by Marie Deveaux | May 18, 2020 | Entrepreneurship, Legacy
Today we’re talking about free money in the form of venture capital and small business grants for women of color business owners. Growing up as a smart black girl in the Silicon Valley, I was always put on the accelerated track as far as education. I was in the... 
by Marie Deveaux | May 11, 2020 | Legacy
My mother was/is a hard working immigrant. She’s an old school Boomer who believes in the value of hard work and she came from a place where Black people run stuff (big up, Jamaica). On the outset she was a great role model. And yet, the way my mother relates to... 
by Marie Deveaux | May 4, 2020 | Learn, Productivity
Now that everyone’s getting to be in touch with family on a whole new level it seems like a great opportunity to revisit the practice of the family meeting. I never really understood the idea of a family meeting growing up. My parents, both Caribbean born and... 
by Marie Deveaux | Apr 27, 2020 | Motivation and Mindset
Everyone knows I’m a huge fan of activating our B-MES (bee-mes) in order to keep yourself grounded. Not just as business owners and entrepreneurs, but as human beings with natural needs in the world. And in an earlier post this year I talked about the need to... 
by Marie Deveaux | Apr 20, 2020 | Learn, Motivation and Mindset
Admin Professionals Day was a holiday that I think was originally developed in order to recognize secretaries and people who help businesses stay afloat. As someone who worked for years in Operations I know that no one recognizes the admin until things go wrong. The... 
