Nowadays there is an app for virtually everything you can think of. This includes food and spirits delivery, movie times and locations, mixes put together by your favorite DJ, keeping up with your health insurance premiums and claims, banking, etc. Anything you want and/or need to get done may be completed by simply pressing a […]
So you have decided to start a small business and want to find the best and most effective means of connecting with and procuring customers via your social media accounts. What may be easy for those who already utilize the portals of social media may be difficult for others who have no interest and/or working […]
I have personally been approached to enter into business ventures with others on several occasions. A former boyfriend suggested that we start a business together in the entertainment industry offering services for music clearances and managing media content, and a dear girlfriend and former roommate and I decided to start a media business as well. […]
The recession caused a lot of former 9 to 5-ers to revamp their means of procuring income. Though the unemployment rate has decreased over the years, many of those in the work force do not feel secure that the tide is turning towards a more secure work environment. Based upon figures provided by The Freelancer’s […]
While I was still in law school, way before I even thought to go into business for myself, my brother, Adolphus Maples, III, now owner of Maples Media Group, LLC advised me to purchase the rights to my name as a domain for a website to keep “pirates” (for lack of a better word) from taking […]
When things go wrong, some people search for their favorite comfort food, others throw their hands up in defeat. For Brooklyn native, Yvette Gayle, lighting a candle does the trick. Gayle was 16-years-old when she made her first candle and realized there was true comfort in making them. But like many of us, Gayle put […]
Despite the spike in entrepreneurial efforts over the years, many people starting their own business still hold on to their “day” job for one reason or another. It is totally understandable for those creating new opportunities to want to hold on to a steady paycheck as the uncertainty of everything a new business brings can […]
Judith H. McQuown Title: Book & Magazine Author & Editor and CEO, Judith H. McQuown & Co., Inc. Education: A.B. Hunter College; New York Institute of Finance, former member New York Society of Security Analysts. Previous Job Experience: Wall Street jobs as Secretary, Portfolio Analyst, Senior Investment Analyst, City of New York. HelloBeautiful: Briefly describe […]
Name: Jamila Thompson Title: CEO of Rub A Dub Spa Parties For Kids, Inc. Education: 7th Grade Previous Job Experience: Being an awesome kid with amazing ideas. Author of “You Work It Girl: A Tween’s Guide to Beauty, Fashion and Other Cool Stuff.“ HelloBeautiful: Briefly describe your day to day activities and responsibilities as CEO […]
The good people over at Mattel are set to create entrepreneur Barbies to encourage young girls to have bigger dreams than just being glamorous girls of leisure, as that’s what Barbie’s beautiful image has been for decades. Mattel CEO, Bryan Stockton admitted earlier this year that Barbie sales made a staggering 13 percent drop. Hopefully […]
Many entrepreneurs fund their passions, products and ideas for self-made businesses on a wing and a prayer. Though lack of funds may cause many to avoid stepping out on their own to succeed as an entrepreneur, there are several stories of those who overcame the odds to build multi-billion dollar products and brands. Must Read: […]
“There is a security with corporate America that is very comfortable,” Dre Brown–the Founder and CEO of belleIEVE Beauty reminisced about when she decided to leave her corporate job as the Director of Partnerships & Public Affairs at WEtv and pursue her dream of making women beautiful from the inside, out. “I’m making money for […]
