Posts tagged entrepreneurship
Creating Healing Spaces for Black Women in Chicago With Camesha Jones

Sista Afya, a mental wellness enterprise that provides low-cost mental wellness services for Black women in Chicago. Sista Afya has served over 700 young Black women through culturally-centered therapy and social wellness events that bridge community and healing. Sista Afya has been featured in Vogue, New York Magazine

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Creating a Movement That Impacts over 20 million people with Brittany Floyd Trap Yoga Bae

This is not your Momma's yoga class and it is not meant to be. Britteny Floyd-Mayo has combined empowerment, self-love and her signature trap yoga style to create a powerful community Trap Yoga Bae®. After hitting a wall in her life, she dropped everything, booked a flight to China, Brazil & India to find and define herself.

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Building Wealth With Purpose Bernadette Joy of Crush Your Money Goals

Bernadette Joy paid off $300K of debt in three years including her home, $72k in student loans and is on her way to her first $1M of net worth in 2021. Where you should be investing your money first before anything else, especially Acorns or Robinhood. The difference between choosing a ROTH IRA/401K and a regular retirement account

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Delegating In Your Business and Life To Become A Successful Business Owner With Alice Foy of Jane Ella

Alice Foy Is A Master Delegator And Jane Of All Trades. She Is The Founder Of The Digital Jane A Business Support Agency Catering To The Day-To-Day Operations Of Women Founders And Solopreneurs. The Digital Jane Takes Things Off Of Your Plate So That You Can Focus On Your Zone Of Genius Within Your Business.

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Nastassia Ponomarenko of Connectful and Nasty Fit On What It Takes To Create An App to Build and Grow Your Business

You may know Nastassia from her highly successful athleisure apparel brand, Nasty Fit that she launched at just 18 years old. She is now launching Connectful, a social platform, to support young entrepreneurs in finding their purpose and guidance through mentorship and networking.

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Creating an Extraordinary Career with Suzanne Vinnik

Suzanne has captivated audiences across the globe and is recognized as one of the most influential women in classical music as an opera artist, community engagement leader, photographer, and now successful clothing designer. Some of the biggest names in classical music and TV across the globe have worn her pieces including Jennifer Rowley, J’Nai Bridges, Renee Lawless, and Lin Manuel Miranda.

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Makisha Booth Founder of Sistahbiz Loan Fund & Global Network

Makisha Boothe is the founder of the first small business loan fund for black women entrepreneurs in the nation, Sistahbiz Loan Fund as part of Sistahbiz Global Network. The fund launched with $250,000 to provide equitable access to capital for a fast-growing, underfunded demographic of entrepreneurs.

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Elizabeth Dozier Founder & Ceo of Chicago Beyond, Philanthropic Venture Fund

“We are all connected, nothing affects a few that does not ultimately affect us all.”  Today on the podcast we're chatting with Elizabeth Dozier of Chicago Beyond, a philanthropic Venture Fund.  Liz is an impactful, thought leader transforming Chicago and beyond thru justice work. Ebony magazine named her one of its “Power 100” and CNN followed her work as a part of its docu-series, Chicagoland.

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Danielle Alvarez on Changing The Voice of Multicultural Beauty Brands With The Bonita Project

What does it truly look like for a brand campaign to be inclusive and diverse instead of checking off a diversity box? Danielle Alvarez created the multicultural PR agency, Bonita Project after being frustrated with the slim budgets and lack of true diversity at standard PR agencies. Instead of complaining and settling with the status quo she decided to create a new standard.

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