Pancakes & Politics News
November 10th, 2021
Athletic App Grows C-Suite
Strava, a mobile app and website designed especially for athletes, is a growing platform with More than 2 million new athletes joining each month. Serving more than 92 million athletes in 195 countries, the app allows athletes from all over to compete with others as well as set personal goals for themselves at the touch … Continued
November 10th, 2021
Brewed for Business: Account Manager Turns Coffee Company Owner in East Lansing
Shamone Beasley isn’t your traditional buttoned-up CEO — and he prefers to keep it that way. As the owner at the East Lansing-based The Bean Brothers Coffee, Beasley leads his team achieve their passions for greatness by simply serving people with a cup of coffee and a huge helping of support along the way. Beasley’s … Continued
November 10th, 2021
By the Numbers: C-Suite Minority Boardroom Breakdown
When it comes to Black C-suite executives, leaders, and visionaries in the workplace, many know that representation counts. But the workplace ideal of diversity does not always equate to seats being filled equitably in the boardroom. BLACK ENTERPRISE recently reported in the 2021 B.E. Registry of Corporate Directors “Power in the Boardroom” report that their … Continued
October 27th, 2021
LIFT Director Drives Home the Importance of Recruitment, Retention Staying Power at Work
As the director of Education and Workforce Development Programs at LIFT, Phaedra Wainaina is used to taking people on a journey – one that involves offering insight into the recruitment and retention of talent for Black people especially. As a native Detroiter and millennial, Wainaina told the Michigan Chronicle how her career trajectory has informed … Continued
October 27th, 2021
‘I Choose the Ladder’ Helps Black Women Reach Higher Heights
Recent statistics have shown that Black women hold the lowest number of corporate executive and senior leadership roles in companies. In 2020, Statista reported just five percent of CEOs in the states are African American, while Black women represent 1.2 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs. Now, one marketing executive is working to open more executive … Continued
October 27th, 2021
Michigan Highlights EV Leadership and Drive With New Battery Manufacturing Plant
American Battery Solutions Inc. (ABS) celebrated the opening of its new lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in Lake Orion last week with state and industry leader in attendance. ABS will create over 100 good-paying jobs and build on Michigan’s leadership in the mobility and electrification space with the new facility. “I’m proud that American Battery Solutions … Continued
October 19th, 2021
CEO Mom Launches Program to Build Child CEO’s
Is it ever too early to become an entrepreneur? For wife and mother Teresa Baker, it is not. An entrepreneur in her own right, the passion for self-driven employment has been passed down to Baker’s three children. Now, she is looking to instill it in children everywhere. Children are not new to business ownership. In … Continued
