The Urban Business Roundtable

05/24/2021

This monthly grant, in the amount of $100, rewards students for being a source of light in their family, community, or in the world. To donate to the grant fund or to apply for the grant please, visit The25DreamCampaign.org

Megan Faux, The Teaching Goddess, Founder and Executive Director of The 25 Dream Campaign, a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation has launched a new initiative - monthly grants for kids.

05/24/2021

Thiaw would give surfing lessons to people on the weekends and during his spare time, to help him pay through school. After graduation, he invested all of his energy into the restaurant and surf village he owns in Dakar called Copa Cabana Surf Village.

Babacar Thiaw, the man behind Senegal’s Black-owned surf village, has been surfing since he was six years old. His dad would take him to the beach...

05/15/2021

That's all the time we have today. Thanks for joining Cleopatra and Sonya today as we continue to highlight and feature all things geared toward small businesses and entrepreneurship!

Come back next week Saturday, 9am -10am as we will be giving you some important news about the Urban Business Roundtable.

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05/15/2021

Also joining the Roundtable is PAUL QUINTERO, Chief Executive Officer, Ascendus, Inc. which empowers low- to moderate-income (LMI) business owners with access to capital and financial education.
Paul joins us today to talk about Small businesses and nonprofits across 15 southern states can now get low-interest loans of up to $100,000 and free business support from the Southern Opportunity and Resilience (SOAR) Fund as they work to rebuild from the pandemic.

Investing in the South’s Small Businesses and Community Nonprofits

05/15/2021

Joining the Urban Business Roundtable is Lamar Tyler, founder of Traffic, Sales and Profit (TSP), the national business network and premier community for purpose-driven entrepreneurs who are looking to drive more traffic, convert more sales and grow more profit.
To connect with Lamar visit his website trafficsalesandprofit.com

https://www.blackenterprise.com/these-91-black-owned-businesses-worked-together-to-generate-49m-in-sales-in-one-year/

Traffic Sales and Profit (TSP), a powerful network and Facebook group of almost 14,000 purpose-driven African American entrepreneurs

05/15/2021

Welcome to the Urban Business Roundtable, I'm your host Sonya L. Tompkins and your favorite millennial, Cleopatra Draper joins me as co-host.

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05/08/2021

Lily Adeleye, CEO (Cutest Executive Officer) of Lily Frilly, landed a partnership with Walmart to provide an assortment of exclusive hair bows.

05/08/2021

Thanks for listening, hope you enjoyed the show.

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05/08/2021

Also joining the Roundtable is Stacey Pitts Caldwell, Small Business Director for Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce. Center Director for Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
She provides high quality individual advising to entrepreneurs, business owners, managers and leaders. Analyze situations, make recommendations, and educate clients with regard to business & marketing plans, market feasibility, financial viability, operations management, and legal structures, to name but a few topics.

https://www.chicagolandchamber.org/

05/08/2021

Joining the Urban Business Roundtable is Marcia Jones founder of Urban Connoisseur whose mission is to affect sustainable growth in the Black Winemaker community by increasing the number of Black Winemakers in the US and abroad.

To learn more about Urban Connoisseur:

Connecting the world of black winemakers to the connoisseurs. Marcia Jones of Urban Connoisseurs and Wine Talk Marcia.

05/08/2021

Welcome to the Urban Business Roundtable. I am your host, Curtis R. Monday.

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05/02/2021

Jonelle L. Rocke is the founder of Generation Wealth, an education based organization dedicated to helping both youth and adults learn and apply the foundational principles of building wealth in order to achieve financial independence.
The most defining moment on Jonelle's journey to financial independence happened when she lost all of her real estate investments in the recession of 2008 leaving her in over $1,000,000 of debt. In addition, she had over $20,000 in student loans!

Follow Jonelle on these social media platforms:

Masterclass: How to Use Investment Clubs to Finance Your Dream Goals http://bit.ly/InvestClubLP

Instagram: .wealth

Facebook: http://bit.ly/GWFBGroup