This book will profile 10 successful African-American entrepreneurs, with a chapter on each. The book covers a broad cross-section of companies and industries, including comic book publishing, the hospitality industry, and food production. Entrepreneurs profiled will include Sylvia and Herbert Woods, owners of Harlem’s famous Sylvia’s restaurant; Renee Warren and Kirsten Poe of Noelle-Elaine Media Consultants; and Frank Mercado-Valdes, who went from being homeless to living in Trump Plaza by starting a film production and syndication company. The profiles will highlight the challenges and triumphs that each entrepreneur meets on the road to success. The book will also feature quotes from each entrepreneur, detailing the lessons they’ve learned.
Book Details:
- Author: Wendy Beech
- ISBN: 9780471436898
- Year Published: 2001
- Pages: 256
- BISAC: BUS000000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/General
About the Book and Topic:
This book will profile 10 successful African-American entrepreneurs, with a chapter on each. The book covers a broad cross-section of companies and industries, including comic book publishing, the hospitality industry, and food production. Entrepreneurs profiled will include Sylvia and Herbert Woods, owners of Harlem’s famous Sylvia’s restaurant; Renee Warren and Kirsten Poe of Noelle-Elaine Media Consultants; and Frank Mercado-Valdes, who went from being homeless to living in Trump Plaza by starting a film production and syndication company. The profiles will highlight the challenges and triumphs that each entrepreneur meets on the road to success. The book will also feature quotes from each entrepreneur, detailing the lessons they’ve learned.
This book profiles 10 African-American entrepreneurs who have succeeded against overwhelming odds, including homelessness and welfare. Though this book is targeted toward an African-American audience, it has broad crossover appeal: any aspiring entrepreneur will be inspired and motivated by these success stories. Wendy Beech has extensive experience in writing about small businesses for Back Enterprise magazine, and has pre-existing contacts with all but one of the entrepreneurs profiled.
Wendy Beech, a former columnist with Black Enterprise magazine tells the success stories of African-American entrepreneurs who made it in a broad cross-section of industries, including publishing, hospitality, food production, and movie production. Profiles take you into distinct business worlds and highlight the challenges and triumphs each met on the road to success and include candid quotes from the entrepreneurs in which they detail the crucial lessons they learned. * Inspirational profiles of well-known African-American entrepreneurs–such as Sylvia and Herbert Woods, Renee Warren, and Kirsten Poe–and up-and-comers, such as Frank Mercado-Valdes.
About the Author
WENDY HARRIS is a former small business editor of Black Enterprise magazine and the author of the Black Enterprise Guide to Starting Your Own Business (Wiley). She has written feature articles on topics such as creating your own business plan, marketing and promoting your small business, and choosing the right employees for your business. Prior to her work at Black Enterprise, Harris wrote for the Philadelphia Tribune and the Philadelphia Inquirer.