Alisa Gumbs, Author at Black Enterprise

DJ Whoo Kid Collaborates With New Streaming Platform For Independent Hip-Hop Artists

Alisa GumbsMarch 12, 2019October 19, 2020

by Alisa GumbsMarch 12, 2019October 19, 20201105

MyMy Hip Hop is a streaming music platform that allows listeners to discover and help promote new independent hip-hop artists. Popular radio personality on Eminem's Sirius...

Mahisha Dellinger Became a Multimillion-Dollar Beauty Maven

Alisa GumbsFebruary 17, 2019February 15, 2019

by Alisa GumbsFebruary 17, 2019February 15, 201915

Over the past 15 years, Mahisha Dellinger has built CURLS from formulas she was making in her garage to more than 40 products sold at...

Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris Is Coming to Women of Power

Alisa GumbsFebruary 13, 2019February 15, 2019

by Alisa GumbsFebruary 13, 2019February 15, 201915

Presidential candidate Kamala Harris will speak in an exclusive keynote fireside chat at the Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit...

New Study Proves Black Women Executives Can’t Catch a Break at Work

Alisa GumbsNovember 26, 2018November 26, 2018

by Alisa GumbsNovember 26, 2018November 26, 201819

Progress for women in corporate America isn't just slow—it's stalled, according to new research from LeanIn.org and McKinsey & Co. For women of color, and...

Give Thanks For Coworkers and Clients With An Office Friendsgiving

Alisa GumbsNovember 15, 2018November 15, 2018

by Alisa GumbsNovember 15, 2018November 15, 201811

Thanksgiving is the perfect time for expressing your gratitude to colleagues with an office Friendsgiving for entertaining coworkers and clients...

Supermarket Pioneer Greg Calhoun, Former BE 100s CEO, Has Died

Alisa GumbsOctober 11, 2018October 11, 2018

by Alisa GumbsOctober 11, 2018October 11, 201811

Greg Calhoun, BE 100s CEO, pioneering supermarket mogul, and Steve Harvey's business partner, passed away today at the age of 66...

Watch This Powerful Breakdown of What It’s Like to Be a Woman of Color

Alisa GumbsOctober 7, 2018October 5, 2018

by Alisa GumbsOctober 7, 2018October 5, 201811

Activist Brittany Packnett breaks down what it's like to be a woman of color during her powerful talk on intersectionality at the New York Times...

Powerful Black Business Owners and Executives Push Black Economic Agenda

Alisa GumbsSeptember 27, 2018

by Alisa GumbsSeptember 27, 201821

22 black business owners politicians, corporate professionals, and politicians join the Black Economic Alliance advisory board...

Kevin Hart Talks Diversity in Hollywood at ‘Night School’ Premiere

Alisa GumbsSeptember 21, 2018September 21, 2018

by Alisa GumbsSeptember 21, 2018September 21, 201810

Comedian Kevin Hart and producer Will Packer talk about diversity in Hollywood during the premiere of their new film "Night School" at the Urbanworld Film...

The Only Black Woman CEO in the Fortune 1,000 Shares How She Did It

Alisa GumbsSeptember 13, 2018October 2, 2018

by Alisa GumbsSeptember 13, 2018October 2, 201816

The only black woman CEO of the Fortune 1,000, Lisa Wardell head of Adtalem Global Education, talk about breaking into the C-suite and onto corporate...