Written By Kareemah Muhammad
On Saturday, RareMaven Media was on the scene at Invest Fest 2023 hosted by Earn Your Leisure and it did not disappoint! Over 20,000 attendees gathered at the festival to learn and build their knowledge in business and entrepreneurship, while making great connections with fellow entrepreneurs and business moguls.
Serial Entrepreneur/Producer Sean “Diddy” Combs presenting $1 million dollar check to Earn Your Leisure
Headliners at the festival included Sean “Diddy” Combs, Tabitha Brown and Steve Harvey. During Diddy’s session, he made an enormous “bag drop,” by investing $1 million to Earn Your Leisure in continuing their work to teach entrepreneurial and financial literacy topics to multi-cultural audiences. The festival also featured workshops on investing, real estate and e-commerce.
Yet, our favorite moment at the fest was the chance to meet some phenomenal RareMavens at the Invest Fest marketplace.
Shkina Halbert, Owner of Coco X Nude, a fashion and fitness brand based in Atlanta, GA, spoke on the importance of connecting with people that look like her at Invest Fest , specifically Black women. She states, “It’s important to be around the same type of group that has that same energy, that has the same hustle as you and to learn from others as well.” Shkina mentioned the inspiration behind her brand was getting back into fitness and taking care of herself after motherhood. In addition, she created the brand for what she calls her “tribe”, women that come together, encourage one another and get back to doing something that they miss.
Tasia Bristow Owner of Playground 4k, a children’s fashion brand based in Baltimore, MD says the inspiration behind her business started with helping youth from Baltimore know they’re special regardless of the environment they grow up in and her love for fashion. The brand features sporty pieces including t-shirts, matching play sets and jackets. “Your world, your playground, basically you can do anything you want in life,” is Tasia’s message to children.
“I want to paint the world one nail at a time,” states Jillian Hampton, owner of PrettyNpressed, a Charlotte, NC based press on nail brand that ships internationally. The brand offers both ready-made press on nails and customizable ones. Jillian’s message to aspiring creative entrepreneurs; “Stay consistent and kind of take the money out of it for a minute and think about the passion and why you’re doing it.” This in turn she says will help grow your business organically.
This lasting message sums up all we experienced at this year’s Invest Fest. Witnessing what passion, consistency and knowing your why leads to while growing with like minds! We are overjoyed with the caliber of entrepreneurs and RareMavens we met at Invest Fest 2023 and glad to have spent Black Business Month at this event.
And if you’d like to learn and keep up with all things business and entrepreneurship as a creative check out RareMaven: The Podcast each month on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or on the RareMaven website.