The Black Business Connector - 1st Connecticut Directory Building Event

25 Van Zant Street,Norwalk CT 06855

19 February, 2022

Description

This event will provide small business owners with a professional headshot. Choose your preferred ticket time to book your headshot. Due to COVID entrepreneurs will be given a 10 minute appointment time with a professional photographer in order to ensure everyone maintains a safe & healthy physical distance. Be sure to be on time for your headshot appointment. *Entrepreneurs who bring a business book to exchange with another attendee will receive a $40 refund What the Small Biz Photoshoot Is: The Black Business Connector is excited to be partnering with Constant Consulting on February 19, 2022. From 1:30 - 4:30 PM, we will be offering Stamford & Norwalk area entrepreneurs (both for profit & nonprofit) a professional headshot & business bio. Each entrepreneur's headshot & bio will be listed on The Black Business Connector's website & Instagram page. TBBC website & Instagram page is a media platform which has been connecting the products & services of small businesses with the needs of the greater NYC community since 2017. In 2022, TBBC is expanding to Connecticut in order to further it's mission to promote & connect black owned, brown owned & women owned businesses. Entrepreneurs who attend will receive their headshots to use for their own business purposes as well. Entrepreneurs will have their headshot taken by either professional photographer Lariann Tide owner of Tide And True Studios OR Beth Brown of Babs Photography LLC * Be sure to arrive makeup ready!!! Our professional makeup artists will only be doing quick powder touchups. MUA Eiliana of Lola Charran MUA Marvin Speight of Marvelluxe Makeup At 11:30 AM we will having a guest speaker & discussion around how to successfully pivot & expand despite the up & down times of doing business during a pandemic. What the Small Biz Photoshoot Is NOT: While small business owners will receive one professional quality headshot, this is not a customized photoshoot session to address a specific photographic need. Who is Constant Consulting? Constant Consulting was founded by Kendrick Constant in 2021, Kendrick Constant saw a growing trend of marginalized groups who needed assistance navigating certain areas such as credit repair and business development. In response to this trend Constant Consulting was created. Created with the intention of making a commitment to be trustworthy, work with integrity, and create plans that ensure the longevity for each and everyone of our clients. Constant Consulting is a multifaceted company that focuses on advancing the world by being forward thinking. We provide financial coaching and credit repair tailored toward underrepresented individuals with cultural and language barriers. On a business to business level, Constant Consulting provides a hands on approach to advance the growth of clients served. We work with an infinite long term mindset, cross sell and share innovative ideas and work with clients to achieve current objectives while trekking toward long term goals. Be forward thinking, with Constant Consulting https://www.theconstantconsultinggroup.com/ A Bit About Beth Beth Brown is a Brooklyn based educator & entrepreneur whose core mission across all of her business adventures is to spread love. As a professional photographer, she has been empowering men & women through photo sessions for 9 years. Her trademark slogan You make my shutter go CLICK! is meant to convey a saucy, confident message that everyone she photographs is truly amazing. As a result many of her customers transform from camera shy to empowered kings & queens. Brown has partnered with the non-profit TALLOM Foundation Inc & facilitated self-esteem workshops as part of their summer Becoming the Best Me program. Additionally, for Youth Empowerment Show as well as for her own brand Babs Photography LLC, she has interviewed artists, authors, designers, stylists & makeup artists with the goal of inspiring & encouraging listeners to pursue their goals, rise to higher levels & love themselves. Brown also coaches new entrepreneurs, sharing her business knowledge in order to help them avoid many of the time & financial errors she made when beginning her business. Where did The Big Black Book NYC come from?  Brown founded the The Big Black Book NYC under the umbrella of her business, Babs Photography LLC.  In July 2016, she became very upset by what felt like an escalation of murders, mostly of black men, but also of women by the police.  Protesting has its place & clearly has changed the course of history.  But as an artist/photographer she wanted to create something visually powerful.  Something that would strengthen communities, dispel stereotypes, show power in numbers & change the way People of Color are portrayed in the media.  She had the desire to build something at a foundational level.  Also, she believes entrepreneurs & small business owners are part of the solution to the complex problems our communities are experiencing currently.    Currently, the directory is on Instagram @thebigblackbooknyc and the directory's official website is www.thebigblackbooknyc.com  The launch event was held August 12, 2017 & their 4th event was held on August 14, 2021.  During the small business directory building events, small business owners (both for profit & nonprofit) are photographed & complete business bios.  Through joining forces by way of The Big Black Book NYC, we are presenting ourselves as a strong, interconnected community of entrepreneurs!