00:00okay so let me repeat back what we have and let's see how people are feeling and the five
00:08thousand dollar winners roslyn from confidence gabby bones uh dr shayla from cycle jamila from
00:16commune kasha from delor ten thousand jamila from the copper door esther from playa society
00:24lazette from jam and rico fifteen thousand to nicole of sip and share and ashley from artsy
00:30bella twenty thousand latoya from cosmology and they all get the support i mean the beauty is you
00:35all surface some significant areas to be able to help them um and i think you know the beauty is
00:40we've got some time to be able to do some more work with them before the holidays so for some of
00:45them this will be a nice little bump and for others it'll give us time to actually work with them on
00:48their pivot plan so that's great thank you all appreciate it a little harder than you thought
00:53yeah right everyone was wonderful yeah
00:57hey latoya how are you good good good it's good to see you again good to see you as well
01:07well i just want to congratulate you you did an amazing job as you saw we had an outstanding group
01:12of folks we were well fed well exercised well quaffed uh thanks to you and a few others and we just
01:19generally look good which is wonderful uh wanted to bring you back because simone wanted to share
01:23something with you yeah so latoya i'm super excited to share you should already know what's coming um
01:31that you unanimously in a unanimous decision by the judges uh we congratulate you you've won the top
01:38prize of twenty thousand dollars well deserved um it was so much great feedback that um you know we
01:46all discussed from your branding from your you know investing in your investing in your brand to get
01:53a patent that was really really really um extremely thoughtful to understand how to differentiate from
02:00competition we're super excited to award you um the twenty thousand dollars so on behalf of a
02:05moisture in partnership with new voices um we're excited to welcome you to the family of businesses that
02:11new voices will continue to mentor and coach and support you um to help grow and scale your business
02:17and how do you feel i am elated halfway don't know what to say but i'm excited um you know because
02:27new voices especially when you talk about shea moisture i lived i lived in harlem in like the early
02:322000s so i remember when shea moisture was the black soap on 125th and now to be able to
02:41partner with you all as i'm growing my business and so many great things have happened it's like
02:47it's a whole other experience i'm elated i'm thank you so much i'm so grateful
02:52awesome well you are more than welcome and we always say welcome to the family um so for better
02:58or for worse we are here for you i wanted to just ask you a couple of questions i think it's clear
03:03you're excited and you talked about a lot of things but there were some financial and non-financial
03:07things so like talk to me about like now what are you going to do next right because
03:10everybody's like oh she won she won and you're not going to disney but what are you what are you
03:14going to do next yeah no we're going to continue moving forward and what we're excited to be able
03:21to leverage the prize money is for that product innovation like i said we're actually in the
03:27process of doing some great things right now so that alleviates some of the financial concern and
03:33worry that we were having just trying to figure out where it's going to come from
03:37and you know being able to be fueled and empowered by such an amazing organization
03:43and now having also the mentoring and the direct connections because you've done it you've been
03:49there and so helping us to navigate that space is going to be amazing because to your point that's
03:56exactly what we want to do we want to create and innovate and just have tons of ideas the sky's
04:02limit and we're in a market where we can do that we can partner with great brands we can design
04:08really cool things and so i'm excited to be able to tap into your expertise absolutely well we are we
04:15are thrilled to have you and i guess i have one last question and i'll let simone close us out
04:20yeah a lot of people i'm sure are going to watch these these pitch competitions are always well
04:24watched and there's always somebody there saying what do i need to do to get me where she is so
04:29as now an experienced entrepreneur what would you say to all the others out there obviously the
04:34amazing women that you were competing with but also just folks who are watching saying like i have an
04:38idea particularly now right everybody's been sitting home and wanting to do something different what
04:41advice would you give them move in the face of fear a lot of times we allow our doubts we allow that
04:49crazy conversation on our minds to stop us from moving forward and i'll be honest i talk all the time
04:56i have a podcast but for some reason i was really anxious today and i showed up in spite of that
05:03right and i didn't allow it to stop me i didn't allow it to hinder the the performance if you will
05:10that i wanted to kind of give and to share and i think that's where the power of leadership and being
05:17a great business owner is is that you know that you're doing something that is more important than
05:22you so you have to show up in those moments to make sure that what you're working for is allowed
05:28to breathe and thrive and grow that is awesome that is awesome well it's been a pleasure to meet you
05:34i'm gonna turn it over to simone absolutely thank you my pleasure as well this is so awesome and
05:39everything you just said just showing up in the face of fear um i think this was really important
05:44for shea moisture specifically during this time because again black women they are genius they are
05:50holding down communities and they're innovating and they're solving a lot of our um issues that
05:56we're facing and so for you you know for you to win this i think part of our campaign shea moisture
06:02it comes naturally this comes naturally right it comes naturally that even though a lot of times you
06:09may be scared to take that first step you have to do it you have to face it and i think i also want
06:14to just ask you one more question which is for us it was really important in this year
06:18um and to your point you can talk about shea moisture from harlem and its commitment and its
06:24investment in women of color but specifically in this year it was really important for us to let
06:29them know that they were appreciated and that we're continuing to invest in them can you just tell
06:34us more you know with the climate that is here right now why was this such a special opportunity
06:39to know that you still have brands like shea moisture you have partners like new voices
06:43that continue to invest in black women it's it's incredible because right now more than ever
06:50it's about human connection it's about relationships and even though we are no longer able to be together
06:58right and i actually had the chance to meet you earlier before covid shut everything down
07:03so now that we're able to connect digitally it just speaks to the power of living in this new moment
07:09and how can you make the most of it so being able to tap into resources networks organizations
07:16foundations to help you to fuel and empower you to move forward is amazing so what shea moisture
07:23new voices essence what you all are doing is incredible because we need to know that there are
07:29people out there who believe in us and it gives us the encouragement and the empowerment to keep moving
07:34forward so it's amazing so again i just want to say congratulations on winning the top prize
07:40thank you i thank new voices for actually giving our um our finalists the power tools that they need to
07:49succeed so from the coaching from the grant um we are so excited and so honored to continue to be in
07:55partnership with new voices and thank you essence for um joining us in supporting women of color and again
08:02be sure to check out more about shea moisture at shea moisturefund.com to see how we're continuing
08:07to invest in women of color and black owned businesses amazing and latoya i look forward
08:12to welcoming you into the new voices community and working with you to get your coaches and mentors
08:16and encourage everybody else to come visit newvoicesfamily.com we are always looking to expand the family no
08:21matter who you are and where you are you are always welcome here so thank you and congratulations again take care
08:26thank you good night everybody good night well what another amazing competition
08:34shea moisture new voices coming together two powerful brands two companies and organizations
08:39committed to helping black women across the globe i hope that you enjoyed it i hope that you found
08:45something interesting most importantly i hope it inspired you to get out there and start your own
08:49business whether it's full-time part-time or a complete side hustle we are here to help you
08:53what you saw today was 10 amazing women who despite all odds of persistent racial unrest
08:59and then covid19 still managing to survive and now hopefully thriving thanks to this competition
09:05it's important to know this competition is not just about money and about the coaching and capitals
09:08about you about helping these businesses grow so if you are watching this please check out all the
09:13companies and support them the only way our community is going to continue to grow and recognize its wealth
09:18and its opportunity and potential is if you support them well we did our part now help us
09:23in supporting these amazing black female entrepreneurs i thank you for joining us i ask that all stay safe
09:29and stay safe and i'm honored and humbled to pass it back to surgery to close us out thank you and have a
09:33wonderful evening thank you all for joining me for such an incredible program thank you to all of our
09:41winners because you are all winners and phenomenal and i'm excited for every single one of you i want to say
09:47thank you to new voices i want to say thank you to my essence family and i want to say thank you to
09:54shea moisture thank you so much for planting these amazing seeds into our community thank you all
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