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The whole Christmas/Kwanzaa/Hannukah/New Year holiday has yet to fully pass and we’ve already learned that singer Trey Songz has been reportedly linking up with Lori Harvey, daughter of comedian/radio/talk show host Steve Harvey. But as quickly as fans learned …

Millennial venture capitalists. A black women cannabis entrepreneur. An exclusive interview with Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams. In 2018, Black Enterprise captured some of the most intriguing video interviews of black men and women who epitomize the spirit of innovation, leadership, and building up the community. Take a look at our 10 top black news videos of 2018.

10. Meet Vanessa Braxton, the Owner of Black Momma Vodka

Vanessa Braxton is the CEO and President of Black Momma Vodka and Black Momma Brand. She is also the first African American woman distiller, master blender, and operator of a nationally distributed vodka in the country, and the owner of the only black-owned tea and beverage manufacturing facility.

9. Meet the Man Heading Andela’s Push to Produce 100,000 Software Developers in Africa by 2020.

Seni Sulyman, a Harvard University graduate turned down an offer from Google to move back to Nigeria. Today, he is the Country Director for Andela, a tech talent accelerator with an admission rate of less than 1%, that is turning Africans into software developers.

8. Stacey Abrams On the Verge of Making Political History Down South

She may have lost the election, but there is no question that Stacey Abrams is a political trailblazer. In this exclusive interview, she talks why running for Georgia governor was so important.

7. Tatiana Elizabeth: The life of a Beauty Entrepreneur

Model and beauty entrepreneur Tatiana Elizabeth discusses how she started her company, skinBUTTR, the perks of being an influencer, and why it’s not exactly as easy as it looks in an interview powered by MGM Resorts.

6. The First Black Woman Sole Owner of a NASCAR Team

Meet Melissa Harville-Lebron, the first African American woman to solely own a race team licensed by NASCAR, stopped by Black Enterprise to talk about her journey into motorsports and making history.

5. BE Smart HBCU TechPrep Academy Recap 2018

Fifty students from 14 historically black colleges and universities gathered for two days, at Morehouse College in Atlanta, for engaging activities and to learn from some of the brightest and brilliant in technology. The event was hosted by Black Enterprise.

4. Meet Adam Pliska, the 46-year old CEO of World Poker Tour

Forty-six-year-old Adam Pliska joined World Poker Tour as general counsel in the early 2000s; 87% of the gaming and entertainment brand’s revenues came from its television licensing fees. Under his leadership as CEO, the company has expanded to 70 events with a presence in more than 150 countries across five continents.

3. Cannabis Industry Owner Hope Wiseman Says More Black People Should Invest in Weed

Hope Wiseman, the founder of Mary and Main and the youngest dispensary owner in the U.S, talks about profiting in the cannabis industry.

2. Busting the Corporate Pipeline: Meet the Next Generation of Black Leaders

The black leadership pipeline is going dry! How do we correct course? This panel of corporate HR and diversity specialists offer a frank examination of where we stand in today’s corporate environment and look at how efforts such as the Fellowship Initiative can serve as a model for building a stairway of opportunity for tomorrow’s leaders.

1. Meet The Brothas of Harlem Capital

These four millennial men are on a mission to change the face of entrepreneurship.

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If your childhood consisted heavily of Donald Duck cartoons and Make Way for Ducklings, good luck holding it together through this one. While it’s unlikely that any ad is going to persuade you to spontaneously go to a French theme park if you weren’t already planning a trip, Disneyland Paris just proved it can yank those heartstrings like a master.

In the spot, an adorable duckling finds a Donald Duck comic, and sees in it a new role model. The little bird imitates signature poses, hoping to grow up like their new hero, but when it comes time for the flock to migrate, all that paper is just too heavy to carry along. Through long days and dark nights, the ducks fly onward, until finally, our hero’s eyes widen as they see…well, you can probably guess. Let’s just say our eyes suddenly got as watery as the proverbial duck’s back.

Look, we love this so much we’re not even gonna dock it points for technically misappropriating “The Impossible Dream (The Quest),” originally a song about delusional would-be hero Don Quixote from the musical Man of La Mancha. Unless it’s trying to subtly make the point that a guy in a costume is no more the actual Donald than windmills are actual giants. But that can’t be the case, because Donald is REAL. Real, I tellzya. And I will hear no different after watching that little white fuzzball realize life goals.

Donald Duck does have some things in common with Don Quixote, though—most notably (sort of) a shared first moniker and an exaggerated sense of heroism. So maybe it works after all.

Image: Disneyland Paris