John Gallagher Detroit Free Press Published 11:00 p.m. UTC Sep 2, 2018 All entrepreneurs must overcome a lot of challenges to score big in business. But Detroit's black female entrepreneurs need to overcome more than most, facing gender and race bias on top of all the usual problems of competition and cash flow. But the story of three black women in Detroit shows that success is possible, if one shows the savvy and the grit that it takes to make it. April Anderson started her Good Cakes and Bakes five years ago on Livernois on Detroit's northwest side, turned a profit in less than two years, and now caters to a wide range of customers including corporate events for Quicken Loans, JPMorgan Chase and others. Adrienne Bennett achieved the milestone of becoming the first black female licensed master plumber in the United States. Today, her Benkari plumbing contracting firm, based in northwest Detroit, has won plumbing contracts at some of the biggest projects … [Read more...] about 3 Detroit black women say this is how to succeed in business
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Van life: My 80-square-foot solution to the Bay Area housing crisis
By Tracey Kaplan | [email protected] | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: August 19, 2018 at 7:00 am | UPDATED: August 21, 2018 at 3:54 am SAN JOSE — My sister thinks I’m crazy. So does my tax guy. They might be right, but it’s way too late now. I’ve already drained my retirement fund, bought a big white cargo van and hired two brothers from Idaho to turn a 2018 Ford Transit into my future home, the only one I’ve ever owned. Like many in the Bay Area, I’ve been priced out of one of the most expensive housing markets in the nation. Sure, I could move someplace cheaper. But I tried leaving coastal California years ago, and after 17 months in Kansas City and St. Paul, I couldn’t get back here fast enough. CLICK HERE if you are having trouble viewing the photos or video. To stay, I’ve made a radical decision: I’m going to join the #vanlife movement, an offshoot of the iconic VW bus craze of the 60s and 70s … [Read more...] about Van life: My 80-square-foot solution to the Bay Area housing crisis
From ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ To ‘Ocean’s 8,’ Here’s How Hollywood Cast Summer’s Biggest Comedy Ensembles
ENTERTAINMENT 08/07/2018 03:46 pm ET Updated 5 minutes ago The producers behind five of the season's major movie releases explain the secrets of casting. (Hint: They involve Rihanna's joints.) By Matthew Jacobs A $10,000 wig. A squandered “First Wives Club” reunion. The last-minute addition of Rihanna’s joints. A lot can happen when Hollywood producers cast the summer’s biggest ensemble comedies. From “Tag” and “Ocean’s 8” to “Sorry to Bother You,” “Book Club” and this month’s much-anticipated blockbuster “Crazy Rich Asians,” 2018 has been an eventful year for large comedy showcases. In this summer’s releases, carefully chosen troupes pretend to be lifelong friends, synchronistic criminals, corrupt co-workers, legacy-obsessed relatives and Fifty Shades Of Grey disciples ― all with the kind of lived-in chemistry it takes mere mortals decades to develop. But … [Read more...] about From ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ To ‘Ocean’s 8,’ Here’s How Hollywood Cast Summer’s Biggest Comedy Ensembles
4 airline employees say they were fired for ‘speaking Korean’
By Eric Ting, SFGATE Updated 11:58 am PDT, Thursday, July 19, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-10', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 10', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-15', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 15', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-20', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails … [Read more...] about 4 airline employees say they were fired for ‘speaking Korean’
SoftBank wants to build the future. Here are some new bets it could make
By Michael J. de la Merced Published 4:04 pm, Thursday, June 14, 2018 Photo: Toshifumi Kitamura / AFP / Getty Images 2013 Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 SoftBank President Masayoshi Son wants his company to keep investing big in technology. SoftBank President Masayoshi Son wants his company to keep investing big in technology. Photo: Toshifumi Kitamura / AFP / Getty Images 2013 SoftBank wants to build the future. Here are some new bets it could make 1 / 1 Back to Gallery Masayoshi Son, the founder of Japanese technology giant SoftBank, has seen the future — and he wants to buy a slice of it. Son believes that, not long from now, our lives will be dominated by robots, artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies. He wants to invest in the companies that will build that future through his … [Read more...] about SoftBank wants to build the future. Here are some new bets it could make