I recently spoke to 450 students at Miami Dade Community college for the 13th Annual Academy of Finance Student Industry Conference. 4 amazing students sat down with me and shared their story and feed back and even had some advice on what I should have done to my high school guidance counselors…
Don’t cry to give up…cry to keep going!
Don’t Cry to give up…cry to keep Going. Think about it, you are already feeling the pain, you’ve already sacrificed why not see it through and get a reward for it? I recently came across this video on youtube by Eric Thomas. He ‘s called the Hip Hop Preacher and has a video called the…
Praise for The “C” Students Guide to Scholarships Scholarship Bootcamp
http://www.facebook.com/v/951403163458 I recently did an intensive Scholarship 101 Boot Camp in Broward County, FL and here is what Kimba Williams from College Path USA had to say about the workshop. Kimba is doing some amazing work with her organization so please visit http://www.collegepathusa.org
Are you Sleeping past your opportunities…
I came across this quote on twitter today from @mrshadeed: Are you willing to tell Sleep: “We’ve had a great run together, but we need to see other people” in order to reach your goal?” My mother for years has been telling me I need to get my 8 hours I usually get 4 and…
Free Scholarship 101 Workshop!
Hey I’m hosting a free intensive scholarship workshop in Broward on April 23rd from 8am-12pm. This is going to be a great workshop where you will learn the skills you need to become a scholarship rockstar!!!!
Femfessionals!!!!!
Some of the ladies from Femfessionals shared their testimonials from my speech at their amazing luncheon in Ft. Lauderdale.
Start Up lessons
The biggest lesson I have learned is the power of determination and persistence. The more we follow up the better the results. In the beginning we were horrible at following up after we sent quotes but quickly noticed the vendors that would call and follow up with us like crazy we always did business with…
Speaking at 2 Amazing events this weekend!
2011 Youth Summit I will be speaking here Saturday morning before I head to Alumni weekend at Lynn University. I will be speaking on creating your own opportunities and becoming a college entrepreneur. The Youth Summit is open to middle and high school students between the ages of 11-19. The summit aims to provide students…
Creating your Own Oprah Effect!
I taught a class last week for aspiring authors on what they can do to start promoting their book and business. I am a true believer that every business should create a strategic PR plan. Word of mouth is still king and that’s what we built Feverish and all my other projects on, in simple terms PR is getting reputable and trusted people with a large following to share your information with their audience. If Oprah talks about your book or product that’s the end result of great PR and the ultimate dream come true for most. But you can build great PR on a local, regional or national level especially now with Social Media if you can get the right exposure from blogs, twitter, newspapers, local magazine and internet radio show you can ROCK It Out! I came across this article on Under30CEO.com and thought that it had some amazing tools for creating your own “Oprah Effect”
Feverish’s Felecia Hatcher on Gaming and Ice Cream Sandwiches
Felecia Hatcher is a Palm Beach native, former Wii slinger, and a true ice cream lover. She and her husband Derick Pearson co-own Feverishone of the longest running “food” trucks in the area, selling frozen desserts. They just introduced six new Feverish carts around the city, taking their sweets to unexplored and harder-to-get-to-in-a-truck places. The look…