With the backlash against DEI from the White House to Silicon Valley, how Atlanta’s Collab Capital is helping to close the funding gap for Black founders.
In his new book, Afro Sheen, the legendary founder of the Johnson Products Company chronicles his creation of a business empire that spanned the Jim Crow era, the Civil Rights movement and the rise of Black economic power.
Jim Reynolds built Loop Capital into the biggest Black-owned investment bank in the world. Now, along with some of the NBA’s biggest stars, he’s helping Coco5 become a player in the premium hydration beverage market.
Ozy Media founder Carlos Watson was just sentenced to nearly 10 years for attempting to defraud investors. Counter to his claims, it doesn’t spell a downfall for all Black founders.
Gregory Shepherd, the founder and CEO of Kultivated Haircare, has poured his overtime pay from the FDNY into building a presence in fast-growing Black haircare market.