Business

American values As United States Senator John McCain prepared for this death he wrote a message to America and the world. We share a few of his words as a call to our higher selves, […]

JAX Bridges, a program of the JAX Chamber’s Entrepreneurial Growth Division, is looking for its next cohort. The program is designed to connect small- and medium-sized companies with opportunities to do business with larger corporations; […]

ImpactJAX, the young professional’s organization of the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, recently held their inaugural small business vendor fair at the Beaver Street Enterprise Center.  Vendors and business owners filled the auditorium with information packets, […]

28-year old Jade Colin from New Orleans has made history as the youngest Black woman to ever become a McDonald’s franchise owner. While in college, she started her career as an employee working the night […]

“What another meeting? Are you sure I have to attend????” Does this sound like you? Or maybe this is something you hear when you’re trying to schedule meetings. Let these words be a thing of […]

Mellody Hobson climbed another rung on the ladder of success in the Fortune 500 business world, as she solidified her role on Starbucks’ board while holding down two other top board memberships. Few African-Americans have […]

Home improvement retailer Lowe’s has named the CEO of department-store chain J.C. Penney as its new boss. Marvin R. Ellison has resigned as CEO of J.C. Penney to become the new CEO of Lowe’s. The […]

None can refute the undeniable influence of Amazon. From original programming to same-day grocery delivery services, Amazon has literally worked to infiltrate every market, much to the destruction of smaller, mom-and-pop shops. Well, it seems […]

  Kenneth Chenault, the outgoing chief executive of American Express, is joining the board of directors at Facebook and Airbnb. Chenault is making history as he is the first black American to be a board […]

  By Stacy M. Brown At 28, Tavere Johnson Jr. has established himself as an author, creative entrepreneur and, as many who know him say, a forward thinker. The Jamaican-born Johnson has still another way […]