Mented – Black Enterprise

#FoundersOutFront Spotlights How Black and Latinx Female Founders Are Innovating During the Pandemic

Alisa GumbsJuly 27, 2020July 27, 2020

by Alisa GumbsJuly 27, 2020July 27, 20203893

digitalundivided's new photo series #FoundersOutFront highlights how Black and Latinx female founders are adapting to the global coronavirus pandemic...

Black Women Beauty Company Co-Founders Score $1 Million in Funding

Samara LynnOctober 17, 2017December 2, 2017

by Samara LynnOctober 17, 2017December 2, 20171926

K.J. Miller and Amanda E. Johnson, the founders of Mented are the 15th and 16th, respectively, African American women to ever raise $1 Million in...

Education

3 Facts I Learned About Harvard’s Black Graduation Ceremony

Robin White GoodeMay 24, 2017September 23, 2017

by Robin White GoodeMay 24, 2017September 23, 20171290

When I first heard about the black graduation ceremony at Harvard, I was opposed to the idea. Why are the students segregating themselves? Why can’t...

Entrepreneurship

This Is Harvard’s Next Black Beauty Startup

Maryann ReidMarch 17, 2017September 30, 2017

by Maryann ReidMarch 17, 2017September 30, 20171373

The founders of Mented share how they got started and how putting on a "white man hat" helped them get funding for their beauty startup....