By Nate Berg June 17, 2022 Black-founded startups have seen record amounts of investment recently, with quarterly funding commitments nearing or even topping $1 billion. But according to new data from Crunchbase, VC funding has dropped significantly in the second quarter of 2022, down to just $324 million. Only 100 startups with a … Continue reading After a brief streak, venture capital has ditched Black startups
By Shalene Gupta May 06, 2022 Dasarte Yarnway and Emlen Miles-Mattingly are two financial advisors who want to help diversify wealth by fixing the financial-advisor industry’s diversity problem. The barrier to entry for financial advisors can be high: New financial advisors must follow compliance, and if they want to manage assets, they must … Continue reading Meet the duo of Black financial advisors who want to help you manage and grow more wealth
Labor agency alleges Google illegally fired two workers who tried to organize Another employee said she was let go this week over an email to colleagues. K. Holt @krisholt December 3rd, 2020 Toby Melville / reuters The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has accused Google of illegally firing two workers who took part in labor … Continue reading Lawsuit accuses Google of fostering systemic bias against Black employees
By Jeff Beer March 19, 2022 When Walter Geer looks around, he doesn’t see a lot of people who look like him. As a Black executive creative director at the WPP-owned advertising agency VMLY&R, Geer rarely sees another Black face at his seniority level. In fact, when he started actively looking into just how many … Continue reading ‘Black Madison Ave’ should be a wake-up call to all corporate leaders
By Rosanna Durruthy February 21, 2022 We’re currently in the midst of one of the greatest transformations the world of work has ever seen, where professionals are rethinking not just how we work, but why we work. This new world of work has led to a wave of new entrepreneurs, including talent exploring … Continue reading We polled over 1,000 Black entrepreneurs. Here’s what they told us
By Frederick Gooding Jr. February 17, 2022 With most of the legal challenges resolved after the violent Unite the Right rally, of August 2017, and the statue of Robert E. Lee removed from its lofty pedestal in downtown Charlottesville, Virginia, local lawmakers in December 2021 voted to do the unimaginable—donate the statue to … Continue reading Not a single statue honored a Black person’s legacy until 1974. That has had very real repercussions
By Diana Shi February 17, 2022 Glassdoor released its list of top companies that were ranked by Black employees as providing opportunities for career advancement. The list comes during the height of Black History Month celebrations. The research also breaks down parts of the workplace that were most satisfactory and unsatisfactory to the … Continue reading Black employees rank these 10 companies highest for career opportunities
By Damali Peterman February 16, 2022 From racial discrimination to wage gaps, and more, people of color are still left to push for equity and their right to thrive in the workplace. According to a study conducted by Coqual (formerly the Center for Talent Innovation), over half of Black employees have felt racism … Continue reading These are the 5 biggest barriers for Black professionals
By Jennifer R. Joe and Wendy K. Smith—The Conversation February 12, 2022 President Joe Biden committed the U.S. government to racial equity by issuing four executive orders on Jan. 26 that seek to curb systemic racism. In the orders, he cited the killing of George Floyd in 2020, which sparked months of protests … Continue reading 3 ways Black workers say their white colleagues and managers can support them
One-Third Of Black Friday Online Shoppers Were Fake, Study Finds by Nina Lentini , Staff Writer @Nina_Lentini, December 2, 2021 Whoah! On the heels of upbeat reports about Black Friday sales come new data that reveal that a third of all online shoppers were bots and fake users. Cybersecurity company CHEQ says 35.7% of all … Continue reading One-Third Of Black Friday Online Shoppers Were Fake, Study Finds
