For some inexplicable reason Friends has seen a resurgence in the last five years. This was mainly due to it being easily accessible on Netflix until recently. I don’t get it but hey, I’m not white. As a result of this resurgence, it seems like every week a former Friends star is asked about a reboot of the show.
Entrepreneur and author Ronne Brown had a rough start in life. But she didn’t let that stop her success. In Episode 3 of the SistersInc. podcast, “Beating the Odds,” Brown tells how starting her own business saved her from becoming a statistic.
Brown grew up in a drug-infested home in the projects of Washington, D.C., and became a teen mom—with three kids by the age of 25.
“I had all of the odds stacked against me. But I knew that there was something more for me,” Brown says. “When you’re young and you have kids, everyone is like ‘You’re life is over.’ I was really on a mission to show everyone that despite me having kids, I was going to fight hard for my success.”
Now the founder of Girl CEO and author of From Mopping Floors to Making Millions on Instagram, Brown started out making products at home that she could sell via social media, before moving into direct sales.
“The passion behind what I’m doing is to show people, OK, you probably didn’t go to college. OK, you may have grown up in the projects. But what if you want to start your own business? What if you want to be an entrepreneur? You can do it, and you don’t have to have all these fancy labels. You may not have this big degree. You may not have your M.B.A. But you can do it.”
But before Brown achieved her seemingly storybook success, there was a lot of struggle and some very smart social media strategy. To hear how she did it, check out Episode 3 of the SistersInc. podcast.
SistersInc. is Black Enterprise’s podcast for and about women business owners, hosted by Executive Managing Editor Alisa Gumbs. Black women are the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs in America and on every episode, we’ll sit down with one successful CEO to share how she slays the challenges of being a black woman in business.
As Trump continued his whitewashing of America on Tuesday night’s State of the Union, many of the Democratic women of the House of Representatives (including Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi) once again donned white in protest.
Gervonta “Tank” Davis, the WBA lightweight champion, turned himself into Coral Gables, Florida police on Tuesday and was charged with simple battery domestic violence for grabbing his ex-girlfriend by the neck and forcing her from a basketball game in Miami.
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The assault was captured on a cell phone video that has been seen more than seven million times on Twitter. After Davis, 25, grabbed the mother of his daughter from her seat, he escorted her out of the gymnasium and they appeared to be arguing, according to ESPN.
“As a result of an ongoing investigation after being notified through social media and the victim, on February 1, 2020, (Davis) was observed battering his former girlfriend (with) who have a child together,” Coral Gables police released in a statement. “(Davis) surrendered himself to Coral Gables police detectives assigned to the case.”
Once the video went viral, Davis took to Instagram to try and defend himself. “I never once hit her, yea I was aggressive and told her come on… that’s the mother of my child I would never hurt her other than that happy New Years.. January was trash,” Davis said in the post, which was later deleted, according to ESPN. He has since wiped clean all posts on his Instagram.
Leonard Ellerbe of Mayweather Promotions, who is Davis’ promoter, did not respond to ESPN’s messages seeking comment. Tim Smith, a spokesman for Premier Boxing Champions, who manages Davis, declined to comment.
“It looks like it’s a legal matter. We don’t comment on legal matters,” Smith reportedly told ESPN.
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Davis of Baltimore is undefeated. He has collected three world titles in two weight classes. His next fight, a likely bout with Leo Santa Cruz, the junior lightweight titlist, is expected to be on pay-per-view later this year.
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