08/17/2026
“The 2026 Black Money, Cash, Grants, Money, Funding, & Venture Capital Investments List, Tools 🧰 🛠 & Resources For Black Women”
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by Philip Green
Grants For Black Women
The Amber Grant
https://ambergrantsforwomen.com/get-an-amber-grant/
iFundWomen
https://ifundwomen.com
The New Voices Fund
$100 Million Dollars for women of color owned companies!
https://newvoicesfund.com/
Black Girl Ventures
https://www.blackgirlventures.org/
Spelman Lady Delores Wilson
Hello everyone,
I’m Deloris Wilson💯🔥
AXL
Beacon
Deloris Wilson is a social entrepreneur, ecosystem builder, and advocate for women’s rights.
💯🔥
In her dual role as an Inclusive Innovation Fellow at Georgetown Law’s Institute for Technology Law and Policy + Head of Strategy and Operations for BEACON: The DC Women Founders Initiative, she advises an innovative public-private partnership supporting over 400 women entrepreneurs and numerous investment partners in generating on-ramps for resources and support to marginalized entrepreneurial communities.
In 2016, she founded AXL (aksel), a social impact advisory agency that supports mission-driven organizations and firms to enhance their diversity and inclusion strategies in creative and quantifiable ways.
Education:
As a graduate of Spelman College, Harvard Kennedy School of Government and Georgetown Law, she is an avid traveler, mixed-media artist and strategist committed to promoting equity and inclusion worldwide.
Delores Wilson
https://www.dwilson.co/
Dear Black Women,✍️
To my dear beloved precious Black sisters. I have put together a great list of tools 🧰 ⚒️ & resources for you, my sisters✍️📚🏦🧳⭕️
- Philip Green
“The 2026 Black Money, Cash, Grants, Funding, & Venture Capital Investments List!”
💯
These Black Venture Capitalists Want To Put Millions of Dollars In Your Hand In 2026!💯🔥
by Philip Green
✍️📚🏦💯🖥💵📆🧳🏡⭕️📞🎙💵🏦
🧰 ⚒️
A Quick 5-Minute Read💯🔥
Compiled by Philip Green
But they will not help you write your own investor letter or business plan.
That’s on YOU!💯
If you're looking for funding, please get in touch with iFundwomen and Black Girl Ventures
iFundwomen
https://ifundwomen.com/
Black Girl Ventures
https://www.blackgirlventures.org/
Sarah Kunst
Cleo Capital
https://www.cleocap.com/
Will Allen
Rashaun Williams
Robert F. Smith
Brandon Bryant
Richelieu Dennis
The $100 Million Dollar New Voice’s Fund
by Richelieu Dennis
https://newvoicesfund.com/about/
💯🔥
Philip Green
“The Big Bold, Black List of The Top 40 Black Investors and Venture Capitalists Who Have Money To Put In Your Hand, In 2026!
A Quick 5-Minute Read💯🔥
Compiled by Philip Green
Updated Sunday, JJanuary 4, 2026
1. Kanyi Maqubela, Heartbeat Health, Inc.
2. Issac Vaughn, formerly of Ooyala, Inc.
3. Jillian Williams, Anthemis Group
4. Kobie Fuller, Upfront Ventures
5. Richard Kerby, formerly of Venrock
6. Lindsay Lee, Authentic Ventures
7. Walter Delph, BCG Digital Ventures
8. William Crowder, 42 Ventures
9. Kesha Cash, Impact America Fund - Founder and General Partner – Impact America Fund
10. Erica Minnihan, 1000 Angels
11. Peter Boyce, General Catalyst and Rough Draft Ventures
12. Lo Toney, GV (formerly Google Ventures)
13. Tyson Clark, GV
14. Courtney Hall, Hillcrest Venture Partners
15. Brian Dixon, Kapor Capital
16. Charles Hudson, Precursor Ventures
17. Michael Seibel, Y Combinator
18. Ryan Nece, Next Play Capital
19. Charles King, Macro Ventures
20. Nnamdi Okike, 645 Ventures
21. Marlon Nichols, Cross Culture Ventures
22. Brian Laung Aoaeh, KEC Ventures
23. Eghosa Omoigui, Echo VC
24. Lisa Lambert, Westly Group
25. Karen Kerr, GE Ventures
26. Lisa Coca, GE Ventures
27. Arlan Hamilton, Backstage Capital
28. Rashaun Williams, All-Star Fund
29. Denmark West, Connectivity Ventures
30. Brandon Bryant, Harlem Capital Partners
31. Hamet Watt, Upfront Ventures
32. Daphne Dufresne-Managing Partner – GenNx360
33. Lindsay Lee –
Founder & Managing Partner – Authentic Ventures
34. Charles Hudson -Managing Partner and Founder – Precursor Ventures
35. Mariah Lichtenstern –
Founder and CEO -DiverseCity Ventures
36. Troy Carter, Marlon Nichols – Co-founders/ Managing Partners- Cross Culture Ventures
37. Robert F. Smith, Founder & CEO – Vista Equity Partners
38. Erik Moore – Founder and Managing Partner – Base Ventures
39. Lindsay Lee – Founder & Managing Partner – Authentic Ventures
40. The $100 Million Dollar New Fund
by Richelieu Dennis
https://newvoicesfund.com/about/
LendStreet, by Jerry Nemorin
https://lendstreet.com
CapWay, by Sheena Allen
https://www.capway.co
CreditRich
by Angel Rich
https://www.creditrich.app
SoloFunds
Travis Holoway, Rodney Williams
https://solofunds.com
The $36 Million Dollar Fund For Women Entrepreneurs of Color
Backstage Capital, by Arlan Hamilton
http://backstagecapital.com/
Backstage Capital
http://backstagecapital.com/
http://backstagecapital.com/crew/
https://twitter.com/arlanwashere
Morgan Stanley has launched a new Multicultural Innovation Lab to help propel minority-led tech startups.
http://www.morganstanley.com/ideas/startup-accelerator-multicultural-innovation-lab
Kapor Capital
http://www.kaporcapital.com/
Andreesen-Horowitz
https://a16z.com/portfolio/
Andreesen-Horowitz
Kapor Capital
http://www.kaporcapital.com/
Kapor Center For Social Impact
https://www.kaporcenter.org
Andreesen-Horowitz
https://a16z.com/portfolio/
Troy Carter's Cross Culture Ventures
http://crossculturevc.com/
Hamet Watt, partner, Upfront Ventures
http://upfront.com/
Harlem Capital Partners
Harlem Capital Partners, a financial firm dedicated in part to investing in businesses owned by people of color and women.
Harlem Capital Partners
http://harlem.capital
The $100 Million Dollar New Voice’s Fund
by Richelieu Dennis
https://newvoicesfund.com/about/
Arlan Hamilton Creates $36 Million Dollar Venture Capital Fund To Help Women Entrepreneurs of Color!
Backstage Capital
Oakland and San Francisco, California
https://twitter.com/ArlanWasHere
http://backstagecapital.com/
https://jobs.backstagecapital.com/
More Good News!
Billionaire Robert F. Smith, age 58, ‘Shocks The World!’
Starts ‘Intern X’ to connect corporations with under-represented college students in the STEMS (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)
Intern X
https://internx.org/
Developed by Smith's Fund II Foundation, the program is designed to connect companies with collegians from historically underrepresented communities.
Its particular emphases are STEM-related fields and African-American students.
Fund II Foundation
http://www.fund2foundation.org/
Brian Brackeen
Candice Matthews-Brackeen
Lightship Capital, Cincinnati
💯
Lightship Capital Partners
Cincinnati
https://www.lightship.capital/team
Fund II Foundation
http://www.fund2foundation.org/
Lightship Capital Partners
Cincinnati
https://www.lightship.capital/team
EquiTrust Life Insurance
https://www.equitrust.com/
Tadia James, Gingerbread Capital
Monique Idlett-Mosley is a globally recognized entertainment pioneer in addition to being a successful venture capitalist. In 2017, she founded Reign Ventures Capital, a $25 million dollar fund that focuses on women and minority-led startups
Philip Green
2026, The Vine Magazine
2026, The Black Hedge Fund Group
Small Business Grants for Minorities in 2026
SBA
https://www.sba.gov
Grants.gov
Grants.gov is a running list of more than 1,000 available government grants, including minority business grants. The website compiles grants from more than two dozen government agencies, such as the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Dear Black Men,
I’ve put together a list of resources for Black boys. Black Men, please get involved. Be A Mentor. Be the positive change YOU wish to see in your own community. Love you.
- Philip Green
⭕️✍️
“My Block, My Hood, My City”💯🔥
by Jahmal Cole
http://mbmhmc.com
https://instagram.com/myblockmyhoodmycity
https://twitter.com/mbmhmc
✍️
I’ve put together a list of resources for Black boys. Black Men, please get involved. Be A Mentor. Be the positive change YOU wish to see in your own community. Love you.
- Philip Green
💯
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”
- Frederick Douglass
💯🔥✍️📚🏫
To my dear beloved, precious beautiful Black sisters and brothers, I love and care about each and every One of you. YOU Be the change you want to see!💯🔥✍️📚
Philip Green
Here’s how you can get involved, join together, network, collaborate, volunteer, help and make an immediate positive impact and contribution. Thank you.
Philip Green
100 Black Men
https://100blackmen.org/
CalFund - BLOOM
BLOOM (Building a Lifetime of Options and Opportunities for Men) to help young Black men who are or are at risk of becoming involved the juvenile justice system onto positive paths towards success. By combining mentorship, character development and specially-tailored
✍️📚🖥
https://www.calfund.org/transform-la/case-studies/bloom/
Urban League
https://nul.org/
Gentlemen of Vision, St. Louis
http://www.gentlemenofvision.org/bio
We Got This
Andre Lee Ellis
Milwaukee
https://wegotthismke.com/
Gathering Spot, Atlanta
https://thegatheringspot.club/
The Gathering Spot, Washington, D.C.
https://thegatheringspot.club/dc-gathers/
Mortar
Cincinnati
https://www.wearemortar.com/
My Brothers Keeper
https://www.obama.org/mbka/
Urban Prep Academies, Chicago
https://www.urbanprep.org/
Merit Goodness, Detroit
David Merritt
https://meritgoodness.com/
My Block, My Hood, My City
Jahmal Cole, Chicago
https://www.formyblock.org/
Black Boys In Tech
Paul Judge, Atlanta
http://pjudge.com/
Black Girls Code
Kimberly Bryant
https://www.blackgirlscode.com/
Black Girls Rock
Beverly Bond
https://www.blackgirlsrock.com/
Black Girls Run
Ashley Hicks-Rocha
https://blackgirlsrun.com/
BLK Tech in Charlotte
https://www.blktechclt.com/
The Year Up Program
YearUp.org
The Gentleman’s Factory
Brooklyn, NY
Jeff Lindor
https://gentlemensfactory.com/
Black Boys Code
All Star Code
Christina Lewis
https://www.allstarcode.org/
Black Girls Walk, Exercise & Learn Their History
Girl Trek
https://www.girltrek.org/
Fathers Uplift
https://www.fathersuplift.org
56 Black Men
https://www.56blackmen.com/copy-of-home
A goal to ‘dismantle bigotry and racism.’ Miami’s 5000 Role Models honors top students
💯🔥
The 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project is a mentoring program for boys in Miami-Dade, Broward, Duval, Pinellas and Detroit County Public Schools. 👔
👐
The 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project
https://twitter.com/5000RoleModels
https://www.5000rolemodels.com/
EdX
EdX.org
Coursera
Coursera.org
Scratch, by MIT - Learn to code. Free!
https://scratch.mit.edu
Khan Academy - Learn math. Free!
https://www.khanacademy.org/math
“Black Girls Run”
💯🔥✍️📚🏃 🏃♂️ 🏃♀️
by Jay Ell Alexander
https://blackgirlsrun.com/about/
1. Todoist for task management.
https://en.todoist.com/
2. Slack for team communication.
https://slack.com/
3. Evernote for every thought in my brain.
https://evernote.com/
4. OneNote for brainstorming.
https://www.onenote.com/
5. Google Voice for my business phone.
https://voice.google.com/about
6. UNUM for Instagram feed planning (major key).
UNUM Design perfection (App store)
7. Audible for reading on the go.
https://audible.com/
8. Pocket so I never forget a website I loved.
https://getpocket.com/
9. And my absolute favorite is Calendly so that people can see my availability and schedule meetings.
https://calendly.com/
10. This list is always evolving and I’m always perusing Product Hunt trying to find something new to try out.”
https://www.producthunt.com/
- Dara Oke
1. Streak
https://www.streak.com/
2. Camscanner
https://www.camscanner.com/
3. Trello
https://trello.com/
The Top 10 January 2026 Best Online Jobs, Careers & Employment Sites
Compiled by Philip Green
1. Monster.com
2. Linkedin.com
3. Careerbuilder.com
4. Xing.com
5. Dice.com
6. Ladders.com
7. Glassdoor.com
8. Indeed.com
9. USjobs.com
10. Simplyhired.com
11. TheMuse.com
JobServe
https://www.jobserve.com/gb/en/
YearUp.org
coursera.org
edX.org
Scratch
https://scratch.mit.edu/
People Of Color In Tech
https://peopleofcolorintech.com/
https://instagram.com/pocintech
https://twitter.com/pocintech
Google Certificate Courses
https://developers.google.com/training/certification/
Google Developers Blog
https://developers.googleblog.com/
Coursera.org
EdX.org
Google Certificate Course - Coursera
https://www.coursera.org/specializations/google-it-support
Google Digital Coaches
https://accelerate.withgoogle.com/coaches
YearUp.org
Please don’t forget, my dear beautiful Black sisters and brothers. These Harvard, Yale, MIT-Sloan business school certificate courses are free!💯🔥📚🎓🧳💯🔥✍️📚🏦📔
- Philip Green
💯
Harvard, Yale, Stanford, MIT, Chicago Booth Business School, Wharton, Kellogg at Northwestern
Summer 2026 Go Back To School, Free!
by Philip Green
Did You Know?
The CFA Certificate Program Is Free!💯🔥
Institute Investment Foundations® Certificate Program - this is a free program that covers the essentials of finance, ethics, and investment roles, providing a clear understanding of the global investment industry. Candidates who successfully pass the online exam earn the CFA Institute Investment Foundations Certificate, demonstrating a mastery of core foundational principles of the investment profession. I recommend that users sign up to take study course online instead of printing the chapter handouts.
CFA Institute
https://www.cfainstitute.org/en/programs/investment-foundations
Harvard University Is Offering 67 Free Online Courses During The Age of Quarantine
💯🔥
https://online-learning.harvard.edu/catalog
Year Up Program
YearUp.org
Scratch, by MIT
Scratch is a free programming language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations.
https://scratch.mit.edu/
MOOC
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are free online courses available for anyone to enroll. MOOCs provide an affordable and flexible way to learn new skills, advance your career and deliver quality educational experiences at scale.
Millions of people around the world use MOOCs to learn for a variety of reasons, including: career development, changing careers, college preparations, supplemental learning, lifelong learning, corporate eLearning & training, and more.
https://www.mooc.org/
EdX
EdX.org
Coursera
Coursera.org
My Top 12 Most Recommended Money, Investing & Financial Books for The Month of January 2026!💯✍️📚📖 📗🔥💵🏦🖥📚
by Philip Green
1. “The Intelligent Investor”, Benjamin Graham
2. “The Millionaire Next Door”, Thomas J. Stanley and William Danko
3. “The Richest Man In Babylon”, George S. Clason
4. “Freakonomics”, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
5. “Think and Grow Rich”, Napoleon Hill
6. Think and Grow Rich - A Black Choice”. Dennis Kimbro
7. “The Power of Broke”, Daymond John
8. “Rich Dad, Poor Dad”
Rich Dad Poor Dad is a 1997 book written by Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter.
It advocates the importance of financial literacy, financial independence and building wealth through investing in assets, real estate investing, starting and owning businesses, as well as increasing one's financial intelligence.
9. “Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires”, Shomari Wills
10. “Everyday Millionaires”, Chris Hogan
11. “The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap”, Mehrsa Baradaran
12. “How The Other Half Banks”, Mehrsa Baradaran
“My Top 12 Most Recommended General Interest Books for The Month of January 2026💯🔥📚✍️
- by Philip Green
“Aftershock”, by Nadia Owusu
“One of Them”, by Musa Okwonga
“Three Mothers”, by Anna Malaika Tubbs
“Four Hundred Souls”, by Ibram X. Kendi
“Concrete Rose”, by Angie Thomas
📚
“The Water Dancer”
A New Novel
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Available now
“The Top 12 Most Awesome Books To Read In January 2026 To Change Your Personal & Business Life For Growth & Success!”💯🔥
As recommended by Philip Green
1. “The Alchemist”, by Paulo Coelho
2. “Outliers: The Story of Success”, by Malcolm Gladwell
3. “The Four Agreements", by Don Miguel Ruiz
4. “You Are a Badass®: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life!”
5. “The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*uck!”
6. “The Power of Habit”, by Charles Duhigg
7. “Rework”, by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
8. “The 5 Levels of Leadership”, by John C. Maxwell
9. “The One-Minute Manager”, Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson
10. “Entrepreneurial You”, by Dorie Clark
Bonus books:
11. “The Question Behind The Question”, by John G. Miller
12. “Talking To Strangers”, Malcolm Gladwell
Where to purchase:
✍️
Marcus Bookstores
http://marcusbooksoakland.com
Tattered Cover Bookstore
https://www.tatteredcover.com
Amazon Books
https://www.amazon.com/books-used-books-textbooks/b?ie=UTF8&node=283155
Barnes & Noble Books
https://m.barnesandnoble.com/b/books/_/N-1sZ29Z8q8
Grants
✍️📚🎓🏫 🥼🩺 🧬🔬 📜🖥💻🏫
Grants
Grants.gov
https://grants.gov/
GrantWatch.com
https://www.grantwatch.com/
Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) - Financial Resources & Grants
https://usafundingapplications.org/v9/front-page-060325/
SCORE
https://www.sba.gov/.../resource.../womens-business-centers
January 2026 Jobs List by Philip Green
REMOTE JOBS 🖥️💻
🛠️🧰⚒️
Seeking Work?
Here are 15 verified sites that offer remote work💯
The January 2026 Remote Jobs List🖥️💻
by Philip Green
Upwork.com
Contra.com
WeWorkRemotely.com
FlexJobs.com
Thegigletter.com
Behance.net
RemoteOK.com
Fiverr.com
GitHub.careers.com
remotescout24.com/en
wellfound.com/company/remotecom/jobs
Mercor.com
r/RemoteITJobs (reddit.com/r/RemoteJobs/)
job-halo.com
remotejobmatching.com
Scratch, by M.I.T.
Learn to code! 💻 🖥
Free, easy & fun!
https://scratch.mit.edu/
💯
✍️📚🎓🏫 🥼🩺 🧬🔬 📜🖥💻🏫
Grants
Grants.gov
https://grants.gov/
GrantWatch.com
https://www.grantwatch.com/
Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) - Financial Resources & Grants
https://usafundingapplications.org/v9/front-page-060325/
SCORE
https://www.sba.gov/.../resource.../womens-business-centers
The Top 10 January 2026 Best Online Jobs, Careers & Employment Sites
Compiled by Philip Green
1. Monster.com
2. Linkedin.com
3. Careerbuilder.com
4. Xing.com
5. Dice.com
6. Ladders.com
7. Glassdoor.com
8. Indeed.com
9. USjobs.com
10. Simplyhired.com
11. TheMuse.com
12. Zip Recruiter
https://www.ziprecruiter.com/
“The Top 25 January 2026 Work Tools & Apps For Your Successful and Productive Work Week Ahead”
✍️🔥📚 💻🧰 🛠
by Philip Green
My Top 10 Favorite Free Tools, Resources Apps For Daily Success In Life and Business”
💯🔥✍️📚🧳🎓🏬✍️🔥🎓
Some of my favorite applications are
Build your own, free personal or business website:
Wordpress
https://wordpress.com/
Build your own, free personal or business website:
Google Sites
https://sites.google.com/u/0/new?pli=1&authuser=0
1. Todoist for task management.
https://en.todoist.com/
✍️
2. Slack for team communication.
https://slack.com
✍️
3. Evernote for every thought in my brain.
https://evernote.com/
✍️
4. OneNote for brainstorming.
https://www.onenote.com/
✍️
5. Google Voice for my business phone.
https://voice.google.com/about
✍️
6. UNUM for Instagram feed planning (major key).
UNUM Design perfection (App store)
✍️
7. Audible for reading on the go.
https://audible.com/
✍️
8. Pocket so I never forget a website I loved.
https://getpocket.com/
✍️
9. Calendly. And my absolute favorite is Calendly so that people can see my availability and schedule meetings.
https://calendly.com/
✍️
10. This list is always evolving and I’m always perusing Product Hunt trying to find something new to try out.”
https://www.producthunt.com/
✍️
1. Streak
https://www.streak.com/
2. Camscanner
https://www.camscanner.com/
3. Trello
https://trello.com/
Some Awesome Remote, Virtual, Work from Home Tools
by Philip Green
Connect on FaceTime, WhatsApp, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Google VoiceMessenger, Zoom, Skype, WebEx, Instagram Live, Facebook Live
💯🔥📚✍️🧳🎓
Zoom
https://zoom.us/
WhatsApp
https://www.whatsapp.com/
Skype
https://www.skype.com/en/
Microsoft Teams
https://www.microsoft.com/.../microso.../group-chat-software
Google Voice
https://voice.google.com/about
Facebook Portal
https://portal.facebook.com/
BlueJeans Cloud Video
https://www.bluejeans.com/
Go To Meeting
https://www.gotomeeting.com/
Google Meet
https://meet.google.com/
Google Duo
https://duo.google.com/about/
Adobe Sign
Free
Keep your business moving with e‑signatures.
https://www.adobe.com/sign.html
Online courses 🏫
Coursera.org
EdX.org
Learn to code: 🖥️ 💻
Scratch by M.I.T.
https://scratch.mit.edu/
“Constant Cash Flow.”
Never rely solely upon a job alone. Always have money🏦coming in from multiple sources.
- Philip Green
Residual income ✅
Passive income ✅
Side hustles✅
Investments ✅
Compound interest ✅
Dividends ✅
Annuities ✅
Monthly investment profits✅
Quarterly dividend earnings ✅
Affiliates income ✅
Content creation on TilTok & YouTube ✅
- Philip Green
It Takes Two! To Build Black Generational Wealth
Truth Be Told, We need each, Black Women, Black Men. Now. More than ever before.
- Philip Green
💯
“The 15 Basic Building Blocks of Black Generational Wealth”
💯🔥 ⭕️ 🏦 📚
by Philip Green
1. Black Love
2. Black Marriage 💍
3. Black Family
4. Black Homeownership 🏠 🏡
5. Education 🖥️ 💻 📚 🏫
6. Financial Literacy 📚
7. Black Health & Wellness 👟 🏃♂️
8. Constant Cash Flow🏦
9. Access To Capital 🏦
10. Sustained employment and career
11. Life Insurance 🏦
12. Health Insurance 👟🏃♂️
13. Estate Planning 📚
14. Investments account 🏦
15. Constant Cash Flow. Always, always have money coming from multiple sources. Residual and passive income. Multiple sources of income and revenue. Never ever rely solely upon a job alone.🏦
Please. Remember what I taught you!
by Philip Green
“Constant Cash Flow.” Never rely solely upon a job alone. Always have money🏦coming in from multiple sources.
Residual income ✅
Passive income ✅
Side hustles✅
Investments ✅
Compound interest ✅
Dividends ✅
Annuities ✅
Monthly investment profits✅
Quarterly dividend earnings ✅
Affiliates income ✅
Content creation on TilTok & YouTube ✅
- Philip Green
It Takes Two!
To Build Black Generational Wealth
Truth Be Told
We need each, Black Women, Black Men. Now. More than ever before.
- Philip Green
“The January 2026 Jobs, Careers & Employment Outlook & Forecast Report”
💯🔥 💻 🖥 📕 ⚒️ 🛠 🧰 📚 🏦 🔬 📺 📻 🎙 🚀
(A Quick 2-Minute Read)
by Philip Green
Amazon AWS (Amazon Web Services)✅
Microsoft Azure✅
Google Cloud certifications✅✅
Open Source technologies ✅
Cyber Security ✅
Artificial Intelligence ✅
Quantitative Analysis✅
Robotics✅
Shipping & Logistics✅
Investment Banking ✅
Enterprise Data Management ✅
Blockchain ✅
Semiconductors & Microchips✅
Algorithmic programming ✅
Business Administration ✅
Payment Platforms ✅
Data Science ✅
Information Security ✅
Software Developer ✅
Nurse Practitioner 🥼 ✅
The STEM’s are an imperative!..Or be left behind.
- Philip Green
“The January 2026 Jobs, Careers & Employment Outlook & Forecast”💯🔥
(A Quick 2-Minute Read)
January 2026
by Philip Green
Silicon Valley, Wall Street, London, Chicago and New York
Seeing some remote IT contract jobs paying over $150.00 per hour and full-time salaries of over $250,000 a year! Especially for developers with Apache, python, java, high-speed algorithmic quantitative computer programmers.
by Philip Green
The January 2026 S.T.E.M.’s (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) Jobs & Employment Hiring Forecast
January 2026
by Philip Green
“Here is what I’m seeing - in the financial markets, banking and trading sector in the States. I have some added nuances for what I’m seeing in London and Frankfurt and across Europe and the Emerging markets (Singapore, Hong Kong) - but let me synthesize the U.S. for now:
Job role and responsibilities:
Project managers who can lead the entire implementation or initiatives from inception to go-live.
Developers
Business Analysts
Programmers
Solutions Architects
Cyber-Security
Learn To Code
Free, fun, and easy
Scratch, by MIT
https://scratch.mit.edu/
Learn Business Analytics
Microsoft Excel
PL/SQL
1. Domains: Regulatory, especially the LIBOR/SOFR interest rate change mandate; MIFID II and Uncleared Margin Requirements (UMR), SEC Reporting and Swaps Dealers (Derivatives, in particular). And Basel III.
2. Any banking or trading systems implementations
3. Treasury management systems implementation experience
4. Database migrations to AWS and Cloud
Companies:
Please. Look into:
Western Digital /SanDisk
eBay
Legg Mason
Fannie Mae - Washington, DC and Herndon, Veterans Administration
Freddie Mac
Capital One
Fidelity
TRowe Price
State Street Bank
Bank of New York-Mellon
Deutsche Bank
Shell - Houston
BP - Houston
Northern Trust - Chicago
RBC Bank - NYC
RBS
Credit Suisse - NYC
Goldman Sachs
Bank of America
Wells Fargo, Charlotte
Commerz Bank
HSBC - Bryant Park, New York
UBS - Stanford, CT
Bank of Montreal - Chicago, New York and Toronto
Kelly Staffing
CVS Health
Williams-Sonoma
TTEC
Robert Half International
Transcom
KForce
Randstad
The Top 10 January 2026 Best Online Jobs, Careers & Employment Sites
Compiled by Philip Green
1. Monster.com
2. Linkedin.com
3. Careerbuilder.com
4. Xing.com
5. Dice.com
6. Ladders.com
7. Glassdoor.com
8. Indeed.com
9. USjobs.com
10. Simplyhired.com
11. TheMuse.com
The Goldman Sachs Returnship Program
https://www.goldmansachs.com/.../professionals/returnship/
The Year Up Program
YearUp.org
Harvard University
Harvard Business School
Harvard University
Harvard Business School
Please don’t forget.
“The more you Know, the more you Grow!”
Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Michigan, Chicago Booth Business School, The Wharton School and so many more all offer a smorgasbord of awesome Certificate courses, many free, online through Coursera and EdX
Coursera.org
EdX.org
Yes, of course keep your 9-5 job!
You’ve got bills to pay.
But quietly and secretly be building your own fortune and empire on the side🏦 🏠 ✈️
by Philip Green
Then walk away.
But don’t make a scene! Keep your cool. Just walk away.
Smooth, Straight Clean!
“The Top 10 Most Important Things For YOU To Do In 2026”
“Your 2026 Money & Finance Year-End Recap”
by Philip Green
Get These Essential Things Done In 2026
Think “Constant Cash Flow!” Always always always have money coming in from multiple sources. Never ever ever rely solely upon a job alone.
1. Get a real estate license. Not to be a realtor, but to be a real estate entrepreneur, baby! Thank me later. Or at the minimum, at the very least, invest in REITS (real estate investment trusts). Please listen to what I’m trying to tell you. ✅
2. Set up an LLC✅
3. Set up an S-Corp or C-Corp✅
4. Get a Passport. Get TSA Pre-Check. Get Global Entry. ✅
5. Get an MWBE certification. Also, register with the SBA (Small Business Administration as a Black vendor - get done of those lucrative federal contracts and set-asides! If you don’t ASK, you don’t GET!✅
6. Make residual and passive income as an Amazon Affiliate✅
7. Register a 501c3 tax-exempt entity in South Dakota and also in both Delaware and Nevada - and register as a no -profit and get those grants! If you don’t ASK, you don’t GET!✅
8. Get an F.E.I.N. Tax ID Number from the IRS!✅
9. Invest in Dividend-paying stocks. Invest in Ethereum, Lithium, crude oil and mining. But also please diversify your assets and hold Gold, precious metals in a safe deposit box or secure, fire-proof vault at home. ✅
10. Read More Books! 📚 “The more you Know, the more you Grow!”✅
Support more Black-owned businesses
Build Black Generational Wealth✅
Exercise. Walk. Run. Bike. Hike. ✅
Drink More Water✅
Find Yourself A Good Black Love Partner✅
Invest ✅
Save ✅
Read More Books!📚✅
Exercise More ✅
Laugh More ✅
💯🏦 📚
“The Top 20 Side Hustles, Investments and Entrepreneurial Pursuits You Should Get Into In 2026!”💯🔥 🧰 🛠 🏦
by Philip Green
Please listen to what I’m trying to tell you!
1. Cyber Security ✅
1. Renewable energy (Tied)✅
2. Artificial Intelligence ✅
3. Robotics✅
4. Wine and beverages✅
5. Cannabis (Recreational and medicinal, edibles and CBD Oils)✅
6. Bespoke and custom suits, clothing, shoes, apparel and Accessories - even during a pandemic and quarantine and so many working from home, people still need clothes.)✅
7. Tea and bottled water ✅
8. Fitness, yoga, Heath & Wellness ✅
9. Facial recognition software ✅
10. Travel, tourism and hospitality ✅
11. Apparel and shoes (regular consumers)✅
12. Children’s toys, books, games, apparel✅
13. S*x (It’s a Trillion Dollar a year industry, baby - each year! Adult-themed films, videos, books, graphic novels, “urban” novels, online sites. ✅
14. Real estate, property, land. ✅
15. Comic books (with Black super heroes and Black protagonists) ✅
16. Digital Payments platforms✅
17. Gaming✅
18. Cloud Computing; Data Storage✅
19. Oil & Gas (Natural Gas, Gasoline, Heating oil and Crude Oil)✅
20. Barbers, esthetician’s, hair, makeup, hair accessories. (even during a pandemic and quarantine and so many working from home, people still want to look good and feel good. This sector survives recessions, inflations, economic depressions - people still want to look good and feel good!)✅
*Compiled and culled from the thousands of entrepreneur Interviews, articles I’ve published here, trending topics and the data analysis I’ve done so you don’t have to.
In no particular ranking order.
Want To Break Into Tech? Here Are Some Programs & Apprenticeships That May Help You!
by Philip Green
1. YearUp:
https://www.yearup.org
2. LinkedIn Reach:
https://careers.linkedin.com/reach
3. Google Apprenticeships:
https://grow.google/skills/
Microsoft Leap:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/leap/
The 2025 Top 25 Work Tools & Apps For Your Personal, Work & Business Success”
✍️🔥📚 💻🧰 🛠
by Philip Green
My Top 10 Favorite Free Tools, Resources Apps For Daily Success In Life and Business”
💯🔥✍️📚🧳🎓🏬✍️🔥🎓
Some of my favorite applications are
1. Todoist for task management.
https://en.todoist.com/
✍️
2. Slack for team communication.
https://slack.com
✍️
3. Evernote for every thought in my brain.
https://evernote.com/
✍️
4. OneNote for brainstorming.
https://www.onenote.com/
✍️
5. Google Voice for my business phone.
https://voice.google.com/about
✍️
6. UNUM for Instagram feed planning (major key).
UNUM Design perfection (App store)
✍️
7. Audible for reading on the go.
https://audible.com/
✍️
8. Pocket so I never forget a website I loved.
https://getpocket.com/
✍️
9. Calendly. And my absolute favorite is Calendly so that people can see my availability and schedule meetings.
https://calendly.com/
✍️
10. This list is always evolving and I’m always perusing Product Hunt trying to find something new to try out.”
https://www.producthunt.com/
✍️
1. Streak
https://www.streak.com/
2. Camscanner
https://www.camscanner.com/
3. Trello
https://trello.com/
Some Awesome Remote, Virtual, Work from Home Tools
by Philip Green
Connect on FaceTime, WhatsApp, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Google VoiceMessenger, Zoom, Skype, WebEx, Instagram Live, Facebook Live
💯🔥📚✍️🧳🎓
Zoom
https://zoom.us/
WhatsApp
https://www.whatsapp.com/
Skype
https://www.skype.com/en/
Microsoft Teams
https://www.microsoft.com/.../microso.../group-chat-software
Google Voice
https://voice.google.com/about
Facebook Portal
https://portal.facebook.com/
BlueJeans Cloud Video
https://www.bluejeans.com/
Go To Meeting
https://www.gotomeeting.com/
Google Meet
https://meet.google.com/
Google Duo
https://duo.google.com/about/
Calendly
Calendly is your hub for scheduling meetings professionally and efficiently, eliminating the hassle of back-and-forth emails so you can get back to work.
https://calendly.com/
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