FREE Entrepreneur Speaker Series Presentation:
Consumer Packaged Goods: Inspiration to Make Your Product “Top Shelf”
Available: In-Person
Join us for our Spring 2024 Entrepreneur Speaker Series hosted by the Dallas College Venture Club (DCVC) where we provide inside, guidance, and information in the areas of business growth. Discover the essential tools and resources that small businesses need to thrive! Whether you’re a startup or an established business, this event is designed to help you grow your food/beverage business!
Join us for a catered in-person styled dinner workshop presented by Raffinae LaJuan, CEO, Inspire Brand Management, as she shares food and beverage industry insider secrets to help you get your product on store shelves at major retailers/grocers. The registration deadline is March 31st and only 50 in-person tickets are available so reserve your spot today!
This registration is for in-person attendees only. IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND IN-PERSON, please register for the virtual offering. Due to the catering requirements and attendee size restrictions, people who register for both will be canceled.
Raffinaé Sanders is the Owner/ CEO of Inspire Brand Management, Founder of Moms for Medal, and Co-Founder of Wombilee. In her entrepreneurial and philanthropic endeavors, Raffinae leverages her experiences and passions to drive the success of her organizations while giving back to the community. Collectively, her business ventures speak to her desire to “exist in this life for a greater purpose.” Raffinae uses her decade-plus years of experience in corporate America in business, human resources, hospitality and healthcare to fuel her entrepreneurial spirit.
As the Owner and CEO of Inspire Brand Management, a company specializing in food marketing and concierge brand services, Inspire oversees operations with clients spanning across twenty-five states and six continents. Through strategic partnerships with Sprouts Farmers Market and Central Market, my leadership empowers a dedicated team of brand ambassadors to strategically position our clients for success in their target markets, crafting memorable brand awareness experiences. Raffinae’ also founded Moms for Medals, a non-profit organization that focuses on creating new success stories among teen mothers and young women. While facilitating health and wellness sessions for Moms for Medals, she realized an opportunity to bring to market a line of menstrual hygiene and health products, which eventually became Wombilee. Wombilee stands as the pioneer and sole natural pad company founded in Texas that is both Black-owned and woman-owned, boasting products available at H-E-B Central Market.
In addition to her thriving career as a serial entrepreneur, Raffinae’ dedicates her time to championing the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders. She serves as an industry partner and philanthropic figure in the Dallas Independent School District (DISD), actively working to empower and assist young entrepreneurs within the district. She generously dedicates her time as a coach and evaluator for DECA while actively participating in various initiatives that nurture aspiring entrepreneurs. Raffinae is a distinguished graduate of the 25th Cohort of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business program. A Dallas, Texas native, she holds a degree from the University of North Texas and takes immense pride in being a mother to two remarkable sons who inherit her vibrant and infectious personality and zest for life.
“Our life is not our own, it’s a gift. We are not put here to simply exist but to live with a purpose.” – Raffinae’ Sanders
