Millions of small businesses rushed to apply for federal aid to keep themselves afloat in the early months of the pandemic. Lola Shalewa Barbara Kasali, a Houston businesswoman, was among that throng, filing two applications seeking nearly $4 million in assistance for her hair extensions businesses, federal authorities say. After […]
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What drives this Houston energy entrepreneur? The fear of quitting, for one.
Craig Taylor grew up in disadvantaged neighborhoods near Los Angeles, the son of an African American father and a white mother who had immigrated from Germany. “To some of the Black kids, I wasn’t Black enough, and I certainly wasn’t white,” he says. At 8 years old, he walked home […]