The Founder
 
 
  Victor Thompson is the founder of Knowledge Fountain, the influential Black business magazine.  He started Knowledge Fountain to promote dynamic Black businesses and organisations wishing to reach the community.  It has grown to become the only dedicated Black enterprise publication in the UK.

Passion
My passion for business and people really started in 1998 when I first started marketing African and Caribbean businesses for various Black media organisations.

In 2005 after generating lucrative accounts for media entities like BEN TV, UKBL and OBE TV, I felt compelled to deliver a magazine that would represent the best of the UK Black community and Knowledge Fountain was founded.

I realised that Black entrepreneurs were struggling to grow their businesses from SME’s to national and even international brands and I wanted to offer a cost effective solution for businesses seeking immediate growth.

I wanted Knowledge Fountain magazine to be a platform for dynamic Black owned businesses and organisations keen on reaching the Black community. 

Vision
When I started Knowledge Fountain I was clear on three things as commissioned by God;

  1. Knowledge Fountain must always be a platform for the most promising African Caribbean businesses/organisations.
  2. Knowledge Fountain must be a market leader, and be superior to the competition.
  3. Knowledge Fountain, as a business must lead by example and produce profit and growth for all its key stakeholders manifesting a fair and transparent business conduct at all times.

Why a free magazine?
I chose to make Knowledge Fountain a quarterly free magazine because I wanted as many people as possible to get access to this great information about the Black community. 

Also, on this website you can freely download PDFs of the whole magazine as well.  I considered that if the hard copy is free, why ramp with the internet!  In fact, I can say that Knowledge Fountain was the first freely available hard copy Black magazine online.  Today, every single one of my competitors have imitated Knowledge Fountain and made their hard copies available online, so I must be doing something right!

The only paid for copies of Knowledge Fountain are subscriptions and those highly valued back issues.  The value of the hard copy is that you will definitely find it a more enjoyable read than reading on screen, and you are guaranteed delivery, straight to your home and hot off the press!

God
I would like to close by thanking my wife and family, all of my team, clients and supporters for making Knowledge Fountain what it is today.  Ultimately, all actions for the good are directed by God and to him be all the glory.

Psalm 34: Verse 1.
I WILL bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
(KJV)

 

   
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