A Brief Look Back At Some Of ESSENCE Festival Of Culture’s Biggest Business Announcements
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JULY 01: Tabitha Brown attends the 2023 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 01, 2023 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images FOR ESSENCE) By Jasmine Browley ·Updated June 3, 2024 < /> For 30 years, the ESSENCE Festival Of Culture stage has beensrc="https://www.essence.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-1507605132.jpg" alt="A Brief Look Back At Some Of ESSENCE Festival Of Culture’s Biggest Business Announcements" width="400" height="266" />NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JULY 01: Johnny Wright attends the 2023 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 01, 2023 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images FOR ESSENCE) Last year, celebrity hair stylist extraordinaire announced his 11-city Naturally You Tour, inspired by his bestselling book “Natural and Curly Hair for Dummies” at the ESSENCE Festival Of Culture alongside his premiere partner MYAVANA at their Hair Lab in the Ernest Morial Convention Center. Best known for his impressive work as former first lady Michelle Obama’s key hair stylist, he has since expanded his brand as an award- winning motivational speaker. New Voices Fund Kicks Off The $100 million New Voices Fund, a next-generation fund that will make private equity investments in businesses owned and/or managed by women of color, officially launched Thursday at the 2018 ESSENCE Festival in New Orleans and has continued to amplify its mission year after year. “The facts about investments in women of color entrepreneurs, particularly Black women, are astonishing,” said entrepreneur and social impact investor Richelieu Dennis, founder of New Voices in a statement. This year during the ESSENCE Festival, New Voices will host a daytime pitch competition on Saturday, July 7 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center where prizes of $5,000 up to $25,000 will be awarded to the winners, for a total of $100,000. The post A Brief Look Back At Some Of ESSENCE Festival Of Culture’s Biggest Business Announcements appeared first on Essence.
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