Podcasts about yelitsa jean charles

  Yelitsa Jean-Charles, Founder of Healthy Roots Dolls. She is a brand builder, marketing and social media obsessed. Artist,Designer, Founder @healthyrootsdolls. Info: https://yelitsajeancharles.com Let's Connect and Engage: Leave a Google Review Today on what you enjoyed about Black Entrepreneur Experience Podcast.  Connect on YouTube and Sign up for our newsletter and get updates (scroll to the bottom of the website page to join) 

Yelitsa Jean-Charles is the founder and CEO of Healthy Roots Dolls, which makes toys that represent more diverse backgrounds. A Detroit native, her dolls teach natural hair care to young girls of color through the toys. On this episode, Yelitsa chats with AfroTech's Will Lucas about toys and social impact, acquiring or being acquired, and how startups can secure shelf space in major retail outlets. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram at @willlucas Learn more about other Black tech disruptors and innovators at AfroTech.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Yelitsa Jean-Charles says she was able to grow her business by being authentic. Jean-Charles is the founder and CEO of Healthy Roots Dolls, which makes toys that represent more diverse backgrounds. “I never really had dolls that look like me growing up,” she said. So, she designed Healthy Roots' first product, Zoe, which Jean-Charles described as “a little brown girl with kinky curly hair.” Zoe was first devised in 2014 as part of a school project. In 2018, Jean-Charles launched a Kickstarter that raised $50,000. Earlier this year, the company raised a $1 million seed round. And, this past October, Healthy Roots landed in over 1,200 Target locations. Jean-Charles joined the Modern Retail Podcast this week and talked about the company's journey. Jean-Charles was able to grow the company by posting about her life and experiences. “I talk about loving yourself, I talk about hair, I post selfies, I post about my traction with my company,” she said, “I think it's really authentic and it clicks with people.” In her eyes, that authenticity part is key. “I don't think there's any formula to going viral other than consistency and great content that speaks to a broad audience,” she said. Even so, virality presents a double-edge sword. “Going viral is terrible,” she said. “You run out of inventory, you don't know when it's going to be back.” Indeed, when a post of hers went viral earlier this year, Healthy Roots was already sold out of stock. She decided to use the moment as a way to gather preorders. While people waited for their dolls to get in stock, Healthy Roots provided updates. “We started doing Facebook Lives, Instagram lives, sending weekly updates,” Jean-Charles said. “We wrapped it around a narrative of Zoe coming back from a trip.” True, Zoe was at sea, but she wasn't exactly sailing on a cruise boat -- more of a container ship. These touches are what have helped Healthy Roots grow. For now, it's focused on one doll and its accessories. But Jean-Charles sees a bright future. “I think it would be a disservice to not explore every opportunity that presents itself to tell a story and connect with children,” she said.

Yelista received the Emerging Leader Award earlier this year, which recognizes alumni who graduated within the past 10 years, who have made significant achievements and contributions to their profession and/or community, think boldly, mindfully and creatively, and have helped to create new fields of study or contributed to fundamental change in their area of practice. https://healthyrootsdolls.com/Healthy Roots Dolls on InstagramRoom of Silence 

Yelitsa Jean-Charles launched her brand on Kickstarter with $48k in pre-sales, recently raised $1M in funding, and is selling her flagship product on Target.com. Her story is inspiring - which is why we're kicking off this weeklong series for International Women's Day (and Women's History Month) by featuring amazing women founders here.

Yelitsa Jean CharlesHas been named a Forbes 30-Under-30, won the Quicken Loans Demo Day pitch, and is one of the few people who can get me to turn into clubhouse.  Her company, Healthy Roots Dolls is a start-up toy company that creates dolls that reinforce positive self- perceptions among young girls. In this episode, Yelitsa shares:The power of YouTube and knowledge sharing that's empowering a new generation of women. Learning how to delegate and say no, without alienating . Advice and experience raising capital. The influence of calling the city of Detroit home vs LA, New York, Austin, or Miami. Referenced in this episode:Watch Yelitsa's Tedx Talk, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH_TfiMt-DE (How #blackgirlmagic can change the world.) 75% of white people don't have a black friend - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/11/27/three-quarters-of-whites-dont-have-any-non-white-friends-2/ (Washington Post) Women and BIPOC are very underrated when https://betakit.com/women-at-venture-capital-firms-still-vastly-underrepresented-according-to-new-report/ (getting capital). SponsorsThank you to Shogun for sponsoring the Rolled Up Podcast Network. Nomad increased page speed, resulting in a 25% increase in conversions, a 15.6% reduction in their bounce rate, and most importantly made 25% more per sale when switching to https://getshogun.com/frontend/nomad-case-study (Shogun Frontend).

We’re closing out our three-part podcast series exploring the Black business landscape by going back to the beginning — the founding of the United States — and examining a not-so-simple challenge: How do we rewire the American Dream for Black people?To answer that question, we welcome Nat Irvin, Assistant Dean of Thought Leadership and Civic Engagement at the University of Louisville, to Longitudes Radio. Irvin argues that business is uniquely suited to dismantle systematic racism and fuel a more equitable society.“The American Dream is being reborn. And I don't look at it as a negative at all. It's part of evolution,” Irvin explains. “But there's no guarantees that our democracy is going to work. History shows that democracies generally fade out. And so if ours is going to work, we're going to as a country have to embrace all of its citizens, and they have to be vested into the dream itself.”One way to do that is through empowering Black entrepreneurs to follow their business dreams, giving them access to financial capital — and most importantly, the opportunity to recover from failure.“If you look at the history of America … it's all about losing. It is all about failures,” he says. “All about businesses starting and failing. That's how we got America. It was all about people trying ideas, and they fail. But they got another shot.”Given social unrest and a global pandemic, Irvin argues that it’s up to businesses to rise to the challenge of the moment. Business leaders can no longer sit on the sidelines and wait for societal change — they must articulate their values, bring stakeholders together and ultimately drive tangible action. In fact, Irvin says a silver lining of the coronavirus pandemic is the chance for a “fundamental reset,” an opportunity for us to reexamine what truly matters and how we’ll live in the world of tomorrow. An accelerant of such transformation, Irvin says, is enabling younger generations to redesign our social contract. “I think that communities need to focus on the next generation of young minds,” he says. “That's where we've got to change the trajectory of America.” If you missed it, check out part one in our podcast series on Black business, a conversation with former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx. You can find part two, a chat with entrepreneur Yelitsa Jean-Charles, here.

In this special episode, we delve into systemic racism in the United States from an economic lens and bring you three stories from Black entrepreneurs during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in the midst of COVID-19. Featuring Kris Shelby of Atlanta's Attom Shop, Chris and Shanelle Montana of Minneapolis's Du Nord Craft Spirits, and Yelitsa Jean-Charles of Detroit's Healthy Roots Dolls. After George Floyd's killing, we felt the need to take action and have our voices heard. We spent months working on an episode exploring and explaining systemic racism from an economic lens. Our goal is to not only give these founders and their stories a platform, but to provide education on the business challenges they had to overcome as Black people in America. To learn more and support these businesses, visit the Attom Shop GoFundMe and the Du Nord Recovery Fund. For more Talk Money episodes and bonus content, visit our website. This episode features: Kris Shelby of Attom Shop, the first Black-owned luxury retail store located in the upscale shopping complex, Shops at Buckhead, in Atlanta, Georgia. Chris and Shanelle Montana of Du Nord Craft Spirits in Minneapolis. Chris is the very first Black owner of a microdistillery in America. Yelitsa Jean Charles of Detroit's Healthy Roots Dolls, one of the first start-up toy companies that creates dolls with diverse skin tones and hair textures to reinforce positive self-perceptions among young girls. https://www.thetalkmoney.com/podcast/black-in-business

In this episode, I am talking to CEO and Founder Yelitsa Jean-Charles of Healthy Roots Dolls. Healthy Roots Dolls is a toy company that creates dolls and storybooks that empower young Black kids how to care for their curls and make them feel beautiful. Yelitza shared that toys impact how we think, act, and perceive ourselves. So when girls can't find dolls that look like them, it negatively impacts their self-esteem. She also shares her personal journey of embracing her gorgeous curly hair. Yelitza is a powerhouse in the toy industry and is paving the way for more diversity and inclusivity. Visit the Healthy Roots Dolls website. Follow Healthy Roots Dolls on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healthyrootsdolls/ -------------------------------------- Where can you find us? IG: @beyondtheglampodcast Nathaly's personal Instagram: @nathalydove --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nathaly-dove/support

7.29.20 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Congressman John Lewis returns to Atlanta; Biden releases Black Equity Plan; Richmond riots instigated by white supremacists posing as Black Lives Matter protesters; Apple donates proceeds from the documentary "John Lewis: Good Trouble"; Meet Florida Congressional candidate, Pam Keith; More anti-Trump ads sting the nation's complainer-in-chief; Is big tech too big and powerful for America's good? Three HBCUs announced that they each received the largest single donation in their schools' history; Yelitsa Jean-Charles talks Healthy Roots Dolls. Support #RolandMartinUnfiltered via the Cash App ☛ https://cash.app/$rmunfiltered or via PayPal ☛https://www.paypal.me/rmartinunfiltered #RolandMartinUnfiltered Partner: Ceek Be the first to own the world's first 4D, 360 Audio Headphones and mobile VR Headset. Check it out on www.ceek.com and use the promo code RMVIP2020 - #RolandMartinUnfiltered is a news reporting site covered under Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Creating memorable products and an impactful brand will not only keep your business top of mind for your customers but as you will hear in this episode of Start Yours it can change lives. Today’s guest, Yelitsa Jean-Charles, created Healthy Roots Dolls, a start-up toy company that was founded with a goal to make a new, positive beauty standard for young girls – especially for those with curly hair. A recent tweet that featured Yelitsa and an image of her Zoe doll went viral with over 900K likes! The success of the dolls means that they are currently sold out but they are accepting pre-orders. This is an incredible story about how one product can inspire and empower. Join us as we chat with Yelitsa and learn more about creating a meaningful brand and the early success of her business Healthy Roots Dolls.

About: Yelitsa Jean-Charles, founder of Healthy Roots Dolls, joins us as we discuss how she used her experiences as a young girl to breathe life into the idea of creating a diverse line of kids' dolls.  Yelitsa shares gems about her journey with kickstarting her company, her process for finding time to conquer all her goals, and her joy in seeing young girls excited about her dolls!  Our Guest: Yelitsa never had a doll that looked like her growing up. The one time her parents gave her a black doll, she burst into tears because it wasn't the “pretty one”. Since then, Yelitsa has made it her goal to make sure that no other children feel the way she did about her own appearance growing.  While in her Junior year studying Illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design, Yelitsa redesigned the fairy tale character Rapunzel as a brown girl with beautiful kinky hair. After speaking with classmates and friends, she saw the opportunity to address the demonstrated need for more diverse toys and representation in children's publishing. With a grant from the Brown University Social Innovation Fellowship, support from the RISD E'Ship Program, Masschallenge Accelerator program and 674 dedicated Kickstarter backers, Healthy Roots was Born. Yelitsa has gone from not knowing how to do her own hair at the age 21 to teaching young girls all about their own. Since starting Healthy Roots Dolls, Yelitsa has graduated from RISD with a BFA in Illustration and a concentration in Gender, Race & Sexuality. In 2018 she won the Startup Stampede, New Voices Fund Pitch competition, participated in the VFA Accelerator program and was awarded the first Main Street Ventures Wendy S. Lea Female founders Grant. This year she was accepted to the Backstage Accelerator program in Detroit with an investment of $100,000. Most recently won People's Choice and First Place at the 2019 Quicken Loans Detroit Demo Day for a total winning of $125,000 and as of 2019 has raised nearly $500,000 total for her company.   Yelitsa's business and social media sites: Website: www.healthyrootsdolls.com Instagram: @blackgirlvstheworld; @healthyrootsdolls Twitter:@theyetitsa; @rootsdoll Resources mentioned in this podcast episode:  Funding Resource:  Kickstarter   Books:  The Bear Necessities of Business: Building a Company with Heart!   Apps: Slack Buffer  Evernote Google Drive Google Calendar   Credits: Music:MaxSky Beats   Follow us - The Millennial Girl Way: Website: www.themillennialgirlway.com Instagram: @TheMillennialGirlWay Facebook: @TheMillennialGirlWay

Opportunity Detroit - Yelitsa Jean-Charles, Healthy Roots Dolls - December 7, 2019

Opportunity Detroit - Yelitsa Jean-Charles, Healthy Roots Dolls - December 7, 2019

Opportunity Detroit - Yelitsa Jean- Charles, Founder & CEO, Healthy Roots Dolls

Opportunity Detroit - Yelitsa Jean- Charles, Founder & CEO, Healthy Roots Dolls

Yelitsa Jean-Charles is the Founder & Creative Director of Healthy Roots - a doll company focused on promoting positive self-perceptions in girls through dolls with varying shades of complexion and natural hair textures. She still suffers with imposter syndrome even after being honored by Essence Magazine as one of the 50 founders to watch in 2017, but she’s ready to take the world by storm. Listen in to hear Reshma and Yelitsa talk about colorism and the way that toys affect the way our kids see themselves. Follow Yelitsa’s journey on Twitter at @TheYelitsa. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bravenotperfect/message

On this show, Yelitsa shares how she launched the Healthy Roots Dolls, raised 50k on Kickstarter and how she is changing the world one kinky haired doll at a time. On this show we discuss a variety of topics from design, business, racism, equity, etc. This is a funny, conscious and easy listen and I had a blast recording it. I hope you enjoy and share :). Find Yelitsa & Healthy Roots here: Healthy Roots Dolls: www.healthyrootsdolls.com Yelitsa Instagram: www.instagram.com/blackgirlvstheworld Yelitsa Twitter: www.twitter.com/theyelitsa Yelitsa Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/yelitsajeancharles:

Yelitsa Jean-Charles is the creator of the Healthy Roots Doll, Zoe. Healthy Roots is a toy company Yelitza founded that creates dolls and storybooks that reinforce positive self-perceptions of the richly diverse, varying shades of complexion, and natural hair textures among girls of color. Societal beauty standards negatively impact the self perception of girls of color. She aims to empower, educate and inspire self-love. In this episode, Yelitsa tells us how a class project led her to the development of the doll Zoe and the creation of a purpose-driven company. We also discuss how she used crowdfunding, fellowships, pitch competitions, and more to grow her company. Her story will inspire you to take action. Healthy Roots Website: healthyrootsdolls.comFacebook: healthyrootsdollsInstagram: @healthyrootsdollsYoutube: Healthy Roots DollTwitter: @rootsdolls Yelitsa Jean-Charles Instagram: @blackgirlvstheworld Twitter: @theYelitsa  Studio 78 Podcast Website: nachesnow.comFacebook: studio78podcastInstagram: @nachesnowYoutube: Nache SnowTwitter: @nachesnowLinkedIn: nachesnowPodcast: Studio 78Pinterest: Tallook

Healthy Roots is the first line of natural hair dolls to enter the toy industry. Their mission is to bring diversity to the toy aisle with products that reflect the diversity of our reality. Founder Yelitsa Jean-Charles and TedxTalk Speaker represents the voices of young girls of color in the toy industry with products that empower, educate and inspire self love. Healthy Roots is a toy company that creates dolls and storybooks that reinforce positive self-perceptions of the richly diverse, varying shades of complexion and natural hair textures among girls of color. Societal beauty standards negatively impact the self perception of girls of color.    Website: https://healthyrootsdolls.com/  

Yelitsa Jean Charles has gone from not knowing how to do her own hair at the age 21 to teaching young girls all about their own. While in her Junior year studying Illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design, Yelitsa redesigned the fairy tale Character Rapunzel as a brown girl with beautiful kinky hair. After speaking with classmates and friends. she saw the opportunity to address the demonstrated need for more diverse toys and representation in children’s publishing.With a grant from of the Brown University Social Innovation Fellowship, support from the RISD E’Ship Program, Masschallenge Accelerator program and 674 dedicated Kickstarter backers, Healthy Roots was born.She was most recently recognized on Essence’s 2017 50 Founders to watch list and won the Startup Stampede as well as the New Voices Fund Pitch competition. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Stitcher and Google Play Links mentioned on this episode Healthy Roots Dolls Build-A-Bear Founder Venture for America Build, Brand + Launch Facebook Group INC Conference Blavity Afrotech Conference Blavity Summit 21 Conference The Bear Necessities Book Gimlet StartUp Podcast Click here to subscribe via RSS feed (non-iTunes feed): http://sidehustlepro.libsyn.com/rss Announcements If you’re looking for a community of supportive side hustlers who are all working to take our businesses to the next level, join us here: http://sidehustlepro.co/facebook Social Media Info Connect on Instagram: Healthy Roots Dolls - @HealthyRootsDolls Yelitsa Jean-Charles - @blackgirlvstheworld Side Hustle Pro – @sidehustlepro #SideHustlePro

Here's an inspiring interview with the talented and driven Yelitsa Jean-Charles, Founder + CEO of Healthy Roots Dolls, a toy company that teaches natural hair care to young girls of color with beautiful black dolls. While at the Rhode Island School of Design studying Illustration, Yelitsa redesigned the fairy tale character Rapunzel as a brown girl with beautiful kinky hair. The exploration quickly gained traction and with a grant from of the Brown University Social Innovation Fellowship, support from the RISD E'Ship Program, the Masschallenge Accelerator program, and 674 dedicated Kickstarter backers, Yelitsa brought Healthy Roots to life. Join us as we discuss entrepreneurship, representation, and finding yourself in the world. Recorded at SXSW 2018 in Austin, Texas. Full show notes: http://backstagecapital.com/podcast/healthy-roots/ Credits: Executive Producer: Arlan Hamilton Host + Producer/Editor: Bryan Landers Theme by: Janine Additional Music by: Birocratic