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22BB AN INDEPENDENT SUPPLEMENT BY MIA MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS GROUP TO THE SUN SENTINEL SMALL BUSINESS MATTERS By: Denise St Patrick-Bell FRIDAY, MAY 5, 2017 #BeBoldForChange This year’s Interna�onal Women's Day theme was #BeBoldForChange, a call to help forge a be�er working, more gender inclusive world to help women advance and unleash the limitless poten�al offered to economies the world over. In recogni�on of that theme, small business week and Legacy Power edi�on, meet three women who have taken the bold steps to unleash their poten�al by becoming business owners. her career, but she could not get a PR job because of inexperience. “Well how do you get experience if no one will hire you?” she remembered asking in frustra�on. So, she began doing “a li�le freelancing in graphic design and marke�ng” un�l something bigger came along. It did, but not in the package she had planned for. Now five years later with an increasingly growing clientele, she knows her true path is, “being her own boss.” Her clients include a MTV reality star who has opened 3 stores in Texas, Palmer’s and other hair companies who have products in Sally’s, Walmart and Target, government agencies, The Cherenfant Business Consul�ng Group, and several other businesses and not-for-profits. Her business has been built primarily on referrals. Keisha’s advice, “Take advantage of any programs that are offered in your community. If not for support from Pompano Beach CRA Business Incubator program, I am not sure I would have had the courage to launch a business.” Web:www.keydesignmedia.com Email:[email protected] Phone:954.736.0002 emporium.” And that was my introduc�on to some of the most exquisite sauces that I’ve ever tasted. Kai’s Inspira�on came from a roses-based sauce that her husband