Podcast appearances and mentions of Brooke S Sinclair

In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to Brooke S. Sinclair, Founder & CEO of VelourIt. https://velourit.com/ VelourIt is an automated supply chain platform that simplifies cross-border eCommerce, allowing Latin American luxury resorts, hotels, and gourmet retailers to purchase from a curated list of export-ready suppliers online. Brooke is leading her team on a project to support the prosperity of American Black-owned farms across the country.  Passionate about underrepresented children, Brooke believes girls and boys should have equal access to STEAM (science, engineering, arts, and math) learning programs. In her spare time, Brooke is also a published writer and activist. She wrote the controversial Startup Pill article "Top 25 VCs Least Likely to Invest in Founders of Color" and is often featured in CultureBanx magazine. She is an active member of the National Black Chambers of Commerce, Black Girl Ventures, For(bes) the Culture, and Dell Women's Entrepreneur Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

(PART 2) In Episode 9, Founder and CEO Brooke S. Sinclair discusses VelourIt. VelourIt makes importing simple and easy. Born from coincidence, an opportunity to import wine from Argentina into the states, the export management company Velour Imports grew from one idea and then, on its own, turned into a digital marketplace and distribution platform. #founder #startup VelourIt for all your import needs. Translated the slogan “Import it, VelourIt” means why import it yourself when you can VelourIt? VelourIt intends on being Latin America’s #1 site for simplified importing goods. Beginning with the Caribbean’s Community Based Tourism (CBT) and Resilience projects. In the next five years, VelourIt will be the Caribbean’s one-stop-online-shop for value-added food & beverages to resale in Latin America’s private luxury market. Brooke S. Sinclair is a Serial Entrepreneur and Chief Executive Officer. Brooke S. Sinclair, is no stranger to overcoming challenges in her life. Transportation, distribution, and supply chain management expert turned founder. Before the Import/Export industry, Brooke worked as a Retail Donation Manager for Houston Food Bank. She managed three remote distribution programs worth $9M a year. One year after taking the role program value increased to $11M, she reduced overtime by 6%, and reduced waste and trash removal cost by nearly $100,000. Her second year, she added on 2 other programs and increased program value to over $15M. Brooke holds a BA in Organizational & Corporate Communications, an MS in Project Management from Walden University, and certification in Finance from Rice University in addition to a semester abroad in India. Her areas of expertise include global supply chain management, bias rehabilitation, the new majority, and Black women in technology & logistics. She is passionate about increasing access to STEM for underrepresented youth as they travel through the high school to tech startup pipeline. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/1111vcfirm/support

In Episode 9, Founder and CEO Brooke S. Sinclair discusses VelourIt. VelourIt makes importing simple and easy. Born from coincidence, an opportunity to import wine from Argentina into the states, the export management company Velour Imports grew from one idea and then, on its own, turned into a digital marketplace and distribution platform. #founder #entrepreneurship VelourIt for all your import needs. Translated the slogan “Import it, VelourIt” means why import it yourself when you can VelourIt? VelourIt intends on being Latin America’s #1 site for simplified importing goods. Beginning with the Caribbean’s Community Based Tourism (CBT) and Resilience projects. In the next five years, VelourIt will be the Caribbean’s one-stop-online-shop for value-added food & beverages to resale in Latin America’s private luxury market. Brooke S. Sinclair is a Serial Entrepreneur and Chief Executive Officer. Brooke S. Sinclair, is no stranger to overcoming challenges in her life. Transportation, distribution, and supply chain management expert turned founder. Before the Import/Export industry, Brooke worked as a Retail Donation Manager for Houston Food Bank. She managed three remote distribution programs worth $9M a year. One year after taking the role program value increased to $11M, she reduced overtime by 6%, and reduced waste and trash removal cost by nearly $100,000. Her second year, she added on 2 other programs and increased program value to over $15M. Brooke holds a BA in Organizational & Corporate Communications, an MS in Project Management from Walden University, and certification in Finance from Rice University in addition to a semester abroad in India. Her areas of expertise include global supply chain management, bias rehabilitation, the new majority, and Black women in technology & logistics. She is passionate about increasing access to STEM for underrepresented youth as they travel through the high school to tech startup pipeline. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/1111vcfirm/support

Tenth Episode of the Beyond Normal Podcast interviewing Brooke S. Sinclair who is the Founder of VelourIt, which provides easy access for wholesale buyers of craft brands with the purpose of uniting communities worldwide. We spend the time discussing the how she built her career around making things better and her focus on diversity. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/KenGr)

Follow Founders Unfound : Like and share - help us grow!OUR SPONSOR FOR THIS EPISODE: Washington Technology Industry AssociationPODCAST TRANSCRIPTBrooke Sinclair has a great job: take tasty, unique beverages from independent, craft brands, and bring them to eager taste buds around the world. She has a unique background: a family engineering heritage (she’s a self-professed tech ‘nerd’), theater, non-profit, and corporate logistics. She’s also a vibrant member of the startup community as an alum of Founder Institute and a Scout for Female Founded Club.In this podcast episode, Dan spoke with Brooke about her startup Velour Imports - a company developing technology to bring craft brands from your local neighborhood across the planet. The conversation ranged across many topics, including of course the wonderful origin story of Velour. What else did they cover? Listen in and find out! Notable Interview HighlightsBrooke and Dan talked about her startup journey, as well as:How religion contributed to Velour’s beginningsbeing trapped in an airport for 7 dayswhether Brooke gets to sample the beers she exportsA shout out to MS DOSMORE on BROOKE AND VELOUR IMPORTSBrooke on LinkedIn:linkedin.com/in/brookesinclairVelour Imports company site:https://www.velourimports.com/or check them out on Twitter:https://twitter.com/velourimports See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Brooke S. Sinclair is the founder and CEO of Velour Imports, a company that facilitates independently-owned craft brands distribution around the world.FULL EPISODE drops February 27th! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

America’s finest craft alcoholic beverages of beer, wine, and cider is being distributed to luxury resorts and hotels around the world and a cloud based technology is monitoring the locations, and temperatures because one woman, Brooke S. Sinclair, the Chief Strategist behind this unique brand and company, Velour Imports is making it happen. Website  https://velourimports.org