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How Carol's Daughter Founder Lisa Price Juggles It All

With three children and a beauty business vying for her attention, what's Lisa Price's trick? A supportive spouse, and cutting herself some slack. "Do it when it matters," she says. Learn more here (video).

Floyd Mayweather - " I gave boxing my life!"

Napoleon Hill's Awesome Secret!

If your interested in success and wealth, then you've probably read Napoleon Hill's Think & Grow Rich (pdf link here). The book is a life companion for anyone who wants to achieve significant success in this world. But, if your like me and have been left to wonder what the secret is that Napoleon Hill refers to in the book - fear no more. A short pdf book by Will Edwards explains the secret in simple detail. To find out more click here.

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UK Quads Achieve Educational Excellence

Graduating from university is normally an occasion for a family get-together.
And this was certainly a big celebration for the Ogunsanya quadruplets who were handed their well-deserved degrees from the same university on the same day.
The 23-year-old quads, identical sisters and the oldest by four minutes, Toks and Temi Ogunsanya, and identical brothers, Tobi and Tolu, graduated from Warwick University with Master Degrees.
And there was not a jot of sibling rivalry as all four have landed jobs in the City of London already.
Toks graduated with an MEng in manufacturing and engineering and Temi, Tobi and Tolu all gained an MSC in management from Warwick Business School.
'The fact we all chose to study at the University of Warwick was a natural decision,' says Tobi, who thinks a bit of sibling rivalry is essential for success.
Learn more here.

Runway to Win: Fashion designers rally round Obama

With the 2012 United States Presidential election cycle now in full swing, a sizable contingent of fashion designers are working to sew up a victory for Barack Obama, under a new campaign initiative dubbed Runway to Win.
As part of the push, the Obama-Biden campaign has partnered with 22 designers to create merchandise that will raise funds for the president's re-election efforts.
The initiative officially started last week, when an e-commerce site at runwaytowin.com was launched to sell products from participating designers, who include Marc Jacobs, Tory Burch, Diane von Furstenberg, Narciso Rodriguez, Jason Wu, Alexander Wang, Joseph Altuzarra, Rag & Bone, Rachel Roy and Tracy Reece. The designs include T-shirts, tote bags, scarves and wristlets, with all proceeds going to the Obama Victory Fund.
Vogue magazine was instrumental in assembling the Runway to Win designers, said sources. Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour has been a highly public supporter of Obama and the Democratic Party, having co-hosted a string of fundraisers for the president and the party in recent years.
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US: Jamal Mashburn Wants To Own New Orleans Franchise

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It's mind-blowing how many stories about former superstar athletes involve bankruptcy. An estimated 60 percent of former NBA players are penniless within five years after hanging up their sneakers. But this is the tale of a one-time NBA star who has built his riches.
Jamal Mashburn earned more than $75 million before his career was cut short by a serious knee injury. But he has put together a powerful post-basketball business dossier which includes 37 Papa John's pizza restaurants, 30 Outback Steakhouses, two car dealerships and a real estate company in the state of Kentucky.
Mashburn and former Kentucky coach Rick Pitino (who is now at Louisville) are partners in Ol Memorial Stable, which owns Kentucky Derby prospect Buffalo Man, along with Outback Steakhouse co-founder and Kentucky grad Chris T. Sullivan.
Owning restaurants is nice, but Mashburn has big dreams of becoming an NBA owner. He's spoken several times with commissioner David Stern about being part of a group to buy the New Orleans Hornets from the league.
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Kanye West Forms Design Company “DONDA”

Kanye West, with his late mother Dr. Donda West

Kanye announced his newest venture to the public. “I have started a new company and I’m so excited about the name…. it’s got the best name ever of all companies of all time!!!” he wrote. “The name of the company is DONDA.”

Named after his late mother Dr. Donda West, the startup will be comprised of creative individuals from different fields. “DONDA is a design company which will galvanize amazing thinkers and put them in a creative space to bounce their dreams and ideas,” he explained.

“I am assembling a team of architects, graphic designers, directors musicians, producers, AnRs, writers, publicist, social media experts, app guys, managers, car designers, clothing designers, DJs, video game designers, publishers, tech guys, lawyers, bankers, nutritionist, doctors, scientist, teachers.”

Taking inspiration from Michael Jackson, Alexander McQueen, and Steve Jobs, Kanye laid out his mission. “DONDA will be comprised of over 22 divisions with a goal to make products and experiences that people want and can afford,” he said. “We want to help simplify and aesthetically improve everything we see hear, touch, taste and feel. To dream of, create, advertise and produce products driven equally by emotional want and utilitarian need.”
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Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu - Sole Rebel

Forbes contributor, Mfonobong Nsehe, has profiled one of Africa's Most Successful Women - Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu - in a new blog post.
Entrepreneur Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu was born and raised in Zenebework, a small, impoverished rural community in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia. As a child, she discovered that people of her community were living in abject squalor because there were very few jobs available.
While the most of the locals were unemployed, Bethlehem discovered that several of them possessed remarkable artisan skills which remained largely unexploited. This observation drove her to brainstorm on ways through which she could transform the skills of her community members into a sustainable enterprise that could generate livelihoods for them, and create wealth over the long term.
By 2004, armed with startup capital sourced from her husband and members of her immediate family, Bethlehem mobilized artistically-gifted members of her community and founded SoleRebels - which has become one of Africa’s most recognizable footwear manufacturers.
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Change The Definition - Changing Lives

Established by volunteer teacher Rebekah Star, Change the Definition LLC, is a Philanthropic Apparel Company, aiming to bring about change in African-American communities one shirt at a time.
While working in the Portland Public School System, Rebekah noticed that most of the students falling behind were African-American or Latino. As a black woman she became driven to uplift her community and her people.
Following a life-changing trip to Ethiopia, Africa, Change the Definition is ready to move forward with a t-shirt design consisting of the poem that changes the definition of black and a “power to the people” fist. This symbol is fitting since Change the Definition strives to create change on a global level. By using our power as consumers we can help at-risk youth embark on a new path to wealth, success, happiness, and most importantly, true freedom.
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Minority Firm Receives Historical Investment in the Big Apple

The New York City Pension Funds recently invested $225 million with Vista Equity Partners (No. 2 on the Black Enterprise Private Equity list with $2.7 billion in capital under management), one of the largest single investments made by the city with a minority-owned firm. The transaction also brings total investments made with Vista by the city to $339.7 million.
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