Ep 112: How to Run a Business with Your Friends with Curly Girl Collective

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today in the guest chair are the ladies of Curly Girl Collective. Curly Girl Collective is comprised of Charisse, Gia, Melody, Simone and Tracey. Curly Girl Collective’s vision is to be a change agent in the beauty industry by connecting, empowering and celebrating women of color around the world.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">T</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">heir mission is to create innovative experiences that celebrate natural beauty and showcase the best brands for women of color. And they have done so with signature events that have taken the natural world by storm. You may know them best for their signature event, CURLFEST, which takes place annually in the summer in Prospect Park.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">These ladies went from dreaming up a vision for this business during a potluck in one of their apartments to now producing a large scale, activation filled experiences for natural hair women with brand partners like Shea Moisture, Target, BET and more! Most importantly, these women are dear friends, and running a business with your girlfriends is no easy feat.</span></p> <p><strong>On today’s episode we get into:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How to run a successful business with close friends</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How they each juggle their full time careers with a major and successful side hustle that is Curly Girl Collective</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">You’ll also learn a fun fact about my personal connection to Curly Girl Collective</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">And so much more!</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Listen on</span> <a href= "http://sidehustlepro.co/Podcast"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Apple Podcasts</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">,</span> <a href= "https://soundcloud.com/sidehustlepr