The 2019 We Buy Black Convention was utterly amazing — if you weren’t there, I’m judging (a little bit). But We Buy Black was never intended to be an entity focused on hype or events but real, concrete action. At stake is what our future will look like for the “Next 400 Years,” after marking […]
Marc Parham is the Director of The Entrepreneurship Center for the National Urban League of Atlanta. When he arrived at the Convention this past weekend he remarked, “These types of events used to just be shea butter, shea butter and more shea butter but we have everything!” Parham bought a t-shirt, wireless earbuds and a […]
The 2nd Annual We Buy Black Convention just wrapped up yesterday and it was surreal. One minute I’m having a conversation with Boyce Watkins about the workshop he’d just wrapped up — in an intimate session, with serious Black entrepreneur attendees — like it was normal. The next minute I’m in the hallway on a […]
The We Buy Black Convention starts today! This weekend we are “Setting The Precedent For The Next 400 Years” and finally, we are releasing the full details. The Convention will kick off tonight with The Next 400 Gala. You can still get tickets if you act NOW, click here. Saturday and Sunday we will have […]
The We Buy Black Convention kicks off tomorrow! You know about the business workshops to help accelerate your business. You know about Boyce Watkins, G. Garvin, Brandon Cosby and the other business rock stars that will be there. You know about the amazing live entertainment that will be there. You also know that amazing Black […]
Small Business Saturday Money | Management | Marketing From finding the right startup funding to understanding the importance of growth vs. scale for your business, all the expertise and coaching you will need to take your business to the next level will be available at the We Buy Black Business Workshops on Saturday, August 24, 2019, from […]
When you come to the We Buy Black Convention this weekend you’ll be blessed by the sound and presence of Ten. Music is mainly commercial now — it’s hard to distinguish artist A from B. Ten is different. Her sound is soulful and her voice literally brings people to tears — routinely. This Chicago-bred artist […]
Remove, Replace, and Rebuild. We are not simply a website or social media platform. We have an agenda and we’re quite open about it. This weekend will mark 400 years since the first Africans arrived in America — what we do tomorrow will determine what the next 400 years will look like. To move, however, […]
Patrick Ewing was an amazing athlete — an NBA legend, in fact. Bo Jackson, however, was a super athlete who excelled at the highest levels of multiple sports. There is a difference. Jonetta Patton, in the same way, is a super entrepreneur. Patton has, on her own, successfully navigated the very tough music industry and […]
August 25th will mark exactly 400 years since the first Africans arrived at Jamestown, Virginia. These 400 years have been a story of triumph and also, overwhelmingly, sorrow. We now must determine what world our children and their grandchildren will live in, the next 400 years. The We Buy Black Convention isn’t simply a “thing” […]