Michelle Tran Maryns is a multi-hyphenate Minnesotan if there ever was one. She runs WeSparkle, a social enterprise supporting small businesses with the Sparkle Assistant, a wellness-first productivity tool. Michelle joined us to talk about her passion for supporting women of color entrepreneurs, her winding path to entrepreneurship, and her first business inspiration.
This is Rocky Robinson’s moment, but founder and CEO Audra Robinson has been building this brand, in some way, for her entire career. She sat down with us to talk about how her corporate marketing background inspired Rocky, what she’s most proud of with her new brand, and the challenges of being a CPG entrepreneur during COVID-19.
In 2019, D’Angelos launched NEOO Partners, a creative real estate and community engagement consulting firm that combined everything he’d learned from jobs in nonprofit, government, and corporate real estate spaces. But just one year after his business opened, D’Angelos had to reimagine everything. We caught up with D’Angelos to discuss the inspiration behind his business, how he navigated his business through COVID-19, and his vision for the future of community-driven real estate.
Tricia Taitt wants to help 10,000 women earn a million dollars in the next 5 years. “As of 2019, less than 2% of women business owners make it to a million. My goal is to empower women entrepreneurs with the financial information, solutions and support…
Read with us: https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-and-social-sector/our-insights/covid-19s-effect-on-minority-owned-small-businesses-in-the-united-states Our take: It comes as no surprise that minority-owned businesses are some of the hardest-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Underlying factors such as limited access to credit, financial distress prior to COVID-19, and a concentration of minority-owned businesses in industries that…