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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