In The Beginning

In the Beginning...

Since this is our inaugural issue, I thought it would be appropriate to start with a short story about me and how Black Success Magazine came to be.

My name is Sherman Ray. I’ve founded a lot of organizations and activities in my 50+years of life. Anything from a small business networking group to bag to school drives, even a classical car show to promote the businesses in my strip mall, you name it, I’ve done it.

It was when a group that I never really envisioned grew to over 2000 members that I decided to find a vehicle that would serve that group. The LV Black Business Directory started as just another networking group but one that was exclusively for minority-based business men and women in Las Vegas. Well to make a long story short, the LVBBD is now 4 years old and has upwards of 2200 business owners promoting their various items for sale or services for hire.

We had tried to create events and opportunities for our business owners to mix and mingle but like most things timing was off, people were too busy or some other excuse found its way into the dialogue, until one weekend when I was listening to a tape or television show. It occurred to me that there might be an opportunity to start a website  that would service my peeps. That weekend the Black Success Magazine was birthed. 

We’re just at the beginning of this thing but already people are interested in what we have to offer. In the coming months we will be rolling out all kinds of products and materials for our friends and partners who look through our pages. I hope you will become a frequent reader and share our articles and stories with your friends.

Sherman Ray

Publisher, Black Success Magazine