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15 Oct

Latine Female Founders Discuss Breaking Barriers, Scaling a Business

Latine Female Founders Discuss Breaking Barriers, Scaling a Business
To shut out Hispanic Heritage Month, DealmakeHers, an invite-only community of influential female executives, hosted a “Celebrating Latina Disruptors” forum moderated by MSNBC’s Daniela Pierre-Bravo and Forbes’ Maggie McGrath on Friday. On the forum, six Latina founders, including Ceremonia founder Babba Rivera; Birdies cofounder Bianca Gates; Latin American Fashion Summit cofounder Estefania Lacayo; Curamia cofounder Dafna Mizrahi; Wondermind cofounder Daniella Pearson and Cuyana cofounder Karla Gallardo, spoke about their respective skilled journeys, how they've scaled their businesses despite facing higher barriers to entry and funding and the trail toward making a business ecosystem with increased racial parity.  Kicking off the discussion, Pierre-Bravo spoke with McGrath with about her recently released book, “The Other,” which goals to function a guide for navigating the...
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9 Oct

The Business of Blooming: This Woman Shares How Her

The Business of Blooming: This Woman Shares How Her
“Do you want flowers?” Erica Dias asks me firstly of our phone interview. This catches me off-guard, as I’m used to posing the questions—but I took a beat, leaned back in my computer chair, and smiled as an honest answer popped into my head. “Yes. They remind me of sunshine.” That right there, is why Helen Florals is so vital. Dias launched the flower brand back within the spring of 2020 as she—like the remainder of the world—was trying to take care of her sanity. “I discovered myself embarking on this spiritual journey where I needed to return to what sparked joy in my life,” Dias shared. “The 2 things that kept coming to mind was my grandmother…and her flowers.”...
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6 Oct

Business Bandwagon: A Transient Timeline of Trendy Celebrity Firms

Business Bandwagon: A Transient Timeline of Trendy Celebrity Firms
The interest around NFTs has reached a fever pitch, with an increasing number of public figures joining the craze every day. But with experts touting the metaverse as the long run of the web and the world as we realize it, it’s comprehensible why celebs would wish to get entangled. Nevertheless there appears to be a bandwagon effect amongst celebrities for other markets, and the reasoning behind their sudden interest is probably not as clear. For instance, each time we turn around a latest singer, actor or model is announcing the rollout of their latest skincare line, all without having ever publicly shared their interest within the space before now. Some examples include Naomi Osaka’s Kinlo, Lori Harvey’s SKN, Alicia...
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2 Oct

How Venus Williams Maintains A Sense Of Balance And

How Venus Williams Maintains A Sense Of Balance And
This past Recent York Fashion Week season, a certain tennis icon brought her on-court heat to the Big Apple. IMG and Spring Studios partnered with Chase Sapphire on September 10 for the curation of a customer activation called Glam Slam, a fashion-tennis hybrid experience featuring Venus Williams’ fashion-forward activewear brand EleVen by Venus Williams. During two of Recent York City’s most monumental calendar moments – the US Open and Recent York Fashion Week – Glam Slam goals to have fun the intersectionality of tennis and fashion through tennis match screenings, fashion panels, culinary offerings, and DJ sets. Within the spirit of kicking off the series, Glam Slam partnered with Williams and trainer Kira Stokes for a 15-minute Sweat Session workout followed by a Q&A with Venus....
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