Black History isn’t solely about honoring our past. It’s also an opportunity to celebrate the new generation of game-changers making history. Because the truth is, regardless of race, age, gender or role we could all learn from these young African American trailblazers who are making their mark on the world and making money in the process.
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Maya Penn Artist –14-year-old entrepreneur, philanthropist, designer, artist, and animator. As CEO of Maya’s Ideas and 2013 award recipient of the Black Enterprise Teenpreneur of the year, she started her company in
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Moziah Bridges–The Reigning Black Enterprise Teenpreneur of the Year markets a line of handcrafted bow ties sewn from scratch. At the age of 9, he launched a $150,000 bow tie business. As a result of his appearance on Shark Tank appearance, he has been able to land Daymond John as a mentor, and went on to receive press features in Vogue and O Magazine. Moziah now has five staff members.
Christopher Gray– CEO and Founder of Scholly. Scholly is a mobile app that gives students a fast and simple way to find scholarships for college. Scholly has been featured in USA Today, Tech Crunch, Fox29 News, and selected as one of Philadelphia’s Top 20 Coolest Start Ups.
Chental-Song Bembry —Writer and illustrator of the Honey Bunch Kids, a children’s book series that tells the tale of a group of African-American middle school children who become friends after missing their bus and walking to school together in the rain. In 2011, Bembry participated in the funding-and-mentoring program of 100 Urban Entrepreneurs, a nonprofit foundation that offers $10,000 in startup grants and eight weeks of mentoring to talented young businesspeople nationwide. Check out Bembry’s 8 tips on how to publish and promote your own book.
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