The multi-category, knowledge recall game, created by family matriarch Celeste Lewis, was launched in the fall of 2018 and is now stocked in various stores in the Twin Cities
Black Business Spotlight
This space is dedicated to offer snapshots of Minnesota’s Black-owned businesses.
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Black Business Spotlight: MPower Fitness
Founder Jacob Johnson shares his fitness journey and the inspiration behind his new center.
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Black Business Spotlight: Heritage Tea House & Café
Run by Raeisha Williams, the tea house first opened its doors in December 2017, although it’s been a dream of hers for quite a while.
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Business Spotlight: Nature’s Syrup Skin & Hair Care
Like many entrepreneurs, De’Vonna Pittman is a Jill of many trades. Her endeavors include launching the organic hair and skin line, Nature’s Syrup Skin & Hair Care.
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Black Business Spotlight: Lutunji’s Palate
Her offerings, including a much-in-demand peach cobbler dubbed ‘Harriet’s Escape,’ along with a ‘Dr. T. Adams Philosophy’ pecan cobbler….
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Black Business Spotlight: The BowTie Billionaire
A lot of African Americans don’t really know too much about men’s personal care products. In the industry, it’s very White, so we got into business to hit a target market that wasn’t [being served].
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See the big picture before jumping into business
Black business ownership, along with its benefits — financial freedom, legacy, self-empowerment — is not a new conversation. How people are approaching it is.
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Black Business Spotlight: Autumn’s Vintage Boutique
Autumn Frazier is the proprietor of Autumn’s Vintage Boutique, LLC in Minneapolis. The 59-year-old mother of three owns the resale shop that carries high-end vintage clothing and one-of-a-kind pieces that you aren’t likely to find anywhere else.
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 Business Spotlight: Aniki’s Ice Cream Bow Ties
Aniki is just 11 years old, and he owns his own company called Ice Cream Bow Ties.
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Black Business Spotlight: Bella Beauty and Hair
Licensed cosmetologist Karen Coffey opened Bella Beauty and Hair in January 2017 to provide women and men in the Twin Cities with a diverse range of products and services catering to natural hair and beyond.
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Turn your passion into action: Sister Spokesman highlights keys to small business success
Identifying your passion, testing the waters, and creating a plan are paramount to finding success as a business owner, according to the panelists.
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Black Business Spotlight: KMS Air Duct Cleaning
‘We do air duct cleaning, which is our primary business. We started out doing apartment buildings and houses. As time went on we got into commercial air duct cleaning in hospitals, schools, an account for the airport — targeting big business and commercial buildings.’
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King family takes Lola’s from snow cones to lakeside café
The King family own Lola on the Lake, an eatery at Bde Maka Ska, situated at East Lake Street and Calhoun Parkway in Minneapolis.
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Black Business Spotlight: Corporate backgrounds inform couple’s franchise venture
You don’t have to be Italian to love Italian ices. In fact, it’s hard to find anyone who doesn’t. Accordingly, Justin and Desirae Butler quite arguably have embarked on a can’t-miss enterprise investing in their Rita’s Italian Ice franchise.
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Beer on wheels picks up speed
Contrary to an age-old witticism, youth isn’t always wasted on the young. Moses Tut, 24, is a sterling exception to that rule as vice president of Strategic Partnership at Running Tap. The new venture, a boutique distributorship, is a flourishing success that has, in a year and a half, innovated one of the world’s most popular businesses: buying […]
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Teen entrepreneurs grow cooking class into bakery business
It’s not every day you come across a dedicated group of teenagers who are interested in creating healthy snacks and engaging in developing business and marketing models. It’s not every day where a Black-owned North Minneapolis business receives funding to provide nutritious food in communities where they live. Green Garden Bakery (GGB), a group of young […]
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Black Business Spotlight: Grade A Security guards earn trust, respect
Headed up by former corrections officer John Moore with 30-plus years working security, the firm operates in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area and offers a strong variety of services.
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Black Business Spotlight: Selby Wine & Spirits
Selby Wine & Spirits is one of the few African American-owned liquor stores in the Twin Cities.
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Black Business Spotlight: Dimensions in Hair a family affair
Dimensions In Hair is more than a barbershop where gentlemen tighten up and a beauty salon where ladies get their cute on. It is a North Minneapolis community fixture and cultural cornerstone. Serving and supported by friends, neighbors and general folk, the business is long a familiar fact of everyday life. In the same regard […]