Be'Anka Ashaolu and her sister Jeronica Macey did something absolutely audacious this year: in the midst of a pandemic, they opened a thriving specialty coffee shop in one of the largest cities in the country.

Be'Anka and I chat about vision boards, navigating the Small Business Administration, coffee trends, not getting intimidated, building community, and so much more.

So find out why Be'Anka loves building and running a small business - and why you might love to support small businesses, too.

https://nirvanasoulcoffee.com

https://twitter.com/nirvanasoulsj

https://facebook.com/nirvanasoul

https://instagram.com/nirvanasoul

Don't forget to check out the Indigenous Culture episode with Corinne Rice https://www.lovewhatyoulovepod.com/podcast/episode/301d0907/episode-19-indigenous-culture-with-corinne-rice and get educated at https://instagram.com/misscorinne86.

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Be'Anka and Jeronica's favorite nonprofits

https://www.bgclub.org/

https://www.bgcp.org/

https://www.charitywater.org/

https://www.stjude.org/

*** My favorite nonprofits:

https://fairfight.com

https://wck.org

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