Collection
Celebrating Black-owned businesses.
Supporting small, Black-owned business
A list of ten Black-owned businesses to support not only during February, but all year long.
Queering healthcare
Building out a company that redefines health and wellness for the queer community.
The Blacker the beauty, the sweeter the biz
For decades, products in the beauty aisle tended to exclude women of color. Here are four Black women changing that narrative one successful business at a time.
Because you should get high on Black folks' supply
A growing number of social justice-minded business founders, funders, and activists are working to make the green rush a little Blacker from the top down. You can do your part too, supporting racial equity from the bottom up, by buying your CBD and cannabis-adjacent products from Black retailers. Here's a list to get you started.
Changing Landscapes
Jumping into a brand-new startup can be a game-changing moment for any entrepreneur—every stake across the board is raised. Add being openly transgender into the mix, and the stakes are even higher.
Behind the scenes of building a social messaging platform
Mica Le John gives us a look into how her company 2Swim is building a new corner of the internet.
Behind the scenes of a pre-seed launch
Supermaker goes to work with a co-founder fundraising for her new skincare company marrying skin conditions with self-care.
Rising together
Activation has come to represent a future in which mutual aid efforts center accessible care and creative expansion through community solidarity.
Building an allergy-friendly brand
The founder of allergy-friendly brand Partake Foods dishes on her experience leaving Coca Cola to enter the startup world.
Gathering community around culture
Naj Austin is shifting the narrative around what it means to gather.
Better bathrooms, one office at a time
A co-founder in the midst of an equity crowdfund takes us to work for a day.
Behind the Scenes of the Upstart's Rapid Launch in Whole Foods
For Ibraheem Basir, family meals were a melting pot of his mother's southern cooking, along with inspiration she gleaned from their Caribbean and Latinx neighbors.
