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Chandler Malone on building Bootup, and the investor updates and investor packet that helped him raise a $2.1M Seed round

Holler, a Black-led startup, has partnered with billion-dollar brands. Here's a pitch deck they've used to land deals.

Scholly's CEO Christopher Gray Tips On Mobile App Engagement And User Retention

From corporate baddie to tech baddie - An inside look at a non-techie's job at Kapwing

Gerome Sapp on building Rares' MVP and raising $5.2 million in venture capital

Gerome Sapp breaks down his journey launching Rares, getting rejected by VCs 87 times, and then ultimately raising $5.2 million dollars.

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Fintech founder Robert Greenfield shares tips for new entrepreneurs

Robert Greenfield raised $1.5 million for his startup. Here's his advice for early-stage Black founders, and his tips on tackling the TAM and competition slides.

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How Happied pivoted and found product-market fit

A year before the COVID-19 pandemic, I learned about this new Black, female-owned startup that was connecting people to dope happy hours. Immediately, I knew I wanted to feature this

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The cofounders of Lendtable on finding product-market fit & acquiring customers

Behind every startup's story of raising millions in venture capital, there are the real stories of long nights, pivots, failed ideas, declining revenue, and struggles of finding product-market fit. In

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Brandon Smithwrick of Squarespace on building a powerful personal brand

"I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man." This is one of the most legendary lines from Jay-Z, and it perfectly describes Brandon Smithwrick, Senior Content Strategist at Squarespace. Brandon

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Content Creator Abraxas Higgins shares how to use social audio to grow your brand

Whether you're looking to grow your personal brand or company, using audio and engaging in social audio spaces can help you attract opportunities.

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How Jabari Lateef broke into tech at Nike, Survey Monkey, and Home Depot

Most people would say that Jabari Lateef isn't your typical guy working in tech. However, it's time we change that narrative because Jabari is a great example of what the

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The founder of Calendly on building a unicorn tech company

I’m sure you’ve used or heard of Calendly.com and if you haven’t, get ready to meet its founder Babatope (Tope) Awotona. Calendly is a scheduling appointment

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This Founder Turned $5000 Into a Wildly Successful Business Without a Plan—Here's How

While working full-time as an esthetician and skin care educator, Lesly Thornton saw the significant impact that clean, well-formulated products had on her client’s skin health. So, in 2010,

career development

'Aight, I'mma head out' - How to Successfully Make a Career Transition When It's Time To Go

We touched on this a bit in the 'how to make a resume tweak' article but transitioning your career can be scary but its completely doable! In the past, companies

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Tap, tap, tap in to your customers with email marketing strategies that work

One of the biggest mistakes that entrepreneurs make is solely relying on social media to sell their products to their target market. While yes, social media platforms like IG, Twitter,

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Hakeem James on why “customer obsession” is the key to his startup's success

Companies that are customer-obsessed have experienced great success. Learn more about customer obsession and how it has helped CustomerX.i grow.

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The CEO of Perch Credit on how creating KPIs helped his startup grow

As a founder, you’re juggling fifty-leven things at once and everything seems like a priority. Because of this, you often find yourself unfocused, all over the place, and not

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Raise more money crowdfunding with Google Analytics

Hey, early-stage entrepreneurs! Crowdfunding should be the first stop on your journey. When you decide to crowdfund, you will raise debt-free cash for your business idea without going into debt.

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Need to attract customers? Create a landing page

What is a landing page, why should I create one as a business owner, and how can I create my own?

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How Dru Riley’s Trends.vc newsletter went from 0 to 50,000+ subscribers

Dru Riley is the founder of Trends.vc. Get his tips on building a newsletter business and learn about his journey growing Trends.vc.

career development

A hiring manager’s guide to hiring employees you won’t want to fire later

Interviewing Sucks. Especially if you’re the hiring manager. Why? Because in addition to the fifty-leven million things on your plate, you now have to try and swipe right on

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POC in Tech CEO on acquiring and retaining users: User Acquisition 101

Outside of capital, one of the biggest challenges that media startups face is user and customer acquisition. For many media startups, user and customer acquisition is not only challenging but

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[WATCH] Here's how this HBCU alum went from working in corporate at Revlon to selling his own products in Ulta

Collectively, Black men and women spend billions of dollars on their hair and skin each year. In 2017, Black consumers captured 86 percent of the ethnic beauty market - accounting

career development

Do these 4 things to have recruiters sliding in your DMs

Let me guess - you've been putting in application after application, but no one is responding to you. You are beginning to think that this job search ish is a

business tips

Building an MVP for your business by the CEO of Slidebean

Some of the most common mistakes that founders make are:Spending too much time, money, and energy on your business before validating itOvercommitting yourself (aka doing the most, but you

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