You know we love promoting Entrepreneurs and small businesses. Today, we begin a Blog Series that hopes to create a constructive space to help friends of color to grow their businesses and live their purpose.
We are so blessed to live in a diverse group of communities, where we can meet and learn from people of different backgrounds and far-reaching cultures, who can blend in our great melting pot.
As our nation pays tribute to our black citizens, our country’s innovation has inspired great tech apps that highlight black-owned restaurants, such as Eat Okra, Black and Mobile, and Eat Black Owned. The new efforts popping up are consolidating all that info for each city into easily-accessible lists.
As we are based in the Philadelphia suburbs, we were inspired by this BillyPenn.com article. Some list curators hope to build up and promote Black Business Owners in the Philadelphia area. According to a crowdsourced database inspired by the recent protests, there are at least 150 businesses spread across Philly (see the growing map — link below). The map curators did this by creating a few brilliantly useful resources to help potential patrons to find and support these businesses:
- Click for the Current Map of Black-Owned Businesses which we want to add to!
- Click for the Restaurant Black-Owned Dataset
We want to further assist these brave curators by offering some additional fabulous friends, who are Black Business Owners and Entrepreneurs of Color! Get to know our friends…
GET TO KNOW:
Christa Barfield, Farmer and Owner
Viva Leaf Tea Company and FarmerJawn Greenhouses
BUSINESS TYPE: Farm and Organically grown products
ABOUT: Botanicals grown on company farm freshly picked, hand-blended. 100% Organic Tea, Honey, Simple Syrup! Now making inspirational apparel!
WEBSITE: www.vivaleaftea.com
EMAIL:: Christa@vivaleaftea.com
LOCATION: Located in Germantown, PA
SOCIAL MEDIA @farmerjawnphilly
http://www.instagram.com/farmerjawnphilly/
MERCH/ONLINE STORE: http://www.vivaleaftea.com/shop
GIFT CARDS: Click here to purchase Gift Card.
GET TO KNOW:
Aaron Dante, Creator and Host
No Pics After Dark Podcast
BUSINESS TYPE: Podcast
ABOUT: No Pix After Dark is a podcast about people and community. They thrive by partnering with local businesses and collaborating with other podcasts and storytellers. The power of this community is real, and together, they are helping share the stories that need to be told.
LOCATION: Online Podcast Available anywhere — Currently operating out of Baltimore, MD
SOCIAL MEDIA: http://www.instagram.com/nopixafterdarkpodcast/
http://www.facebook.com/NoPixAfterDarkpodcast/
WEBSITE: http://www.nopixafterdark.com
EMAIL: aaron@nopixafterdark.com
NOTES: With the introduction of social media into our society, sometimes it feels like conversation is lost. No Pix After Dark tells stories and sparks conversation from a variety of people through all walks of life.
GET TO KNOW:
Candi Sterling, Personal Brand Strategist + Founder
On Her Mission and www.candisterling.com
BUSINESS TYPE: Personal Branding & Image Consulting
ABOUT: Candi is certainly not new to this blog and has been featured before in a Woman Entrepreneur Spotlight this past fall. A personal brand strategist and lead consultant at her business On Her Mission, she works with women entrepreneurs who are the face of their brand and desire of more buzz and a larger audience. She helps her clients implement proven strategies that attract more people and opportunities. Currently in 2020, she is in the midst of launching several original On Her Mission offerings including virtual training sessions and a collaborative signature program specifically designed to help women entrepreneurs uplevel their business.
LOCATION: (online) operating out of Fairfield County, CT and regularly hosts online events.
SOCIAL MEDIA: http://www.instagram.com/onhermission
http://www.facebook.com/onhermission
WEBSITE: http://www.candisterling.com
EMAIL: candi@candisterling.com
PHONE NUMBER: (203) 548 – 0481
GIFT: CLICK HERE FOR A FREE MINI COURSE
STAY TUNED NEXT TIME TO MEET:
- and some other friends!
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