The Next Black Millionaires

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News & Events - New Voices Foundation March 24th LEARNING LAB™ LIVE: REAL TALK for Entrepreneurs with Nickie Nougassie Learn more about how to navigate the pressures of scaling your entrepreneurial brand in our Learning Lab™ LIVE: REAL TALK for Entrepreneurs with Nickie Nougassie, IBol Beauty Official and [...]

Feb 10th LEARNING LAB™ LIVE: Networking For Entrepreneurs: Building Relationships with Intention & Impact This Learning Lab™ LIVE will reframe networking for a digital-first world, returning to the fundamentals of relationship-building to help entrepreneurs show up and build trust with clarity and [...]

Nov 13th LEARNING LAB™ LIVE: “Thriving Through Adversity: How to Lead Your Company through the Current Economic, Social, and Political Climate Oct 30th LEARNING LAB™ LIVE: Crafting Your Brand Story This Learning Lab™ webinar with Briana Williams of With Wonder Creative Co. will spark fresh ways to think about your brand story. In just one hour, you’ll uncover simple yet powerful strategies [...]

Oct 28th LEARNING LAB™ LIVE: How to Optimize Your Black Friday/Cyber Monday Strategy for Success Join us on October 28th at 1:00 pm ET to perfect your brand’s Black Friday/Cyber Monday strategy before the biggest shopping weekend of the year! This Learning Lab™ LIVE: How to Optimize [...]

Oct 9th LEARNING LAB™ LIVE: Stop Guessing, Start Converting: How to Develop Customer Personas That Drive Sales Join us on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9th at 3:00 PM ET for our Learning Lab™ LIVE: “Stop Guessing, Start Converting: How to Develop Customer Personas That Drive Sales. ” Brooke Blacksher of [...]

Oct 2nd LEARNING LAB™ LIVE: Navigating Scarcity with an Abundance Mindset In a challenging business environment, it’s easy for entrepreneurs to fall into a scarcity mentality. This Learning Lab™, led by Aaliyah Haqq of The Academy for Advancing Excellence, aims [...] Sept 11th LEARNING LAB™ LIVE: Level Up Your LinkedIn – “How to Turn Your Profile Into a Business Growth Tool” Applications are OPEN: Fall 2025 PACE Bootcamp!

We are proud to announce the launch of our Fall 2025 Madam CJ Walker Institute PACE Bootcamp! The Bootcamp is a cornerstone program of the New Voices Foundation, designed to empower entrepreneurs [...]

April 8th LEARNING LAB™ LIVE – Building Your Growth Engine: “How to Fill the Gaps in Sales, Finance, Ops & More — Without Hiring Full-Time” Are you wearing too many hats, juggling too many decisions, or stuck in a bottleneck trying to grow your business? Are you experiencing turnover and burnout amongst your team? Join Fallon Scott, [...]

April 1st LEARNING LAB™ LIVE: “Unlocking Growth: How Entrepreneurs Can Leverage Supplier Partner Networks Discover how to tap into supplier diversity programs, MBE certification, and corporate initiatives designed to expand your supplier pipeline from this Learning Lab™ with the National Minority [...] Announcing our 2024 PACE Bootcamp Pitch Competition Winners!

Black People Will Swim’s Paulana Lamonier is the Grow & Scale Cohort WINNER of our PACE Bootcamp Pitch Competition, taking home $5,000! Her mission to smash the stereotype that Black people [...] Feb 25th LEARNING LAB™ LIVE – Community Building for Entrepreneurs With the ever-changing social and digital media landscape, NOW is the time to build a community you truly own!

Join us for our Learning Lab™ LIVE: “Community Building for [...] Lifting as We Climb: The Journey Towards Financial Equity for Black Women Founders by: Casey Ariel Thobias, Founder/CEO of Blaze Group Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, recognized on July 9th, symbolizes the ongoing struggle Black women face in achieving pay equity. This year, [...]

3 Lesser Known MLK Quotes that will Inspire Greatness in Your Work and Business for 2024 This Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we lean into Dr. King’s incredible legacy to glean wisdom that will help us become better leaders, founders, and stewards on our entrepreneurial journeys. Herein [...] Announcing the Winners of the 2023 New Voices Pitch Competition sponsored by AARP!

Five 40+ year-old Women of Color Entrepreneurs Pitched for and Won $5,000-$25,000 Grants + Business Coaching during the Bayou Classic 2023 November 28, 2023 – New Orleans, LA — The New [...] Introducing our 2023 Launch & Execute and Grow & Scale Cohorts for the PACE Bootcamp! New Voices is proud to announce the 2023 Madam CJ Walker Institute PACEBootcamp cohorts.

The three-month bootcamp brings together founders of color from all industries. The participating [...] New Voices Retail Resource Guide Overview: New Voices Foundation is frequently asked by New Voices Family company founders how to get their products into mass retail, and we’ve answered through Learning Lab™ LIVE Webinars, [...]

CALLING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS AGE 40+! ​New Voices Pitch Competition sponsored by AARP CALLING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS AGE 40+! ​ On Friday, November 24, 2023, the New Voices Family will host the New Voices Pitch Competition sponsored by AARP at the Business at Bayou event, in [...]

New Voices Nonprofit Resource Guide The New Voices Foundation’s core focus is to provide support to for-profit businesses founded by women of color. Driven by its PACE (Purpose. Access.

Capital. Expertise.) model, New Voices [...]

Sept 19th LEARNING LAB™ LIVE – Funder Forum: Macy’s S. P. U.

R. Pathways Are you seeking capital to grow and scale your business? Macy’s, Inc. invites you to learn how S.

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Pathways could provide access to capital and to our supplier ecosystem, including the tools [...] A Defining Moment for 3 Brands: New Voices $150,000 POWER PITCH 2023 New Voices created defining moments for many Black women-owned businesses at Essence Festival of Culture™ 2023, presented by Coca-Cola through its entrepreneurial educational opportunities, [...]

Getting to the Essence of Health Innovation for Black Communities with the New Voices + In Full Health Innovators’ Hub ​Access to high-quality, and affordable health care is one of the most critical issues for the Black community today. In an effort to help address this issue, this year at Essence Festival of [...] Trademark Basics: 10 Tips You Should Know and Apply Now Trademarks can be difficult to figure out for first-time founders.

When do you need one? What category should you file in? What is actually covered by trademark protection?

And how can you [...] Opportunity Can Cost: 5 Things to Consider Before Applying for Business Grants & Pitch Competitions As a small or growing business in a landscape where grant funding for people of color and women-owned businesses is at an all-time high, grants can seem like a magic bullet to instant business [...]

Getting (and Staying) on Shelf at Ulta Beauty: 3 Key Strategies to Keep in Mind “Ulta Beauty is thriving under the leadership of CEO, Dave Kimbell. The retailer boasts impressive growth this year, with sales skyrocketing; makeup up 51%, skincare up 66%, and bath and body up [...]

Know Your Numbers: A Financial and Funding Glossary for Founders Over the years of working with up-and-coming founders, the New Voices team has encountered many founders looking to establish a financial foundation for their brands/companies. Many of whom don’t [...]

AFROPUNK Solution Session 2: Decolonize and Reimagine Health (Key Takeaways) On September 9th, 2022, in Brooklyn, NY, AFROPUNK gathered six medical professionals–4 Black Women doctors, one Black male nurse, and one Latinx doctor turned tech and digital health innovator— [...]

New Voices Foundation and AMA “In Full Health” Partnership featured on ESSENCE Five health innovation companies shared their experience participating in the 2023 Essence Festival of Culture™, educating audiences about improving social determinants of health for black [...] 2023 New Voices $150,000 POWER PITCH featured on Entergy.

com Three Black Women Entrepreneurs Receive $25,000 – $75,000 Cash Grants and Business Coaching at the 2023 ESSENCE Festival of Culture™ Presented by Coca-Cola®. The Foundation was thrilled to [...] iHeart Media highlights SheaMoisture $25,000 Donation to New Voices Foundation SheaMoisture, with the support of iHeartMedia, is helping to support the next generation of Black millionaires!

As part of the 2023 ESSENCE Festival of Culture this past weekend, iHeartMedia and [...] New Voices and AMA’s “Building A Culture of Health” Panel Highlighted in ESSENCE New Voices and ESSENCE presented the “Building A Culture of Health” panel during the 2023 ESSENCE Festival of Culture to focus on the intersection of culture and health and how health equity is [...] These Founders Are Paving The Way For New Business Owners (ESSENCE.

com) Providing access and opportunities for Black business owners is more critical than ever. The New Voices Foundation, a sister company of ESSENCE Ventures, remains committed to decreasing the many [...] New Voices Partnership with Squire Patton Boggs Featured in Crain’s Cleveland Business.

Squire Patton Boggs, in partnership with New Voices Foundation, has launched a pro bono legal clinic designed exclusively for young companies owned and operated by women of color. Read the full [...] New Voices and SheaMoisture’s Next Black Millionaires featured on Yahoo!

and Black Enterprise SheaMoisture returned to the highly anticipated Essence Festival of Culture in 2023, after a two-year hiatus, and was thrilled to host a dynamic weekend full of events, experiences, and joy — all [...] Richelieu Dennis and the New Voices Fund featured on AdWeek In February 2022, Richelieu Dennis and his New Voices Fund gathered Black entrepreneurs for the Nasdaq opening bell. Get the full recap on AdWeek.

com. Philly’s Freedom Apothecary is dedicated to skincare lines from women-owned companies (The Philadelphia Inquirer) The Northern Liberties boutique has been awarded a grant that supports women entrepreneurs. Every dollar you donate to the New Voices Foundation is a direct investment in women of color owned businesses.