Meet Dr. Venaya Jones, Owner of Cleveland’s First Black Woman-Owned Veterinary Clinic

Dr. Venaya Jones discovered her love for animals at a very young age, from the yapping lap dog to the slimy earthworms that seep from the soil after a heavy rain.

She’s since turned her fervor for four-legged friends — furry or otherwise — into a career, making history in Cleveland, Ohio, by opening up the first Black woman-owned veterinary hospital in the city.

By Tanasia Kenney, Atlanta Black Star

When a Black-owned funeral home in a gentrifying city has no one left to bury

The demise of Hall Brothers — the last of a half-dozen Black-owned funeral parlors along the U Street-Florida Avenue NW corridor — is another marker in the evolution of a neighborhood once at the core of African American life in Washington, D.C.

By Paul Schwartzman, The Washington Post

"It's not the best idea that wins. It's the habits and the processes. People build processes and processes run companies. We have to think in systems and leverage them to scale our talents and the way we execute. This comes from focus, discipline and hard work. Yet many folks forget you have to create the right environment (friends, intimate life, how you spend free time, etc.) to accomplish scaling your desired success."
––Brandon Bryant (@wallstreetpaper)