Flight Club VIP Encourages Travelers To “Dream Without Limits”

I planned a birthday trip that went viral on The Shade Room,” said CEO & Founder of Flight Club VIP, Annie Wade. “People were like oh my God where did you go, who planned your trip? Can you plan our trip? And I was like wait a minute, I’m kind of on to something right here.” In 2018 Wade filed her LLC for Flight Club … Continue reading Flight Club VIP Encourages Travelers To “Dream Without Limits”

Katrina Walker on Uniting the Black Family Through Laughter

“That’s why I tell people you don’t base your life on nobody’s. You are you,” said Ms. Katrina Walker, a self-made millionaire who persevered being a teen bride to single mother to real estate mogul. A southern girl from Memphis, Walker excitedly went off to college to attend Texas Southern University, but soon returned with plans to marry. “I was still a teenager,” she said. “I think I was turning 18 or … Continue reading Katrina Walker on Uniting the Black Family Through Laughter

You’re Not Broke. You’re Budgeting: Simple Tips to Saving 10k with Robin Williams

“Four years ago, I hit rock bottom,” said business coach and serial entrepreneur Robin Williams. “I was living in Philly. My car was totaled. I lost my iPhone on the bus 2 weeks after,” she said chronicling a period in her life when bad things just seemed to keep happening one after the other. “I had so many things going to collections. I couldn’t find … Continue reading You’re Not Broke. You’re Budgeting: Simple Tips to Saving 10k with Robin Williams

SCALES’ Director Talks Female Filmmaker Expectations

“First thing you learn about being on set is don’t be mean,” said Shirley Norman when asked about the pressures of being a female director. “I say please and thank you too much. The painful truth that I’ve been overly conditioned to be meek and uber polite, and if everything stops working it’s my fault. It is hard,” she said. “Even when I speak I … Continue reading SCALES’ Director Talks Female Filmmaker Expectations

From Journalist to Beauty Brand: The WINK YOUR EYES Story

Latrice Pinkins, owner of WINK YOUR EYES, has run this premier salon in Louisiana that specializes exclusively in eyelashes since 2009. Before Latrice established this beauty brand she was a journalist. She attended Southern University and A&M College and worked her way up to being the Managing Editor of The Southern DIGEST, the campus newspaper. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Print … Continue reading From Journalist to Beauty Brand: The WINK YOUR EYES Story