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03/22/2021

In the 170 years since Western Union was founded, no company has managed to solve two basic problems that continue to bedevil the remittance business — exorbitant fees and slow deposit times. For instance, it takes days or weeks for money sent from an immigrant in the U.S. to reach a relative…

07/17/2020

Jay Westbrook & Sam Ross Making history!

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🗞"There’s also a social justice component to one of the ingredients of Harold’s ’83. The honey used in the beer comes from Sweet Beginnings, LLC, a North Lawndale-based nonprofit organization which produces beelove, a line of honey-based products made by formerly incarcerated individuals." - Evan F. Moore

Harold’s ’83 Honey Ale is named after a fictional Harold’s Chicken Shack location number and for the year Chicago elected its first Black mayor, Harold Washington.

07/14/2020

Hope Wise making waves in a new industry.

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🗞 "In 2017 Wiseman founded Mary & Main, a dispensary created as a safe space to inform consumers on the truth..."

- Article by Ashley McDonough

For this week's Best & Black Owned, dispensary owner Hope Wiseman digs into what it takes to be a Black woman in the cannabis business.

07/13/2020

Before Cashmere Nicole Cirillo building Beauty Bakerie, she was a single parent, struggling to get make ends meet.

07/13/2020

Amari Ruffi is a dope inspiration.

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🗞 "'After I left my telecom business, I saw the trucking industry as an opportunity to do something similar to what I did before. Previously, I started a business with only $300 and a truck (1990 Ford Ranger), but I had no degree or clue at how to run a biz—just pure will and guts.'" - Amari Ruffi

- Article by Kandia Johnson

Amari Ruff talks starting over and volunteering to learn more about a void in the trucking industry. Now, he's the CEO of Sudu, an Atlanta-based trucking company which matches shippers and carriers based upon route optimization for mega brands like Walmart.