Sciberus builds Florida's C-PALM

DECATUR -- Laron Walker never forgot meeting the late Dr. Frank Greene in an airport.  Like Greene, Walker received a masters degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University.

From that point, Greene encouraged Walker to follow in his footsteps as an innovator and entrepreneur.

Bayview native Eric Williams' innovations save lives around the globe

MIRAMAR, FL -- Thousands of heart disease patients are alive today because Eric Williams' mother insisted on high standards.

Success Secrets, Blackmoney, Jazz Management define diversity dividend

SAN JOSE -- When the new editor of the San Jose Business Journal walked into a breakfast at the San Jose Athletic Club in 1987, he was surprised that four of the dozen technology business leaders welcoming him were African-American.

"They were pretty shocked that I was black too," recalls the author of Success Secrets of Black Executives (ASPIRE SAN FRANCISCO), first  African-American to edit a business newspaper.

John William Templeton soon organized a group called the Black Executive Forum, where one could only gain admittance with budget authority in excess of $10 million.  More than 200 eventually showed up for the monthly meetings.