Eyes on Enterprise: Racism in Corporate America - Importance of Diversity
Examining entrepreneurship, business development, wealth creation, money management, and risk taking, across all races and ethnicities.
March 5th, 2012
Written by D. A. Barber in Eyes On The Enterprise, Latest News with 0 Comments
In 2011, 1.4 million Americans filed for personal bankruptcy and those with a college degree or a high paying job were not immune.“Bankruptcy is technically the point when you owe more than you own and most people hit that point a year or two earlier but they didn’t want to give up,” says Leslie E. Linfield, Executive Director of the Institute for Financial Literacy, a nonprofit financial...
February 13th, 2012
Written by D. A. Barber in Eyes On The Enterprise, Latest News with 0 Comments
Balancing the economic differences between the minority and majority communities throughout the nation remains a lingering problem as major metropolitan areas continue to dig out from under the 2008-09 financial melt-down. A good key indicator is small business ownership, an elusive goal for many people of color, particularly African Americans.No where is this gap more evident than in...
January 20th, 2012
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Eyes On The Enterprise, Latest News with 0 Comments
With the 2012 Presidential Election in full campaign mode, the central theme among candidates is jobs, and what and how the next president should get more Americans back to work — what should be done to get the economy healthy again.What about the perennial issue of how government functions, period?Government is big business. Some would argue that it is among our biggest businesses — not only in...
December 16th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Cause and Civility, Eyes On The Enterprise, Latest News with 0 Comments
It is time for the public to say “No.” No, to the notion that we have become a society who would rather be entertained than informed as we go about the business of governing. No, to the sensationalism that has replaced rationalism in its power of influence when it comes to our collective decision-making process in selecting our leaders.Not to do so is to continue to allow the awesome power of the...
December 9th, 2011
Written by Marlene Caroselli in Eyes On The Enterprise, Latest News with 0 Comments
Americans, it seems are not as intent as foreigners, when it comes to getting into a top-notch college. It could be that some of our most successful entrepreneurs — Bill Gates and Steven Jobs to name but a few — exceeded their wildest financial dreams without ever obtaining a college degree.However, in some countries, students denied acceptance into the college of their choice committed suicide....
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