Mom Your Business

This month's episode of IMPACT: A Mom Your Business Podcast is Adaptation: Making Moves that Matter as we discuss what it really means to pivot and make a difference in the midst of obstacles. Our guest is Wil Thoms, Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer of REC Philly. This Germantown-born, Philadelphia native has quite the reputation in the region's startup community. In just four short years he has grown his organization to almost 20 employees and raised over $3M dollars to scale from a warehouse in North Philly to a state-of-the-art facility in Center City Philadelphia. Will has been a champion for the creative community during the COVID 19 pandemic ensuring artists and creators have access to the resources, strategies and opportunities necessary to emerge from this pandemic like a phoenix.

This month's episode of IMPACT: A Mom Your Business Podcast is Disruption: Strategic Depth,” as we discuss opportunities to create depth and diversity in partnerships and supply chain. We have two amazing guest; Jamila Medley, Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance and Aaron Cabello of Black & Mobile.  Both guest share some important details and strategies on building depth and diversity through partnerships and supply chain, in business and mutual aid. 

Impact explores the impact of action in business, communities and education on the Philadelphia Region. This months episode powered by  Venture Cafe Philly features community leaders sharing how their networks are creating opportunities for mutual aid. Mutual aid is when people get together to meet each other’s basic survival needs with a shared understanding that the systems we live under are not going to meet our needs and we can do it together RIGHT NOW!

Shelly Bell is a system disruptor and business strategist. She started Black Girls Ventures in her home and later hosted her first event “Eat, Pitch, Vote” with the simple idea to bring women of color (WOC) together to discuss entrepreneurship, partnership, and support through collective economics. Shelly is on the forefront of the movement to connect Black & Brown female founders to capital. Black Girl Ventures continues to grow and now has five chapters and pitch competitions in twelve cities! Black Girl Ventures is now the largest pitch program for Black & Brown women in the world! Music for Mom Your Business: The Podcast "I'm Still Here," by Alycia Levels Moore. EP available on iTunes, Spotify and Amazon Music. Learn more about Alycia at https://www.alycialevels.com/.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mom-your-business/support

Melissa Harville - Lebron is the founder and CEO of W.M. Stone Enterprises, Inc. A multifarious entertainment conglomeration that is the home to Coutrá Music Group, a boutique music label. This would be Melissa's initial exposure to NASCAR and also what would capture her attention and direct her awareness to the lack of diversity in the motorsport.  Melissa Harville-Lebron is the first African American woman, to soley own a Camping World Truck Series and a developmental racing team in NASCAR's Whelen All-American Series, Division I. The multicultural racing team is the first ever to consist of two brothers from two different ethnicities and minority classes, hailing from the North East and under the age of 25. The team consist of 6 drivers of various professional licensed levels. On February 16, 2018, E2NE partnered with Copp Motorsports for “The Next Era Energy 250” at Daytona. Scott Stenzel finished an impressive 15th. Recently recognized as an “Ebony Power 100 Honoree of 2018” & a Black Enterprise

Interview with Jacqueline M. Jenkins, Acting Executive Director Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT). Jackie and I discuss everything business in fashion the impact of the tariffs and China, the Supply Chain and how to build a global fashion brand.

Live Interview with Author | TV Personality | Entrepreneur Tionna Smalls. Tionna keeps it real and raw about business building, the power of networking and relationships.

Day Party Episode II w/Online Business Strategist Shalena Diva. Shalena shares her story of turning obstacles into opportunities. 

Interview with mompreneur, author and health equity advocate Jenne Johns. Jenne has been advocating for health equity for years. But it was during the birth of her son when she faced maternal mortality head on and while advocating for herself wrote and published the only children’s book written for the parents of preemies while they are in the NICU. This bedside companion seeks to motivate, encourage and inspire preemie babies and families until they go home.   --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mom-your-business/support

Interview with speaker, author and empowerment coach DaVita Garfield who shares her story of how overcoming obstacles during her life have become the driving force behind her God-given assignment to support other women by encouraging them to become amazing on purpose.

Recorded Live at The Foundation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this episode features Yolanda Keels-Walker, author and serial entrepreneur. Yolanda created Business Babes to build up and help other women that may have encountered business hardships. Today, Business Babes boasts over 60,000 members.

The episode is an interview with communications strategist, author and advocate Afea Tucker. Afea discusses her book Life's A Pitch and gives advice on pitching with patience and media relations from a trusted public relations consultant who has earned much success booking clients on major networks such as NBC, Fox, CBS, Radio One, and more!