Some of you are probably saying, ‘Uh, no way!’ to my movie of the week. However, I saw the promos in the movie trailer and the film has a real dose of fantasy, sentiment, family-ties,–a lot of great stuff. So, I’m going to go see it. I’ll tell you how it is. It’s a tear [...]
Yesterday I received an email from two aspiring entrepreneurs. They were teens that I met through the Elijah Cummings Youth Summit in Baltimore where I’ve spoken for the past three years. In their letter, they wanted to know how I could help them with their business. This is what I had to say:
The best thing [...]
Twitter has been really motivating me lately. Several months ago, a colleague, @cynaminjones made me remember all the things that I had done when I owned my magazine, Mad Rhythms. See, before I became an author or a filmmaker, I created a magazine that circulated to college students. In 2000, it was time for me [...]
I didn’t realize how much winning awards impacted your career until I won a few. Awards not only help people see what you do, but it brings visibility to what others are doing as well. My website www.yasminshiraz.com and my Twitter Profile have been entered in the 2010 Black Weblog Awards. I don’t know if [...]
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After communicating with one of my cousins whose Twitter handle is @futureguru100, I thought about sharing some “must-have” entrepreneurial reading material with you. I’ve been an entrepreneur now for over 10 years and I’m always reading books, magazines, and blogs to continue to be successful.
1. A How-To-Write-A-Business Plan book (This book will help you develop [...]
It opened #1 in the box office last week. People have been saying good things about it. So, I decided to check it out. I enjoyed it though my brain felt we were taking the GRE again! I mean it has you thinking NON-STOP. Leo’s acting was flawless and the screenplay was on a trigonometry [...]
Ya’ll know I love me some radio airwaves and so I had a good time with Mandrell Birks today on the Sighlent Storm radio show. We talked about the independent woman. A couple of gems that I dropped:
Obsession with being an Independent Woman gives birth to the Angry Woman! Hello. Sometimes we cling on to [...]
I’ve been so busy I haven’t been going to the movies like I’m supposed to. I’ve been traveling and what not. But this weekend, I plan on seeing Salt. If I’m lucky, I might get to see two movies. I heard inception is nothing but the truth! Here’s the trailer to Salt. Have you seen [...]
Ya’ll know I have a soft spot for young people. Well, this 8 year old is doing big with dribbling, behind the backs, lay-ups… You name it, he has something for ya!
