Name: Making It! TV: Entrepreneur Success Stories
Organization Overview: Our website is a continuation of the multi-Emmy winning small business TV show, “Making It!” During it’s 20 years and running or air, “Making It!” has profiled 1000+ Entrepreneur Success Stories. We bring the same inspirational stories and expert business advice so that you may thrive at any level of entrepreneurship. Features streaming video of Entrepreneur Success Stories, National Business Events, Small Biz Q/A, Inspirational Business Articles and more. Dedicated to American Dreamers from all walks of life.
We are best known for: MAKING IT! – Minority Success Stories is a weekly, half-hour magazine format show which highlights the triumphs, challenges, and contributions of minority business. Our mission is to promote economic empowerment. Each episode includes two Entrepreneurs’ Stories – On location, profiling the efforts of minority men and women who strive for an improved community through business ownership.
What most don’t know about us is: Unlike many public affairs programs, MAKING IT! is not studio bound. Our cameras travel throughout the business community finding stories everywhere:
- Corner shops to Corporate Citizens
- Neighborhood Professionals to Business Boardrooms
- High-Tech, Multi-Million Dollar Ventures to Home-Based Businesses
Since its premiere in March 1989 on KTLA in Los Angeles, MAKING IT! has received over 30 awards and citations from all levels of government and business organizations, as well as multiple Emmy Awards for best “Informational/Public Affairs Series.”
MAKING IT! is an inspirational resource for viewers of any ethnicity who value self- determination and hold a vision of being in business. The uplifting stories of triumph over adversity shown on MAKING IT! have a strong, universal appeal.
