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Gabrielle Deculus Business Rules For Women

“Business Rules For Women” is a digital platform created by Gabrielle Deculus. Currently reaching over 1,000,000 subscribers, Deculus connects Black women ready to take the leap into entrepreneurship. Deculus spoke to rolling out about the benefits of her upcoming three-day seminar and how women are recreating the business model as we know it. As Black…

Angelina Darrisaw Cheeks is a social entrepreneur, an international business career coach, and digital media strategist. Cheeks is the founder and CEO of C-Suite Coach, a groundbreaking career coaching platform that provides accessible professional development content and resources to diverse, millennial professionals. How do you set goals and evaluate your success? I set goals by thinking “big…

Gabrielle N. Simpson is a communication, branding and media expert. She has worked at many of the biggest media giants in the world, including Comcast-NBCUniversal, CBS Corporation and ABC. It was during these years that Simpson was often celebrated as a champion for diversity and inclusion. She is currently serving as the vice president and…

Lisa Lewis Ellis is a living-outside-the-box life executive coach, a spiritual strategist, a best-selling author and a sought-after speaker. She is the CEO and founder of Kick Boxing Believers LLC, a transformational business dedicated to teaching individuals and groups how to achieve prosperity and personal success by releasing mental restraints of self-limiting belief systems. How…

Event production is big business. Necoya Tyson, owner and CEO of All About You Event Management, has been planning events for over 13 years. She’s managed the logistics and operations of nine events/tradeshows, ranging in 500-22K attendees and up to 500K sq. ft. Rolling out had the opportunity to chat with Tyson about her thriving business…

Some women are unstoppable and some women are fearless. Erika Gilchrist is both, she is the owner and the mastermind behind the Unstoppable Woman empire. Assaulted as a little girl, abused as a young adult, and survivor of a suicide attempt, Erika Gilchrist has earned the title of “The Unstoppable Woman.” She is regarded as…

A single mother interning at Sony Records in New York who managed to start her own record label makes her stance in history as the first Black woman to own a NASCAR Team. Rolling out had the pleasure of chatting with Melissa Harville-Lebron about her historic move. Why is it important for women of color…

Chicago native Sibyl Holloway comes from a long line of entrepreneurs. From age 12 she worked in her father’s local store, game room and restaurant. This background of understanding the importance of Black businesses led to SIB’S Breakfast Club. SIB’s Breakfast Club was originated by Sibyl and her sister Sylvia Holloway in 2008. This shared…

Klarity Kosmetics is a fast-growing indie cosmetics company that opened in 2014. As a single mother, owner MarQuita Jones said it was important for her to create a handmade product that would be affordable for other women in her position. Klarity Kosmetics strives to cater to all ethnicities and skin complexions while remaining vegan and cruelty-free.…

Tamara Garrison-Thomas’ primary company, Mane Elementz, specializes in helping people start hair extension businesses online. Having been in business since 2005, her mission is to help entrepreneurs start, grow and scale their online businesses with tangible and actionable items they can implement to make their first dollar online. So, what’s your story? I am a…

Tiffany Williams loves to inspire others to use cuisine and culture as a bridge to bring people together. Her passion for food inspires her to continue to gain knowledge and skills in the art of cooking and spark the same passion in others to create an exquisite dining experience of their own. Rolling out sat down…

Werk Pray Saly celebrated its fifth annual weekend conference with the theme: “Her Over Everything,” encouraging women to put their growth, stability, and vision of life over everything in order to walk and serve in their purpose of being the women they are called to be. Hundreds of women gathered at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in…

Jena Bell is the founder of J Coach International LLC, a life coach, entrepreneur and speaker who inspires audiences with her message, “Your setback is your next comeback.” She is a former corporate executive with 30 years experience. She was the first woman and African American to head a $29B national healthcare program. How did…

Immigrant. College dropout. No previous experience. These are not the words that come to mind when you think of entrepreneurship but it is the dynamic story that has transformed Vivian Kaye into a business powerhouse. Founder of the Canadian-based natural hair extension company KinkyCurlyYaki, Kaye has always stayed authentic to who she is. This transparency has…

After struggling with bacterial vaginosis for seven months, Beatrice Feliu-Espada set out to create a natural remedy to her problem. “I had a seven-month bout with BV and yeast infections because my vagina was all out of whack. I was doing a bunch of things outside of taking different prescribed medications in search of relief,” says…

Tana Session is a certified career and life strategist and author of the best-seller Get Your Career Life in Order. Noted as a powerful motivational speaker, Session shares her poignant career and life coaching tips with audiences from a personal perspective. Rolling out had the opportunity to chat with Session and she gave us some amazing tips…

Have you ever found yourself feeling all over the place in your career? Prior to becoming a business owner, I often found myself starting many projects and not finishing them. I had no idea at the time I could hire a professional to help me find my niche. Rolling out had the opportunity to chat…

Social media is a noisy, busy place and if you’re not careful, you’ll find yourself trying to keep up with everyone and everything. Branding and building an impactful brand will require you to look past all of the clutter to decide what it is you offer uniquely. Your audience will appreciate a clear view of exactly how…

Have you started getting ready for the holiday season? For online entrepreneurs, it’s time to start crafting those sales pages, buy buttons, emails, and websites to entice your audience to start filling their online carts with your products. This week, we bring you tips from Apryl Beverly, who has crafted compelling copy that has generated $7,022,810 (and…