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Join WBENC LIFT and Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses for an informative session on the economic impact of generative artificial intelligence featuring Goldman Sachs Vice President, Frank Long. Frank will do a deep dive on the macro implications that impact small businesses such as investment flow, power and utility infrastructure, supply chain management, and more! Participants will walk away with an understanding of how AI is shaping the future. You won’t want to miss this valuable intel on AI & the economy, register today! https://lnkd.in/eE3DkYUt

Join WBENC for the NextGen Happy Hour – Accelerating into 2025! This will be a happy hour to create a collaborative space for women business entrepreneurs or aspiring ones to share their successes from 2024 and strategize for future growth in 2025! Register now: https://lnkd.in/d4Xa4pnT

It’s time to tell the stories of your wins in 2024! Join WBENC Women of Color for the end of the year session "Celebrating the Wins + Speaking Power into Your Future!" And trust, sometimes just getting up and AT IT on a daily basis is a win for Women Business Owners. Let’s flex those storytelling skills and get used to sharing our triumphs and our joy. It matters now more than ever. Do you know what else matters? Using your voice to speak power for more wins in your future. Learn more and register now: https://lnkd.in/eudq_hfG

The WBENC WOC Incubator is thrilled to bring the program to eight schools this year! The incredible talent and creativity from the students from all eight HBCUs have resulted in outstanding and unique pitches. We are so excited to finish out 2024 by announcing all the winners - stay tuned! Learn more by visiting wbenc.org/incubator

Opportunity Alert! Supplier Opportunities are Available at the Home of the PGA of America in Frisco, Texas! To be considered for this great opportunity, interested suppliers must register for PGA VendorMatch by December 2nd. Register at https://lnkd.in/gu_4yvHB

Join Curated Coaching for Entrepreneurs at chase.com/coaching for a complimentary, small-group coaching session focused on building your brand strategy. In this session, you’ll learn (with up to three other business owners) how to define the visual and verbal significance of your brand, articulate your value proposition, and develop a differentiated strategy to win the hearts and minds of your customers. Register today! chase.com/coaching

Join Women Owned in Retail for the final Target session of 2024 "The Art of Scaling for Retail with Target!" Join Target on for this session on Wednesday, November 20th from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT, as they aim to democratize access to retail knowledge to early-stage founders. In partnership with the Supplier Diversity team, the Target Accelerators team will strategically provide curated access to retail education, to up to two hundred growth stage women-owned founders in Women Owned in Retail to increase their retail readiness. REGISTER NOW: https://lnkd.in/eVV4k_uM

The 2024 WBENCPitch AMPLIFY National Competition has wrapped up in what can only be described as an extraordinary exhibition of the high caliber of WBEs within the WBENC network. The 2024 WBENCPitch AMPLIFY National Competition participants were nothing but exceptional! We are thrilled to congratulate the finalists who made it to this stage of the competition, with 24 exceptional Women Business Enterprises (WBEs) participating—12 from the product company division and 12 from the services company division. 4 winners have been selected from among the incredible competitors. Thanks to the support from FedEx, WBENC awarded the following prizes: Product Company Division: 1st Place Winner - $25,000: Panic Panties 2nd Place Winner - $15,000: Busy Baby LLC Services Company Division: 1st Place Winner - $25,000: InclusiSync™ Workforce Solutions 2nd Place Winner - $15,000: Storms Secured Services, LLC Congratulations to all of the winners and to each of the finalists! WBENCPitch would not be the same program without the support from our sponsor, FedEx, our 14 Regional Partner Organizations, and everyone who participated and attended WBENCPitch events! Thank you!

It’s time to tell the stories of your wins in 2024! Join WBENC Women of Color for the end of the year session "Celebrating the Wins + Speaking Power into Your Future!" And trust, sometimes just getting up and AT IT on a daily basis is a win for Women Business Owners. Let’s flex those storytelling skills and get used to sharing our triumphs and our joy. It matters now more than ever. Do you know what else matters? Using your voice to speak power for more wins in your future. Learn more and register now: https://lnkd.in/eudq_hfG

At Davis Davis & Harmon LLC - Sales Tax Experts, we are honored to mentor the next generation of Black women entrepreneurs at the WBENC Women of Color Incubator Pitch Competition! 🌟 Watching these brilliant student entrepreneurs from Paul Quinn College pitch their ideas with such confidence and passion was inspiring. Standing in front of top corporate leaders and CEOs to share their dreams took incredible bravery, and every one of them did a fantastic job! 💼✨ Congratulations to each of the young women who took the stage and to our grand prize winner, who earned $5,000 in seed funding. Huge thanks to my fellow judges, including the incredible Michael J. Sorrell, Ed.D., President of Paul Quinn College, and the dedicated team at Southwest Airlines Laura Nieto, Melanie O'Brien, MPA, for Sponsoring this impactful event. Looking forward to seeing these rising stars make waves in the business world! 💪🏾🚀 Theresa Kumazah Andrea Marshall L. Audrey Awasom Women's Business Council - Southwest #WomenOfColorIncubator #BlackWomenEntrepreneurs #HBCUs #Mentorship #WBENC #FutureLeaders