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Speaker 1: What's up this way up with Angela Gee, I'm Angela yee.

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Speaker 1: And look, Jasmine Brand is here. I am here ya hey, Jasmine,

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Speaker 1: And I'm excited for this because my business partner, Tony

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Speaker 1: Forte is here.

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Speaker 2: What's going on there?

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Speaker 3: You guys talking to the mike Tony, come on, you

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Speaker 3: know what this is?

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Speaker 2: What's going on?

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Speaker 4: Like?

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Speaker 3: This is your first time?

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Speaker 1: That is my partner for coffee uplifts people. But also

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Speaker 1: we've done a lot of other things together. But today

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Speaker 1: it's about a cup all right, and we have Salima

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Speaker 1: Scott here, Salima.

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Speaker 3: How are you?

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Speaker 1: I'm good, I'm good, okay, and Eraci Thompson.

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Speaker 3: I said, they're right from Shopify.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Who.

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Speaker 1: By the way, I we actually you reached out to

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Speaker 1: me via Instagram, which I'm so glad. I checked that

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Speaker 1: and that's how we ended up doing some things together

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Speaker 1: with Shopify. But I also know you're involved with Black

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Speaker 1: Entrepreneurs Day as well.

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Speaker 4: It's coming up this Saturday. We're partners with them. You've

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Speaker 1: Four years, right, and I'll be there too because I've

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Speaker 1: been there since the beginning as well. All right, Well,

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Speaker 1: Selma Scott, you are a you own urban Glow. You

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Speaker 1: founded that company Candles, yes, and you got the merg on,

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Speaker 1: so we appreciate that. But we want to talk about

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Speaker 1: partnerships and Shopify and how Shopify can actually help elevate

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Speaker 1: black owned businesses and the commitment that you guys have

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Speaker 1: to making sure that when it comes to marketing, when

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Speaker 1: sell products, and also even the pop up space that

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Speaker 1: you have in New York and soho, how that is

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Speaker 1: actually helping build a stronger black owned business ecosystem. So

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Speaker 1: let's get started with you, Erasi and what your responsibilities

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Speaker 4: Yes, I'm currently leading the Black Entrepreneurship Program and that

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Speaker 4: got started back in twenty twenty and Shopify made a

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Speaker 4: commitment with Operation Hope for a charity based out of Atlanta,

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Speaker 4: but they operate across the United States, and we came

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Speaker 4: together as flagship partners to create this initiative called one

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Speaker 4: that's what we've been doing since. It's been amazing and

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Speaker 4: there's sort of tools, resources, education that we provide all

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Speaker 1: I love Operation Hope. That's and John O'Brien, I'll actually

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Speaker 1: be at his event too. Nice that he's doing in Atlanta.

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Speaker 1: But the work that he's been doing with the Small

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Speaker 1: Business Administration, and I know you guys are very involved

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Speaker 1: in that. It's really important because I think a lot

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Speaker 1: to access that. Jazmine, you also have your own business.

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Speaker 5: I do have my own business. I have an entertainment

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Speaker 5: website called the Jazz and Brand. We have a staff

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Speaker 1: And Tony and I and we haven't even been on

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Speaker 1: Like access to like oh my boy, my dad's friend

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Speaker 3: Money for you. So, Tony, what do you think have

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Speaker 6: No, I think the the obstacles come because we've actually

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Speaker 6: of these different businesses and then we bring in our

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Speaker 5: It sounds exhausting.

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Speaker 1: like we're in Target now right, which is a huge

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Speaker 6: Front the money and get paid back forty five days later.

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Speaker 6: It depends on what scene from Pursuit of Happiness, because

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Speaker 1: you know, sometimes you're just like I got to cash

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Speaker 7: It's been definitely a healing process for me. So I

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Speaker 7: started Urban Glow after my divorce, and I used candle

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Speaker 7: and that's how I started my business. I started that

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Speaker 3: But Shopify has been.

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Speaker 7: Very, very instrumental in the growth of my business, just

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Speaker 7: How they pour into small business And I can't I

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Speaker 7: I started my business online and now transitioning to actually

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Speaker 3: Where is it.

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Speaker 7: It's in Union, New Jersey.

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Speaker 4: So.

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Speaker 7: It stop by because I'll be offering my handmade products there.

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Speaker 7: I make all of my candles.

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Speaker 7: Over like twenty fragrances and still creating from there. And

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Speaker 7: I also offer candle making events. Took in and make

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Speaker 7: I'll need some their terminal to actually run the business.

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Speaker 7: And then also too barcodes, Like I can actually print

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Speaker 7: So I definitely think that Shopify has been helpful.

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Speaker 1: And when use Shopify from my hair store to private

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Speaker 4: Yeah, Yeah, everyone loves it. I think there's a button

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Speaker 6: So you're also very intuitive to the to the entrepreneur.

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Speaker 7: That's the goal to have it all in the same place. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: And the other thing that it does is it really

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Speaker 3: We're trying to start our own business.

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Speaker 1: But what is a way for us to feel like

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Speaker 3: Just very easily laid out for you.

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Speaker 1: And so I want you to talk about with Shopify

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Speaker 4: So as a part of one and BB one million

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Speaker 1: Now, what are some things that you've gotten out of

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Speaker 7: Well actually mentioned the Bill Black space. I mean it's

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Speaker 6: But even in that same space, and I notice you're

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Speaker 7: Absolutely talk to that, you know, yeah, I can't talk

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Speaker 3: And pass it off to someone else.

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Speaker 3: So it is you know.

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Speaker 3: We definitely shot our product in here. We got is

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Speaker 1: And even just the special events and the pop ups

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Speaker 1: She's gonna be actually doing her pop up at the

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Speaker 6: Yeah, but then also you got to think about just

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Speaker 4: we're just excited. We're excited about while we are closing

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Speaker 4: the gap, there's still so much more work to do.

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Speaker 4: So we're excited about putting all of those resources. You

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Speaker 4: guys talked about capital earlier, and Shopify capital does that.

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Speaker 4: It allows you to reduce the barrier for a financial

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Speaker 4: entry for a lot of black businesses, that's a huge thing.

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Speaker 4: So just providing that making it really easy for them

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Speaker 4: to you don't have to do all this documentation, You

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Speaker 4: just get finance based on your sales, and it comes

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Speaker 4: out of your sales. And that's what's a really easy.

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Speaker 2: Way we have to do based financing.

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Speaker 1: Okay, all right, well we love it well you guys,

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Speaker 1: no excuses, Jasmine.

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Speaker 2: Okay, always be another tech, no excuses.

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Speaker 3: I love it.

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Speaker 2: We might take it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we might take it. We love that. Yeah, we

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Speaker 3: might do something with that. Well, thank you so much.

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Speaker 1: It just was on my heart to be able to

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Speaker 1: give people this information just because I felt blessed to

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Speaker 1: have it. And congratulations and everything that you've done, you know,

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Speaker 1: Selima with your business with Urban Glow and for partnering

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Speaker 1: and everything.

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Speaker 3: I can't wait for.

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Speaker 5: The the brick and mortar you're going to have.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, it's coming. We'll stop by here, you'll stop by.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I told you. I know exactly where that is. Okay,

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Speaker 1: So i'd be writing you in your new jersey and

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Speaker 1: thank you for the work that you've been doing. I

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Speaker 1: know this is something that is important to you, even

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Speaker 1: you know, aside from being at shopify, just amplifying these

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Speaker 1: small black owned businesses.

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Speaker 3: So we appreciate you.

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Speaker 4: Likewise, thank you for having me shape from Ottawa, from Ghana.

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Speaker 4: But yes, all right, it's way up,