Dec 29, 2018 | Black or African American, Music and Art, Professional Services, Story
“We’re able to build out much more intricate programming with resources, so that’s profound for us.” — Natalie Figueroa In the summer of 2015, a community of creative of color came together to launch Y.G.B. (Young Gifted and...
Dec 29, 2018 | Black or African American, Fashion and Accessories, Home goods, Story
“With Soapbox Theory, I wanted to make sure that all the way from super light to very dark skin tones were covered, especially because we’re not all one shade. There is no one way to be Black.” – Kayin Talton Davis “My...
Dec 19, 2018 | Black or African American, Professional Services, Story
“We are a design and manufacturing company for clean tech long flight endurance unmanned aerial vehicles. We design drones, essentially.” — Ben Berry Ben Berry is the CEO of...
Dec 19, 2018 | Black or African American, Professional Services, Story
“The fantasy does pertain to us. We just have to create the support structures.” – Cole Reed Before relocating to Portland in 2015, Greenhaus Gallery was already a revered...
Dec 18, 2018 | Black or African American, Professional Services, Story
“It takes a long time to get a family approved for a place. So I created a system that would pull a renter’s background check and screen it against every vacancy in the city at the same time.” — Tyrone Poole...
Dec 18, 2018 | Black or African American, Food and Bev, Story
“I’m just a little black girl from Portland. I grew up in the villa. If I can do it, you can do it too.” – Chaunci King Entrepreneurial spirit runs in Chaunci King’s blood. After years of working as a bartender and running a...
