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The article discusses how entrepreneurs Ian Blount and Angela Cauley combined their resources and knowledge to make Coalescence LLC a successful blending and repackaging firm in Columbus, Ohio. It says that Blount and his wife Cauley founded the company in 2005, which posted a 760 percent increase in revenue in 2009. According to the author, Cauley used her expertise on food while Blount used his accounting skills on their way to entrepreneurship. Information on the first contract of Coalescence and its plans to diversify are also discussed.

The article presents obituaries for two significant African American businesspeople including Inner City Broadcasting Corp. founder Percy E. Sutton and Johnson Publishing Co. co-founder Eunice Johnson.

The article discusses how women develop a money management plan while dealing with life challenges and stages. It features resources and a list of steps in developing financial action plan and building wealth that will last for generations to come. It tells about money management, investing, and tax and estate planning.

The article features the 40 Black Enterprise (BE) Nexters which are composed of young business leaders with 21-35 years of age. According to the author, these people are doing excellent job in several areas including entrepreneurship, academia, and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The list includes Tristan Walker of Foursquare Labs Inc., Tina Wells, owner and chief executive officer (CEO) of Buzz Marketing Group, and New York-based visual artist and designer Kehinde Wiley.

The article offers tips from Afro-American financial experts on choosing stocks to invest in. According to Gordon Johnson, senior analyst at Hapoalim Securities, it is important to determine if a stock is over- or under-valued using price-to-earnings ratio. Imari Love, analyst at Morningstar, suggests investors to focus on what will happen next instead of worrying about what just happened. Eric T. McKissack, chief executive officer (CEO) of Channing Capital Management, places emphasis on free cash flow.