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Ginger + Liz Nail Wonders of the World Business Ginger Johnson and Liz Pickett are simple girls with a complex love of nail polish.  They top our list of moguls in the making and here’s what they had to say of their successful self-titled brand of nail laquer. Why did you start Ginger & Liz? […]

Ava DuVernay Final Cut Culture Ava DuVernay has been in the business of making films for well over ten years, but it wasn’t until 2006 when the creator of the DuVernay Agency (DVA), an award-winning film marketing and publicity firm, stepped up the plate and made her first film. “I always loved film, but I […]

Liz Burr A Social Experiment Business A graduate of MIT, Burr is a certified techie. When her sorority needed a new website, Burr delved into the World Wide Web knowing very little about how to create a functional website. Despite her limited knowledge of HTML, she knew she could figure it out if she tried. […]

Majora Carter Ruling With a Green Thumb Visionary Ruling With a Green Thumb Majora Carter, Visionary Coining the term Green the Ghetto back in 1999, Majora Carter spent the last decade exploring economic improvements for environmentally challenged communities. Born, raised, and residing in the birthplace of Hip-Hop, Carter wrote a $1.25 million grant to design […]

Jonecia Keels & Jazmine Miller The Tech Twins Innovation When AT&T announced its $10,000 “Big Mobile on Campus Scholarship Challenge,” Spelman undergrads Jonecia Keels and Jazmine Miller knew exactly what their prize-winner would be. Inspired by their inability to visit Spelman’s campus before making their final decision to enroll, Keels and Miller decided to develop […]

Joan Smalls A Head Above The Rest Culture Caribbean beauty Joan Smalls found success in her home country of Puerto Rico as the face of Estee Lauter before we got to know her as the rising star who is Gucci’s latest muse.  Only a year into her career, she was hand picked by Ricardo Tisci […]

Nonhle Thema The Globe Trotter Culture South African beauty Nonhle Thema is one of the biggest on-air personalities in her country, has a reality show, served as the Global Ambassador to Dark & Lovely, has started her own production company and rubs elbows with Virgin mogul Richard Branson as she works diligently to garner support […]

Becca Alexis Purveyor of Style Culture Stylist to the stars, Becca Alexis founded her business Pulchritude and Concepts in 2007. Since she’s worked with Ne Yo, Trey Songz, Valerie Ortiz, Marlon Wayans, Janet Jackson, Dawn Richards, Mark Wahlberg, Katherine Heigl, Harper’s Bazaar, Essence, Ginuwine and Jamie Foxx just to name a few. How did you […]

Bag Envy Briana Bigham Business Briana Bigham has always loved handbags.  In fact, her cousin held an intervention after Bigham binged on several pairs of handbags in one outing.  It is safe to say she knows her stuff and it comes as no surprise that when the time came for the fashion industry veteran to […]

Ester Dean The Firework Culture Katy Perry, Rihanna, Usher, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Ciara, and R. Kelly can all thank Ester Dean for their chart topping success.  The Oklahoma native’s song writing resume reads like a who’s who of music’s A-list.  After relocating to Atlanta, Dean teamed up with producer Polow da Don, Zone4Inc., and […]