The Black Enterprise Network

In this episode, I speak with the Orion Brown, a solopreneur, who founded Black Travel Box. She breaks down her journey from being Pre-med to Brand Management, and how she discovered an opportunity from the booming black travel movement. She is a startup founder and brand management professional with over fifteen years of experience. She has dynamically leading cross-functional teams across multiple industries within both large and small cap businesses. Orion’s areas of deep expertise include consumer insights-driven brand strategy, product and packaging innovation, and portfolio management.

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Chanel has had extensive experience in STEM ever since she was a child, and is currently a UX researcher at Apple. She is a strong advocate for helping the black community and is the founder of Mentor, Me Chanel: a program created to provide young black professionals with the resources they need to get into the tech space. 

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Kenton is a lover of technology and product manager with experiences at Cardinal Health, Eventbrite, and currently Groups360. Since high school he has grown as an entrepreneurial leader and proves you don't need to go the "traditional" routes to become a PM. He also is a co-founder of helloGROOV: a platform designed to help those with their personal finance and wealth growth goals.

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Dimitri is an investment banking and private equity analyst with experiences at Goldman Sachs, Battery Ventures, and more. He is also a co-founder of Equal Equity Impact: an investment firm that specifically invests in startups founded by underrepresented groups which includes Black, Latinx, Women, and LGBTQ+ founders. 

In this episode Dimitri shares his journey into venture capital, the differences between investment and private equity firms, and advice on how to stand out in the interview process.

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Tiyani is an entrepreneurial lawyer from Africa, TEDx speaker, and content creator. She came to the U.S. to get her masters in law and business/entrepreneurship, and is currently a co-founder of Anu: a startup that aims to connect startups with quality legal services/resources using artificial intelligence. 

In this episode she shares why she decided to come to the United States, how she uses her legal experience in entrepreneurship, and tips for new startup founders.

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Adam is a wartime product leader with 10 years of product experience and helps companies make more efficient software product teams. He also has experience as a startup founder, and loves to write on anything product and leadership specific to help others in the space. 

In this episode, we talk about what product management is, why it's so popular, and share resources as to how you can find a support system and get into product management.

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Emmanuel is an Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning enthusiast/hobbyist. His love for technology and math has influenced him to create cool projects such as detailed data analyses on social media platforms, Google Assistant conversational actions, and many others.

In this episode he shares how he got into computer science, and what motivates him to build out personal side projects and take online courses outside of class.

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Disheka Moore is a scholar, entrepreneur, and software engineer. She is currently a 2X Microsoft intern and founder of EyeDriven: a company that wants to protect your eyes from blue light while also making you look fashionable. 

In this episode she shares how she got started in Computer Science, her Microsoft internship offers, and why she founded EyeDriven during quarantine. 

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