Recently I had the opportunity to be a witness to the ode of “what goes around comes around”. You see, being black in business I’ve had to grit my teeth plenty of times when potential patrons would use whatever reason they would for taking their business elsewhere:
“We want to expand our options.”Translation: We don’t want [...]

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I have a really good colleague of mine that I do some video work for and we have a great business and personal relationship. We’ve worked on numerous projects and have gotten each other business several times. He happens to be white, and we’ve never had any issues with race, color, status, or creed. But [...]

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I was talking to a good friend of mine who was on her way to the salon this morning. As she approached the salon, we ended our conversation as she clearly seen the lights in the building were on, and the “Yes, We’re Open” sign was on the door.
When I talked to her later [...]

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Amidst my move of the business to a new location, it’s been interesting working with new marketing strategies and starting over in terms of networking, business building, and just learning my way around town (I just recently moved to Atlanta, GA from Michigan).
But one thing that has remained the same has been my ode to [...]

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As part of a video production company, we have a wedding videography division that does a number of wedding videos throughout the year. I personally love doing them for the complete workout of the skill set of the video professional. It’s like some people who like to workout love to go swimming because it works [...]

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I can always tell the other black business owners I run into that have put some serious thought into their business. They usually clamor to me about this great idea, and wonderful marketing strategy and this unique niche that will separate them from the competition.
Then they turn to me and ask how can they do [...]

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We’ve all done it before (black people), made up the lame excuse of CP Time, talk about how we don’t do business with black folk anymo’, and assume we can get some kind of “hookup” because there’s some kind of connection between us.
Unfortunately I believe this is the kind of approach to business that holds [...]

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