Opportunity

CAPITALIZE!     There it is, the bridge to your prosperity.  Each and every man has to make that journey across the bridge for himself.  No one can do it for you.  See, just across the water is your future.  The promise of joining the America of full citizenship.  To participate in your share of wealth […]

Build Anyway     It took 5 years to build the original World Trade Center Twin Towers.  It was under planning 10 years before construction began in 1968.  It cost $460 Million to build.  It took thousands of men to plan, design, and construct the impressive towers.  On Sept 11, 2001, it took just 10 men

     When you go to the airport to catch a flight, the TSA will send you through the metal scanner to see if you have any weapons on you that might destroy the plane and kill people.  We here at the Co-operative see wealth building as a Superman performance.  With all of Superman’s strength

     There are three 12 year old African American boys, Billy, Danny, and Jimmy, living in the community but in different neighborhoods.  Each one has the dream of making it big and earning a lot of money when they grow up.  They see a big discrepancy in their community of poor conditions compared with

Man Makes the Money…Money Never Made the Man LL Cool JAre you a money maker?  Simple question.  There is no malice or ill will in the question.  Just a simple question to see where you are.  Are you a money maker?      One characteristic you never hear about our community is industrial might.  Why

     Sir, what are you doing here?  Do you know where you are supposed to be?  Do you have an appointment?  Why are you loitering?  Can I help you?  Any of these sound familiar.  I don’t know about you, but to me, the expectations are awfully low for us men here in our Black

     Look at the chart above.  85% of the wealth in the chart is owned by 20% of Americans.  No matter how you feel about wealthy people, this statistic is a fact.  On the other end of the spectrum 70% of people own less than 5% of the total wealth in this country.  Where

     There are three ingredients to the success of any business.  You must have capital, effort, and belief in order to operate efficiently.  Of the three ingredients, one is more important than all.  Belief in what you are doing is the utmost of importance.  Without it, no amount of money or work will overcome

Enter into the house of citizenship and deliver a work ethic.  First you must believe, then you will receive monumental rewards…  but only if you earn it.  Faith without works is sure death. Stay away from the house of grievances, victimhood, and unbelief. As not what your country can do for you, but what you

Business Development Company (BDC) Who is Wealth?      We are wealth.  Wealth building capability is given to each and every one of us according to our talents.  Wealth is inside of us, it has to be given an outlet to come into the world.  A BDC is a for-profit private equity investment company designed to create