“It doesn’t work, we throw another one out. It doesn’t work, we throw another one out, until it works… Look at Cardi B. She’s a prime example. She came from Love and Hip Hop, she came from the strip club. She came in and grinded [sic]. What’s more hip hop than that?”...
When Erica Mandy’s day job got in the way of her aspirations to discover what her entrepreneurial journey was going to be after being inspired by a blog on side hustles, she knew it was time to leave. That, and her growing frustration with chasing stories for...
Growing up in Queens, New York, Stephanie Rance always questioned why things were believed to be “this way” instead of “that way,” and why she couldn’t create something different. Later, throughout her career in the music industry...
Sahar Simmons knew for a while, even while she continued to rise in her career as a sports marketer, that she wanted to do her own thing. But it took some time for the Brooklyn, New York, native to take the leap and dare to get out of her comfort zone. It meant...
As gifted as she is, it still took a while for Kim Coles to realize that as an actor, comedian and author, she is an entrepreneur and her very own brand. In 2010, she finally began to embrace the power and agency that entrepreneurship affords her. But in 2007, Kim was...