, CEO and founder of the My Black Diabetes Meal Plan, has released the first-ever core product for reversing diabetes in African American pre-diabetics & Type 2 patients. It is called The 28 Day Plan. Designed to address the systemic challenges Black Americans face when dealing with diabetes, the program makes eating well a habit, not a chore.

The 28 Day Plan has taken the team over 560 hours of nutritional investigation to acquire and build. The core plan comes with easy to use software built around Black ‘soul food’ culture, detailed recipe and grocery lists, and a baseline of food combinations that have been used to take user A1cs (the three-month snapshot of blood sugar levels) from a 12 (high and unhealthy) to 5.2 (normal range).

Each plan is supported with a unique alkaline approach and backed by decades of peer-reviewed nutrition science shown to be the most impactful on blood glucose levels in long-term participants. With a growing community of Black diabetics also available through the platform, Black people facing diabetes learn quickly that they have a community of supporters who are going through the same experiences and are eager to grow together.

Black Woman-Owned Traveling Nail Bar

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ENTREPRENEUR LAUNCHES THE NATION'S NEWEST BLACK-OWNED “TRAVELING NAIL BAR”

Nationwide --  Markecia Dudley is a 28-year old wife, mother, nail technician, and entrepreneur. Born and raised in Georgia, she found her passion in doing nails at the age of 8 years old.

Growing into her teenage years, Markecia started her studies in nursing to become a labor and delivery nurse at Georgia Highlands College in Rome, Georgia. After 4 years of schooling and not getting into nursing school, she decided to return back to her first passion and that’s where the beauty of her doing nails began again.