Startup Mania! Keeping Your Costs Down after Closing Capital.

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) The tech and investor mania is cranking up again! Leafly.com (think AngiesList plus marijuana stores) recently closed $50MM in investment capital. Another fly-by-night app, YO (an app the pulls your contacts and merely text them, you guessed it, ‘Yo!’) recently closed $1.5MM in VC money. So whether you are getting seed money,... [Read more...]

Tradeshows: They Work if You Follow these Guidelines.

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) A trade show is your big chance to show off your newest innovations to industry insiders, potential clients, and the competition. The most important thing to remember about a trade show is that presentation is just as important as the product you are selling. If you want to really impress important people at your next trade show... [Read more...]

Part 4 – Getting Money from Family and Friends.

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) Outside of your own wallet, one of the most common places you and other entrepreneurs can go to get funding are people close to you. Your family and friends can provide a fast, bureaucracy free way of getting money for your business. In this article we will cover four very important things that will help you determine if this... [Read more...]

Kendrick Lamar, Frank Ocean and the curse of the classic album.

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) By 1986, the noted King of Pop, Michael Jackson was fresh off of the release of two commercial and critically acclaimed albums and enjoying his life as a global icon minus the rumors that were spreading about his personal life. Jackson set the goal for his next album, Bad,  to sell 100 million, far surpassing the mark Thriller... [Read more...]

America New Frontier for American Female Slave Descendants.

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) Do not allow to slip away from you freedoms the people who came before you won with such hard knocks.  ~David Herbert Lawrence It has been said that American slaves were not ready for freedom.  Hum? With a hint of sarcasm, I can’t help but wonder why people forced and kept in captivity would be ready for advancement.  With... [Read more...]

The Light At The End of The Tunnel.

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com)  These last few weeks have been quite the battle! Spiritually, emotionally, mentally and physically. I’ve dealt with so many shifts in my life throughout the year. I’ve had to ask and answer some very difficult questions regarding my own spiritual practice. I grew up in the Christian faith… I attended a Christian... [Read more...]

Single Parent Families and Pimps.

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) This post can be considered a continuation of my post, ‘Black Problems’ only because of the alarming amount of single parent households in the community, as well as the way those in abject poverty hustle, or make their money. *I cannot speak on any other culture, because I am ignorant as to what they do.* Since the days of... [Read more...]

Seeking a Shared Black Vision – Part I.

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) When we look back through the years and examine the black race’s march toward freedom in the United States, we see a singularity of focus that is missing today. In the past, all black people shared a singularity of focus generally when it came to freedom and civil rights. The reasons are relatively simple why the focus of African... [Read more...]

Human trafficking – Human Stain.

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) Human trafficking exists. It is all too real. I have a friend who lives a short drive away from my house. My friend’s name is not important, but my friend’s story is extremely important. Imagine being a child in a nice home with both parents. Imagine having what society deems as a normal life. Now imagine one day, your father... [Read more...]

Yes, Blacks Missing from U.S.-Africa Business Forum.

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com)President Obama hosted the first ever U.S.-Africa Business forum last week here in Washington, DC.  Leading up to the conference, the U.S. Commerce Department announced:, “On August 5, 2014, Bloomberg Philanthropies and the U.S. Department of Commerce will co-host the first-ever U.S.-Africa Business Forum, a day focused on... [Read more...]

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