Entrepreneurs Navigating through Business Challenges – Lee Chambers.

My challenges started before I’d even set up my first business. While finishing University I created a business plan for an idea I’d had around setting up a video game e-commerce company. I took this report to an established business advisor in Manchester, who looked through it and told me it was a sound proposition. But he then proceeded to tell me that he felt that I would struggle to execute it in that industry as I was young, black and disruptive, and the industry was controlled by the old guard.

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‘Hushpuppi’, 10 gang members arrested in Dubai for money laundry & cyber fraud.

Hushpuppi who poses as a  successful real estate  businessman with a large following of over two million followers on Instagram has been arrested by Dubai Police during  an elaborate operation dubbed Fox Hunt 2 in the country by the men of Dubai police operatives. This follows a similar operation busting an African cyber crime gang running a similar scam in February 2019,where  Dh32 million — $8.7m — was stolen from victims.

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It’s exactly two years since Telle Moi was launched providing nude or darker nail polish for black women.

“I was so surprised by how pretty they came out and I just felt like I hadn’t seen these colours anywhere in stores before. It never dawned on me that I wasn’t the only one going through difficulty in finding flattering nude polishes and once I made the colours for myself, I realised that I could actually try and help fix the problem instead of just complaining about it.”

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