When I was a kid my father owned a music store in our small town. My sisters and I loved to go dig through the stacks of Billboard magazine and pull out photos to hang on our bedroom wall. It made us kind of mini-celebrities with friends who couldn't believe we were...
Breaking into a new industry: Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, David Ruffin, Van McCoy… How Charles Kipps, at 21, got into the entertainment industry.
When I started my Facebook Live show, I didn’t realize it would stir up controversy & potential scandal! But I’m getting ahead of myself…
How many times have you heard a business owner complain “if I only had more hours in a day…? There’s actually a way to create those hours.
“It just hit so, like… talking to Lisa, the first time that I talked to her, she was so real. Being able to talk to Lisa, I felt so at ease and so comfortable with what they’re doing and how they’re doing it that I instantly said yes, let’s do it! How can I help? Being able to get by giving is such a huge loud message; there’s a lot of value in it for veteran owned businesses.”
In less than 2 hours, an online marketplace we developed as an Economic Development project got $44k in the hands of small businesses to help them recover from the COVID-19 crisis AND shoppers doubled their money due to the Gift Card Match Program.