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Marjorie Adams, President/CEO of Fourlane, identified
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what she deems the“Five Best Strategies for becoming an Entrepre- neur Power Couple” (our term of choice“Couplepreneur”). As a happily married CEO, Adams works very closely with her husband and believes in five (5) key ingredients to success: Conviction - Believe strongly in the work you do for your clients. Respect - Have mutual respect on top of love. Don’t feel threatened by each other. Trust - Just as a successful marriage needs trust, running a business together magnifies the level of trust required. Role - Establish a division of labor. Recognize each other’s expertise. And lastly, Flexibility - Don’t be control freaks. Be able to delegate. We found Adams strategies to be consistent when interviewing local Couplepreneurs. All identified with the five (5) strategies and the importance of striking a balance.
Allow me to introduce our leading couplepreneur Milton
and Nadina Brown Taylor, from the lineage of Mary McLeod Bethune. This power couple has been in business for over 20 years, with three combined successful businesses. As you thumb through this, our 24th Edition, you’ll learn of others. One in particular stands out, a youthful leap, an entrepreneur in training, it’s our mother/ daughter couple- preneur. The leading lady is Lyric Flythe, she is really a ‘youthpreneur’. Lyric, at the tender age of 14, knew what she wanted to be, where she wanted to study, and what she wanted to do. She started her own business, Sweet Treats by Lyric, music to any kid’s ears. Her mother Tammi Flythe, an entrepreneur, is her business mentor.
As Black business owners, we must practice what we Sherryl J. Cusseaux, MBA Tampa Bay Area Publisher, DSI Black Pages
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Mission control, we are ready for launch! DSI Black Pages 24th Edition’s release signals our readiness to celebrate Black History 365 days a year. Take a look back in Black History to the
early1920’s in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Greenwood community was the home of “Black Wall Street”. Over 150 Black-owned businesses, hotels, hospital and many churches resided there.
Pastors challenged their
congregations to support the businesses in their community. This tightly knit community created numerous millionaires. What a perfect segue to the 24 movers and shakers in this edition whose theme is, “Couplepre- neur, Which Two Are You?” Whether a husband and wife, two siblings, parent and child or two friends/partners, just as marriages are built on loving and trusting relationships, it’s evident that successful couples business strategies are similar.
preach and spend our dollars supporting Black-owned businesses and that’s our economic challenge to YOU. At the end of last year, my pastor Rev. Larry L. Roundtree, II, shared with our congregation that he and his family would be supporting a Black-owned business each week. He was concerned about the statistical data that tracked how dollars are turned around in various ethnic communities. He read that In the Black community, a dollar does not last a day. Unfortunately, he was on the money! In researching a project last year for Black Business Month, according to The NAACP Report (2014); “Currently, a dollar circulates in Asian communities for a month, in Jewish commu- nities approximately 20 days and White communities 17 days. How long does a dollar circulate in the Black community? Six hours!!! The Nielsen Company released “The State of the African American Consumer”, a groundbreaking report projecting African Americans buying power at 1.1 Trillion; and yet only 2 cents of every dollar an African American spends in this country goes to Black owned businesses.”
Economic empowerment begins with each individual
within our communities. For 24 years, DSI Black Pages has brought to the forefront hundreds of Black-owned businesses, organizations, and churches and will continue to do so. To our supportive team of account executives, advertisers, subscribers and supporters, we say; “Thank You Tampa Bay for supporting Black owned businesses!”
Sources: Adams, Marjorie.
"Five Best Strategies for Becoming a Power Entrepreneur Power Couple."
www.aabacosmallbusiness.com. N.p., n.d. Web.
Nicole Kennedy.
“Know Your Worth: If We Don’t, We Can’t Grow Our Community.
www.naacp.org/blog. 2015
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