Black Entrepreneur Experience

BEE 47 – Tina Wells, Buzz Marketing Group

Tina Wells, author, CEO and founder of Buzz Marketing Group, a marketing agency focused in creating marketing strategies for clients within the beauty, entertainment, fashion, financial and lifestyle sector. She’s also the author of the bestselling Mackenzie Blue book series. Tina started her entrepreneurial journey when she was just 16 years old, in this episode she shares with us her experiences about business, marketing and life.

Tools:

• Slack
• Flipboard

Books:

• Man's Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl

Connect with Tina:

• Web
• Buzz Marketing Group
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Instagram
• Linkedin

BEE 46 – Brian Fontenot, BLF Foundation

Brian Fontenot, Transformation Specialist, founder, CEO and Director of the BLF Foundation, a nonprofit focused on providing mentorship and scholarship opportunities for minorities. In this episode Brian talks about how, having achieved great success himself, he felt compelled to give back to the community by helping students succeed, mentoring and providing advice at the various stages of their education process.

Boooks:

• The One Thing, by Rary W. Keller

Tools:

• Evernote

Connect With Brian:

• Web
• BLF Foundation
• Linkedin
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Instagram

BEE 46 – Brian Fontenot, BLF Foundation

Brian Fontenot, Transformation Specialist, founder, CEO and Director of the BLF Foundation, a nonprofit focused on providing mentorship and scholarship opportunities for minorities. In this episode Brian talks about how, having achieved great success himself, he felt compelled to give back to the community by helping students succeed, mentoring and providing advice at the various stages of their education process.

Boooks:

• The One Thing, by Rary W. Keller

Tools:

• Evernote

Connect With Brian:

• Web
• BLF Foundation
• Linkedin
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Instagram

BEE 45 – Ronald Bennett Williamson, Evelyn Brawner Couture

Ronald Bennett Williamson, owner and creative director of Evelyn Brawner Couture, a clothing line that makes evening and wedding gowns for the confident and sophisticated woman. Ronald is a millennial, a 25 years old fashion designer from Milwaukee, currently based in NYC. In this episode, he tells us about his journey, the lessons he learned in the fashion industry, and the importance of research and defining your business to achieve success.

Tools:

• Inigo

Books:

• Good Bye to Berlin by Christpher Isherwood

Connect with Ronald:

• Facebook
• Instagram
• Twitter

BEE 45 – Ronald Bennett Williamson, Evelyn Brawner Couture

Ronald Bennett Williamson, owner and creative director of Evelyn Brawner Couture, a clothing line that makes evening and wedding gowns for the confident and sophisticated woman. Ronald is a millennial, a 25 years old fashion designer from Milwaukee, currently based in NYC. In this episode, he tells us about his journey, the lessons he learned in the fashion industry, and the importance of research and defining your business to achieve success.

Tools:

• Inigo

Books:

• Good Bye to Berlin by Christpher Isherwood

Connect with Ronald:

• Facebook
• Instagram
• Twitter

BEE 44 – Dontae Muse

Dontae Muse, owner of Above Art Studios, a New Jersey based Art gallery that fucuses in dealing pop-urban art and hosting cultural events that revolve around black art, poetry and music. In this episode Dontae talks about his journey from throwing music events and making music to owning and directing a successful Art Gallery.

Books:

• The Power of Broke
• The Power of Now
• The Law of Success in 16 Steps

Tools:

• ConstantContact

Connect with Dontae:

• com
• Instagram
• Facebook
• Twitter

BEE 44 – Dontae Muse

Dontae Muse, owner of Above Art Studios, a New Jersey based Art gallery that fucuses in dealing pop-urban art and hosting cultural events that revolve around black art, poetry and music. In this episode Dontae talks about his journey from throwing music events and making music to owning and directing a successful Art Gallery.

Books:

• The Power of Broke
• The Power of Now
• The Law of Success in 16 Steps

Tools:

• ConstantContact

Connect with Dontae:

• com
• Instagram
• Facebook
• Twitter

BEE 43 – Greg E. Hill

Gregory E. Hill, motivational speaker, author, host of the Minority Trailblazers Podcast, he is on a mission to empower young people to believe in their own genius. On this episode Greg talks about his philosophy on life, going from his early start as a kid selling sodas at school, his time in college starting his first businesses, working on corporate America, and his present as a culture change agent through his motivational speaking and podcasting.

Books:

• The Power of Positive Thinking - Norman Vincent Peale

Tools:

• Text 2 Group
• Bitly

Connect with Greg:

• com
• Twitter
• Linkedin
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Minority Trailblazers Podcast

BEE 43 – Greg E. Hill

Gregory E. Hill, motivational speaker, author, host of the Minority Trailblazers Podcast, he is on a mission to empower young people to believe in their own genius. On this episode Greg talks about his philosophy on life, going from his early start as a kid selling sodas at school, his time in college starting his first businesses, working on corporate America, and his present as a culture change agent through his motivational speaking and podcasting.

Books:

• The Power of Positive Thinking - Norman Vincent Peale

Tools:

• Text 2 Group
• Bitly

Connect with Greg:

• com
• Twitter
• Linkedin
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Minority Trailblazers Podcast

BEE – Rakia Reynolds

Rakia Reynolds, multi-media communications guru, mompreneur and CEO. She is the Founder of Skai Blue Media, a multimedia communication agency that focuses on helping people and products with their business branding and bragging. This self-proclaimed octopus woman tells us about her journey to success and the way she juggles all the different aspects of her life finding the balance she needs to live a fulfilling life.

Links cited in the interview:

The Secret – Rhonda Byrne (2006) - http://www.thesecret.tv/products/the-secret-book/

The Originals - Adam Grant - http://www.adamgrant.net/originals

Give and Take - Adam Grant - http://www.adamgrant.net/give-and-take

Ava Duvernay - https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ava_DuVernay

• linkedin
• twitter
• Skai Blue Media