Podcasts about american dreams academy

The Kid Griot, Kalimah McKeaver is the brilliant teen on a mission to educate her clients about African Heritage through the creation of fun, colorful, and engaging products from her craft design firm.  As a kid entrepreneur, clay sculptor, and teen historian, Kalimah started her trek as a young artisan entrepreneur at the age of 6, with a lemonade stand. Growing in thought and creativity with Dinkra Stylez, she was commissioned by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art to conduct a workshop on how to make her handcrafted bowties. As a youth entrepreneur Ambassador for the Baltimore Children’s Business Fair, she presented her business and showed the correlation between science and the sculpting process of her craft. The entrepreneurial journey has been fruitful for this young business visionary. She was accepted into the YEA (Young Entrepreneur Academy), a nation academy geared towards helping young entrepreneurs succeed, featured on WUSA9 DC News for the success of her entrepreneurial endeavors and aspirations, has a Pop Up shop at the Congress Heights Arts & Culture Center in Washington, D.C. and ranked as a TOP 5 finalists, at the TOFI International HERs Ownly Pitch Contest in Atlanta, GA.    With a strong pitch game, Kalimah had the distinct honor of being selected to work with The Home Shopping Network (HSN), after she pitched her products during the American Dreams Academy in Washington, DC.   Kalimah’s future aspirations include, helping other young entrepreneurs fulfill their goals and dreams. She says, “It motivates me when I help other kids rise and realize their amazing potential.” With a love for STEM, she is currently brainstorming ideas, in hopes of developing a business plan that will allow her to combine her love of architecture, engineering, archaeology, and food chemistry into a thriving and successful business. “There are some many cool things to learn and explore, why limit myself to just one?” If you would like for her to speak to your group, organization or at your event, please contact – Dinkra Stylez Enterprises, dinkrastylez@gmail.com You can follow her journey on http://www.dinkrastylez.com   Follow on social media: Facebook (@DinkraStylezz) Twitter (@DinkraStylez) Instagram (@DinkraStylezz)   PRESS CONTACT: Dinkra Stylez Enterprises dinkrastylez@gmail.com    

Anyone who has ever cut their finger while cutting or chopping food may want to thank RJ Batts, the 15-year-old inventor of Tip Tough®, a simple and inexpensive way to protect professional chefs and home cooks from injury. When RJ was 12, he became consumed with the idea that there had to be a way to help his dad, a professional chef, protect his hands. Bob would often come home with painful cuts and bandaged fingers which sometimes kept him out of work. A year later, 3-D printouts in hand, RJ was accepted into the Young Entrepreneurs Academy at the Salisbury (MD) Area Chamber of Commerce and formed his company, Picklehead LLC. For months he went to classes and on field trips after school, learning how to set up a business, find funding, craft a pitch, and bring the Tip Tough® to market – all while attending middle school and playing on his soccer team. In October 2016, RJ received start-up funding from the Shore Hatchery Competition at Salisbury University (beating out grown-ups from 30 businesses) for a Second-Place award of $15,000. Then, TEDCo awarded Picklehead the Rural Business Innovation Grant for the design and prototype phase of the Pro Chef Tip Tough® in stainless steel and the Home Chef Tip Tough® in molded plastic. In March 2017, RJ was featured as the youngest inventor to present a product at the International Home and Housewares Show in Chicago, and was chosen to pitch to Home Shopping Network. Since then, he has brought his product through the manufacturing and packaging process while honing his skills as an entrepreneur by attending the inaugural HSN’s American Dreams Academy. RJ’s business is driven by 3 core values:  Families and friends should be able to get into the kitchen and prepare, fresh healthy meals safely. Food is love and memories are priceless.  Our products will be made in the USA because we believe in local jobs for local people.  Give back to the community by encouraging students to invent and start their own businesses. RJ speaks at local schools and career fairs and works with the Young Entrepreneurs Academy, Junior Achievement, Halo, and the MD Food Bank. tip-tough.myshopify.com The Inventors Launchpad – Roadmap to Success Series is presented by Inventors Launchpad in beautiful Tampa Bay, FL and hosted by Carmine Denisco. Carmine is an accomplished Author, Entrepreneur, Inventor and Co-founder/Managing Partner of Inventors Launchpad. Along with his business partner Rick Valderrama has changed the face of the invention industry and look forward to helping inventors from all over the world move their ideas forward. For more information please visit www.inventorslaunchpad.com

Today’s guest on the Boomtank Business Show Podcast, is the amazing Stacey Schieffelin. Stacey was a highly successful international Ford Model for 20 years before becoming a global beauty expert and multi-millionaire businesswoman. Stacey is CEO of YBF Beauty, LLC (i.e., Your Best Friend Beauty line) and the ‘Models Prefer’ product line. Stacey personally sells her products on TV networks around the world. She has engineered a 20-year record of success as the #1 global cosmetic line in direct sales on six networks in eleven countries -- HSN (US), QVC (UK-England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales), TSC (Canada), TVSN (Australia, New Zealand), HSE24 (Italy), HSE24 (Germany) and Citruss TV (Dubai) -- with over $300 million in cosmetic and apparel sales. Stacey is frequently sought by national magazines such as Allure, ELLE, Good Housekeeping, Marie Claire, and Fitness. Stacey is also Co-Founder of Women’s Leadership Live, which has partnered with the Home Shopping Network (HSN) to offer the American Dreams Academy, a type of 'Shark Tank' for female inventors of customer solution products - but a whole not nicer.  Stacey co-founded Women's Leadership Live together with Co-Founder Linda McMahon, a recognized billionaire business creator mogul and current head of the U.S. Government’s Small Business Administration - and Co-Founder Debbie Saviano, a renowned social media expert. If you know a female product inventor, please have them contact me – carolyn@boomtank.com. I can help coordinate early steps for them with  Women’s Leadership Live.  Also Women’s Leadership Live is creating a home curriculum you can take on your own time, to learn all the levels for getting your product invention to market - from legal protection, to manufacturing, marketing, distribution etc. The new curriculum is open to cool, supportive male consumer product inventors as well. Watch the Women's Leadership Live website for curriculum details. What a truly fantastic female entrepreneur and interview! Tune in and enjoy! P.S  If you like the podcast, please subscribe and leave a 5-star rating/review in iTunes. It really helps the show and I'll be sure to give you a personal "shout-out" in a future show episode. TY! https://www.boomtank.com

HSN gives entrepreneurs a platform to sell their products to a large television audience and the prospect of finding the next innovation energizes Dara Trujillo, VP of New Business Development. In this episode, Trujillo discusses how the company elevates entrepreneurs with business education, guidance and exposure, and chats about HSN's new American Dreams Academy program.