Driving the Business: Beauty Brands & Entrepreneurship

Ep 029 - How Leveraging a Sales Management Firm Increases Your Chances of Success in Retail Distribution with Demar Roberts

Aug 30, 2022

Somebody hand me my soap box cause I need it right now.

Going into formal retail chains without being prepared is the kiss of death or some very painful, expensive lessons!

20+ years of doing business with most every retail chain that sells beauty products and I have seen first hand how this game operates.

One of...

Ep 028 - Therapy for Entrepreneurs When Friendship Is Not Enough

Aug 17, 2022

We are getting extra cozy and familiar for this episode. I've recognized in my own journey as a Black man living in America with abundant blessings all around me that everything is not ok.

While things in my business have been thriving and we've been shattering ceilings with fundraising and hitting revenue targets, on...

Ep 027 - Launching Your Beauty Brand's Minimal Viable Product (MVP)

Aug 3, 2022

By far the biggest business challenge I hear from entrepreneurs entering the space or thinking of launching products is they don't have enough money to execute on their vision.

After hearing this statement no less than 200x's a year I have given some thought on how to translate the concept of a minimal viable product...

Ep 026 - How I Realigned My Purpose for this Podcast

Aug 2, 2022

I'M BACK!

But I don't want to do things exactly like we were doing them before. This includes how I show up for one of my passions which is this podcast.

The last 2 years have changed me.

I just do not feel like "business as usual". It took some time to really identify what was different and how I wanted to show...