Chicago’s Black Business Network has been supporting Startups and Small Business Owners since 2008.
Reprinted from a previous interview. Today, we are interviewing Sonja Cassandra Perdue, founder and CEO of Chicago's Black Business Network. Chicago's Black Business Network has been supporting startups and small business owners since 2008. Please tell us something about yourself. Since 2008, I've been at the helm of Chicago's Black Business Network (CBBN) and what a ride that has been. CBBN is a social media management and training organization. How did you get into what you do right now? In 2007, I was laid off as a Mortgage Consultant, as were thousands. One day, I came across what is called NING. Some of you may remember that social network from back then. And, it said, push this button if you want to create a website, and I pushed the button. Purchased the domain and started to invite people. It was my intention to build a referral base, just in case, I decided to write loans again. But things turned out a little bit different. We started hostin