Celebrating Black Business Month: Legacy, Hustle & Impact
August is National Black Business Month, and we’re using this moment to show love to the trailblazers, creatives, and culture-shapers who are doing the work and keeping our community thriving. Because let’s be real, Black entrepreneurship isn’t just business, it’s legacy-building. It’s storytelling. It’s the culture showing up in real life, with receipts, reviews, and results.
Building From the Ground Up
We know firsthand what it takes to build something from the ground up, especially in spaces where we haven’t always been welcomed or well-represented. That’s why, throughout the month, we want to lift up other Black-owned brands that inspired us with their hustle, heart, and heavy-hitting impact. As part of our 5th anniversary celebration, we also hosted a week of community-rooted events that embodied our mission and reflected the vibrant ecosystem we’re proud to grow within.
The celebration kicked off on July 21st with the Black Florist Symposium, an invite-only gathering designed to empower Black floral creatives through connection, resource-sharing, and opportunity-building. Later that week, on July 24, we came together at FYI headquarters with WalkGoodLA and our community for a “Money, Flowers, Respect” fireside chat, a “Flowers For First Responders” Bloom Bar, along with some music and cake to sweeten the day. We closed the week on July 26 with a flower-filled Community Floral Wellness event alongside the Black Women’s Yoga Collective and The Plant Chica, blending movement, meditation, mindfulness, flower arranging and community connection.
Black-Owned Doesn’t Mean Small
Let’s be clear: not all Black-owned businesses are small. We’ve got some heavyweights in the game like Salamander Hotels & Resorts, Act 1 Group, Vista Equity Partners, and World Wide Technology. These brands have made major cultural and economic impact, and there’s a new wave of Black-owned companies scaling up, expanding their reach, and changing the game.
Black-Owned Brands We Love
Here are a few of our faves you should definitely tap in with:
🫱🏾🫲🏽 Blackbird Collective – A creative sanctuary and co-working space built to uplift Black women and women of color in business. If community is the soil, Blackbird is the bloom.
🔌 ChargerHelp! – Tackling the EV space with innovation and intention, this tech-forward company is redefining what workforce development and clean tech look like in our communities.
🍺 Crown & Hops – This Inglewood-based brewery is changing the craft beer game and reclaiming space in an industry that hasn’t always centered us. Bold brews, dope branding, and unapologetically Black energy in every pour.
🍷 IBest Wines – Vino with a vision! This Black woman-owned wine label pairs beautifully with your next DIY floral moment or backyard kickback. We love a good sip with substance.
🌟 Mirror Digital – A digital powerhouse amplifying multicultural voices and connecting brands with diverse audiences. If you’ve ever seen an inclusive campaign that felt authentic, chances are Mirror had something to do with it.
💄 The Lip Bar – This Detroit-based beauty brand is serving pigment, purpose, and power with every product. Clean, cruelty-free cosmetics that come through for our skin tones every time.
👓 Vontelle Eyewear – Because bold vision requires bold frames. This luxury eyewear brand blends cultural heritage with fashion-forward style. And, yes, they make glasses that actually fit our faces!
Support Is a Daily Practice
Supporting Black-owned businesses isn’t just a hashtag or a holiday trend, it’s a necessary commitment to equity, economic empowerment, and community love. Every purchase, referral, and repost helps keep these businesses blooming.
Bloom With Us All Year Long
This August, please take the time to intentionally support businesses that are not only doing what they do well, but doing it with purpose. Not just because it’s Black Business Month, but because Black businesses deserve our support all year round.
We see you. We celebrate you. We’re building right along with you.
