(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 ...
(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 ...
(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 ...
(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. ...
(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 trade and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve crossed paths with many within the last month or so discussing the topic of success. Now generally success, in this society, is acknowledged through that which is visible to the eye. That which is tangible. We view those who have attained their college degree, married, have a well ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Your business needs money. You don’t have money. They have money. How do you get them to give it to you? Before we move on to how to get money from specific types of investors and lenders THIS IS A MUST READ TOPIC SO DON’T SKIP IT. Getting funded ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With effect from the 1st of July 2014 it has become much more difficult for rogue traders to operate in the payday loans market. Following the introduction of tough new rules by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the industry has seen the number of such lenders reduced by almost ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the first Money Month articles we introduced the money month series and listed what we will be talking about. In the last money month article I asked you the very serious question of, “Are you even ready to get funded?” If you are new to the series I ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Are you even ready to get funded? As a former business lender for one of the largest banks in the nation I can answer that question. The question for most entrepreneurs is a big fat NO, you are not ready to get funded. In my love hate relationship with entrepreneurs ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If you are trying to make the best possible use out of your limited office space and you have all sorts of old physical records taking up valuable room then digitising your records is an idea well worth looking into. It will allow you to reduce your paper usage ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The recent gathering of serious, conscious, and intelligent brothers and sisters in Washington, DC on June 21, 2014, was so refreshing and stimulating. The event was called Power Talk One, and it was organized by Carl Nelson, radio talk show host par excellence, whose show is carried from 4-7PM ...