Podcast: Rosetta Thurman on Non-Profits, Blogging, and Life as a Happy Black Woman

November 8, 2010

I’m very excited to share a recent interview I did with the wonderful Rosetta Thurman. For those of you who don’t know, Rosetta is a phenomenal young, black woman who is taking both the non-profit and blogging worlds by storm. Having just released her first book, How to Become a Non-Profit Rockstar—50 Ways to Accelerate [...]

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The Story of a Black Girl and Her Finances—Michelle Singletary

November 3, 2010

Many readers have been asking when the heck am I going to get part 3 of the “Story of a Black Girl…” financial series out. It is coming, I promise it is coming! To hold everyone over, I thought I’d share a short clip that I recorded this weekend while in New York at the [...]

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The Un-Fussy Natural: Myth or Mandate?

October 29, 2010

Hey everyone. Today’s post will be a super quick one because I am out traveling (more info about why in a future post) and do not have regular access to internet. As we’ve talked about on this blog before, there is much discussion among Naturals about whether complicated care is necessary to maintain our natural [...]

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Redefining Think & Grow Chick

October 27, 2010

Every so often, I go through intense moods of purging. Perhaps I get it honest since my mother would, on random Saturday mornings at 8 am, demand that my sister and I help her clean every nook and cranny of the house to get it ready for [insert season here]. With crust still in the [...]

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Craving the Old School

October 14, 2010

After yesterday’s post about my “relationship issues” with my hair, I found myself really pondering the things I could do to bring my hair and I back to amicability. You all had some outstanding suggestions that I can’t wait to try this weekend. Since I am a rehabilitated product junkie, it can be a bit [...]

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Oil and Water: Sometimes Hair and Life Just Don’t Mix

October 13, 2010

Ugh. Photo Credit: Rusydi Rashid My hair is killing me right now. I know it’s not popular to talk about this “dark side” of the natural hair life, but every now and again, I get in moods where I’m just so tired of my hair. Not tired with the texture or the fact that it’s [...]

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Finding My Business (Ad)Venture: The B-Side

October 11, 2010

Last week was a great week for all of you entrepreneurial ladies, no? We had three interviews with Gwen Bell and got to ask her all sorts of relevant questions related to starting a successful business. The response was so good, that I got really inspired to (1) create a resource that focuses just on [...]

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Guest Post: Money Tips from Lynn Richardson, Russell Simmons’s Hip Hop Action Network Financial Guru

October 7, 2010

This article was contributed by reader Shakira Hightower, a Graduate student at Spelman College. You can check out her blog at http://shakirahightower.blogspot.com/ **** Some people are just making ends meet. You know how it goes:  paid on the first of the month but by the end of the two weeks, there’s barely enough money to [...]

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Interview: Gwen Bell Gets Down to the Nuts and Bolts of Entrepreneurship (Part 3)

October 5, 2010

Continuing from Part 1 and Part 2, Thinkandgrowchick.com sits with Gwen Bell today as she answers your questions about the nitty-gritty details of entrepreneurship. Enjoy! Photo Credit: Gwen Bell Reader: What advice would you give to online entrepreneurs who have websites with great content to give others but are trying to build an audience and [...]

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Interview: Gwen Bell Answers Your Questions About Passion, Cultivation and Sacrifice (Part 2)

September 29, 2010

Continuing from Monday’s Part 1 of our sit-down with Gwen Bell, today Gwen answers reader questions about profiting from passion, taking down time, and making sacrifices to be an entrepreneur. Photo Credit: Gwen Bell Reader: I know my values, talents, passions & I am working on building my brand. How do I start creating profit [...]

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