About
Entrepreneurism is in my blood. As the son of a business owner and a nonprofit founder…
Contributions
Activity
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According to Crunchbase, Black women received just 0.34% of total venture capital funding in the United States in 2021. In this interview, I share…
According to Crunchbase, Black women received just 0.34% of total venture capital funding in the United States in 2021. In this interview, I share…
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June had so many magic moments… 🎤 Sharing what we’ve built at Fire Memos at Techstars Anywhere Demo Day. ✨ Bumping into the incredible Dr. Deborah…
June had so many magic moments… 🎤 Sharing what we’ve built at Fire Memos at Techstars Anywhere Demo Day. ✨ Bumping into the incredible Dr. Deborah…
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Experience
Volunteer Experience
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Mentor
Big Brother Big Sister Foundation, Inc.
- Present 6 years 8 months
Children
Work with my little, mentoring him about life hacks and helping him grow mentally and spiritually to push him along his journey in achieving his wildest dreams.
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Team member
Jumpstart
- 10 months
Children
Literacy Program teaching underprivileged 3-5 year olds the value of education through literature.
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Volunteer
Life's Big Picture
- Present 10 years 7 months
Arts and Culture
Teaching children of all ages the joy of photography, photo editing, and capturing their world through a lens.
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Volunteer
Workers Education Society
- 1 year 1 month
Economic Empowerment
Mission of having positive impact on the residents of St. Louis City, through grassroots, community-labor coalition building, meeting facilitation and issue-based worker-educational training.
Honors & Awards
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Verizon President's Club 2015
Verizon
Awarded by Verizon to its top tier employees for overall performance in sales and customer service. Given to the top .01% of employees, certifying their superior performance over an entire calendar year, exceeding all targets, and delivering the best Verizon has to offer. Winners were invited to the Ritz-Carlton in Aruba to be honored.
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Verizon Rockstar 2015
Verizon
Awarded to One Verizon Employee for displaying the best sales strategy, encompassing Verizon's core values and product advantages. Finalist were invited to the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach to Compete for top honors. I was award as having the best sales strategy in the enterprise, my strategy and supplemental training and motivational videos were produced and distributed company wide to be used by over 20k Verizon Employees.
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Today was Demo Day for our Techstars Anywhere Remote Accelerator class 🙌🏾 🙌🏾 12 extraordinary companies led by incredibly talented…
Today was Demo Day for our Techstars Anywhere Remote Accelerator class 🙌🏾 🙌🏾 12 extraordinary companies led by incredibly talented…
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Last week I led a workshop at the Leadership and Education Conference in Hollywood. The conference was hosted by the Herrendorf Family Foundation in…
Last week I led a workshop at the Leadership and Education Conference in Hollywood. The conference was hosted by the Herrendorf Family Foundation in…
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Thank you to the Vandeventer CDC for inviting our CEO Kory Mathews to give an update at their community meeting today. We appreciate all of the…
Thank you to the Vandeventer CDC for inviting our CEO Kory Mathews to give an update at their community meeting today. We appreciate all of the…
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What a way to end my MBA journey! 🔥 As Co-President of Olin Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital Association (EVCA), I am so proud of what we did…
What a way to end my MBA journey! 🔥 As Co-President of Olin Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital Association (EVCA), I am so proud of what we did…
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Man I wish a knew Kevin Mako when I designed my first product, but we had a great time chopping it up on his podcast. Take a listen!
Man I wish a knew Kevin Mako when I designed my first product, but we had a great time chopping it up on his podcast. Take a listen!
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