ESSENCE STUDIOS

Money Matters: What Black Businesses Need To Know Now

ESSENCE Editor Marquita Harris holds a conversation about what black businesses need to know and ways to pivot your business during this challenging time with Sekou Kaalund, Head of Advancing Black Pathways at JPMorgan Chase and Christopher Hollins, Managing Director, GM Cash Management. Topics include: ways to build wealth, black entrepreneurship, and personal finance mistakes to be aware of.

Work from Home Wellness: Managing Your New Normal

Detach and plug into self with Elisa Shankle, Co-Founder of HealHaus, who discusses tips and hacks on the new normal for those who are forced to work from home.

Black Businesses Supporting Black Businesses: Investing in Each Other

Get some inspiration to keep the faith in your business. ESSENCE Editor Rachaell Davis interviews Chef & Restaurateur Marcus Samuelsso, and Melissa Butler, Founder and CEO of The Lip Bar. Topics include: the importance of building your network, reinventing your value proposition to connect with customers, how to take care of your team when hard times hit, plus more.

We're all in This Together

Bozoma Saint John, Chief Marketing Officer of Endeavor, has a girl chat with ESSENCE Editor, Marquita Harris, on the internal battle of forced stillness, the inability to utilize your external community, and reconfiguring your skills to best serve you in this time.

Weathering The Storm, Adapting During Crisis

Tina Eskridge, Sr. Director of Marketing at Microsoft, is joined by Beatrice Dixon, Co-Founder and CEO of The Honey Pot Company, and Jean Brownhill, CEO of Sweeten, to provide tips on weathering the storm of the COVID crisis.

Strategies to Evolve Your Business in The Era of COVID-19

Corporate attorney, business strategist and global dealmaker Nicole Valentine walks viewers through strategies to help business-owners remain agile during some of the most challenging times.

Culture & Crisis

ESSENCE's Caroline Wanga shares insights on guiding your organization. Topics include: Adapting to different business strategies, how culture fuels strategy and decision-making, and working in partnerships that align with your values.

Financially Supporting Small Businesses Owned By Women of Color

Join the SheaMoisture team for an enthralling conversation about their journey to propeling small businesses owned by women of color. During this convresation, they talk about their unprecedented success in communities around the world, with Simone Jordan, the Global Head of Community Commerce at Sundial Shea Moisture.

Unleashing the Human Spirit: A Fireside Chat on Economic Mobility

Robert F. Smith, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Vista Equity Partners and Richelieu Dennis, Founder & Chair, of ESSENCE Ventures conduct a fireside chat about economic mobility on how to properly spend resources, the age of a digital economy, and the change in global productivity.

Entrepreneurialism in the Wine Industry: Thriving in the New World

The McBride Sisters, Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union discuss the wine business and how they are adjusting to thrive in the new normal.

Summary

Gather valuable insight on un-locking access to capital, mentorship and market intelligence that will push your small business forward. Get top-tier tips to help your business thrive.