Featured Partner: OneLink
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Quick Summary
In Today’s edition, here’s the scoop:
Education: Wendy Plant
E-Commerce: Shirah Benarde
In the Spotlight: Sharon Walker
Featured Partner: OneLink for Events
Featured Resource: JMI for Global Entrepreneurship
Events by and for Her
EDUCATION
WENDY PLANT
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Wendy Plant, FSU administrator, receives prestigious recognition from The United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) for helping students, and peers in entrepreneurship success.
Wendy received the highest recognition the organization gives to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the development, furtherance, and benefit of small and medium businesses.
Since 1986, only 98 educators, researchers, government officials, small business advocates, and trade association leaders have been selected.
She is an assistant dean of the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship, as a Justin G. Longenecker Fellow
E-COMMERCE
SHIRAH BENARDE
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Brother-sister duo, Michael and Shirah Benarde are the cofounders of NightCap. They earned a spot on the 2024 Under 30 Retail & Ecommerce list. NightCap sells hair scrunchies that unfold into drink covers to prevent roofies and other unwanted substances from being dropped in a cup.
With growing education around the topic of drink safety, the duo has generated quite a community of customers since their 2020 launch.
50% of their revenue is from direct-to-consumer sales, with TikTok being a significant driver. NightCap has 470,000 followers on TikTok, with some videos hitting 20 to 40 million views.
They’ve also partnered with dating app Bumble, which customized a couple of hundred scrunchies to give out to their brand ambassadors, and most recently, retailer Forever 21, which purchased 8,500 scrunchies to sell at 400 retail stores starting this month. | Forbes
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
SHARON WALKER
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Sharon Walker, the president of Tallahassee Community College Chapter of the Association of Florida Colleges, has been selected as a Marshall/Official for the 2024 US Olympic Committee Team Trials Marathon in Orlando, Florida.
She has been involved with the Association of Florida College (AFC) for over nine years having served in leadership positions including Region Director as well as TCC Chapter President. During her tenure as Region Director, the region was named Region of the Year.
FEATURED PARTNER
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OneLink for Events creates professionally crafted mobile-first mini Event & Conference websites. In a robust and expensive software market, OneLink offers a Full Concierge service that is simple, efficient, quickly deployed, and cost-effective.
Make connections, feature your speakers, post your event schedule, send push notifications, and provide an app-like experience without the need for an app. Share anything and Everything! About your Event with a QR code or just a simple link. | Learn More
FEATURED RESOURCE
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AERO PARTNER: Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship
Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship officially joined FSU’s Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship last year, October 18th. | FSU News
Their mission is to cultivate, train, and inspire entrepreneurial leaders through world-class executive education, applied training, public recognition, and leading-edge research.
They offer programs that serve small business owners and nonprofit organizations throughout the state of Florida. | Learn More
EVENTS
BY & FOR HER
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Feb. 11th, Sun. 12 PM EST at Donald L. Tucker Center: Florida State Seminoles Women's Basketball vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish Women's Basketball | Ticket Price Range: $13 to $ 47 Tickets
Feb. 13th, Tues. 11:30 AM to 1 PM EST at Dunlap Champions Club: Professional Women's Forum | Ticket price range: $45 to $450 Tickets
Feb. 22nd, Thurs. 8 AM to 10 AM EST at Turnbull Conference Center 555 W Pensacola St: 2024 Chamber Economic Forecast | Ticket Price Range: $35 to $400 Tickets
Planning Ahead
Mar. 1st, Fri. 11:30 AM to 1 PM EST at AC Marriott Hotel @ Cascades: Trailblazer Luncheon by The Oasis Center for Women and Girls | Tickets
Mar. 4th, Mon. 8:30 AM to 2 PM EST at Watercolor Lakehouse in Santa Rosa Beach: 2024 PINNACLE AWARDS | Ticket Price Range: $105 to $195 Tickets
Mar. 8th, Fri. 9 AM to 3:30 PM EST at University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL: PS27 Female Founders Forum by VyStar Credit Union | Individual Ticket price: $199 Tickets
Registration ends on Mar. 1st | Learn More
WEEKLY LIVE
Did you catch our latest live? We talked about “Deliverability” and what the new workspace settings and requirements for Google and Yahoo have implemented. Also, we had on our featured guest, a local Board Games Creator Maxim Istomin of Crowd Games. Live on LinkedIn, Facebook, or YouTube on Wednesdays at 9:30 AM EST.
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