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Startup Hookup Part II

If starting a business were like playing Dominoes, studying long would be studying wrong. Fortunately, it’s not. If you are going to start a business, you have to hit the books. We’ve already covered the Dream Phase where you let your mind run free. Creativity and ‘outside the box’ thinking were the topics of choice. [...]

1Jul2008 | Molifeney | 0 comments | Continued
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What were you thinking?!

Uh, did Eddie Griffin REALLY think he was going to get away with this in front of a group of bougie …. uh, I mean …. not-so-young black professionals like this?!
Comedian Eddie Griffin was pulled from the stage at the 14th annual Black Enterprise/Pepsi Golf & Tennis Challenge after repeatedly using the “N” word.
To [...]

6Sep2007 | Eugene | 7 comments | Continued
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10 things that are not ybp (young, black, or professional)

i feel like this post will be me on a soapbox, but i was on the train this morning and felt it needed to be addressed. while i don’t consider myself anyone’s keeper, i do think that common sense and professionalism yield a set of unspoken rules about being a ybp.

being late. rule of thumb: [...]

14Aug2007 | Fredric | 15 comments | Continued
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The Black Dollar Days Task Force

With new condos and middle-class faces moving back into cities, Black businesses are starting to struggle even as new wealth enters their neighborhood. In a word, it’s gentrification and it eats up most black businesses. Anyone who has ever tried to be an entrepreneur and start their own [...]

3Jul2007 | Kimberly | 2 comments | Continued
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imoovie.com : independent films

we’ve always made it a point here at ybpguide to bring our audience snippets of life that may not immediately yield itself through everyday experiences in an effort to make ourselves more well-rounded. not only did we highlight how to taste wine, we also followed it up with a spotlight on delicious wines from africa. [...]

2Jul2007 | Fredric | 2 comments | Continued
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5 important reasons why ybp’s should blog

one of the best attributes about my best friend is his frank honesty. whether i’m talking to him about life, music, or drama within our little bourgeois black circle, he always tells it like it is. his honest disdain, however, remains everytime i bring up our blog, ybpguide. forget the fact that i think our [...]

26Jun2007 | Fredric | 1 comment | Continued
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rsspect.org

the young black professional guide would like to announce the completion of rsspect.org, a new project that, hopefully, will begin networking a lot of the black blogs.
the concept of rsspect.org is very simple. it is a neat little web application that acts as a headline feed reader for a variety of blogs surrounding the african-american [...]

31May2007 | Fredric | 8 comments | Continued
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Are You Boxing Yourself In?

I graduated from a predominantly white university, but many of my fellow black classmates and I often joked about having a very “black” college experience.
Many of us were exclusively involved in black student organizations and black Greek life; lived in the “black” residence halls; took lots of the African American Studies and African Studies classes; [...]

25May2007 | Eugene | 1 comment | Continued
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Next Wave of Leadership in America

We need new leadership in America, particularly in rural and underserved communities. Just last week a group of top Fortune 500 companies came together to speak about investing in communities across America. I happened to have been present…the only under 40 and minority female.
One company is willing to invest in 10 communities for 10 years. [...]

15May2007 | Tambra | 1 comment | Continued
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