Month: November 2021

Benjamin Kickz: Sneaker Don

What makes an entrepreneur successful? A bachelor's degree? Financial support from investors? Being over the age of 16? While all of these qualities do have their benefits, none are required to make a beginning or significant lunge into any field of business. Sometimes the only initial trait for growth that you need is passion. 

Benjamin Kickz (Kapelushnik), known as the “Sneaker Don” is a sneaker resale entrepreneur who began his career at 16 years old. Benjamin Kickz loves sneakers,  particularly the really expensive and exclusive sneakers his father classifies as “dumb.”

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Kevin Ross: Soulfully Yours

“I know what it feels like to be in love, to yearn for someone, to miss someone, to lose someone. That feeling shouldn’t die with the times.” - Kevin Ross

The R&B music genre was made popular by musicians who are veterans of the heartwarming - and heart wrenching - feelings that come with love. However, no matter how many times we hear a love song, the topic is always made new by artists like Kevin Ross, who have their own story to tell and a heartfelt voice to back it up.

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Cora Groppo: Fit Is Everything

We've all been there – going to store after store, trying on a pair of jeans, a blazer, a skirt, only to leave the store in tears because nothing fits. No matter how many sizes bigger or smaller you go, something's still wrong. The pants legs are too long. The sleeves are too short. The buttons won't button. If only designers could figure that out and make clothes that fit...

That's actually what Cora Groppo does.

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NFTs and the Art Industry

Within the past year news articles about the NFT boom have constantly made headlines, and teens making millions of dollars from their artwork seems to be a recurring theme.

So, what are NFT’s and why have they produced such a statement in our economy? 

NFT (Non-Fungible Token) are unique works of art stored using a blockchain technology with a special encryption and verifiable code. They are bought and sold on open crypto art markets in exchange for crypto currency or other NFT’s but not any two are alike.The non- fungible stands for the fact that they are “one of a kind” in opposition to generic bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies that are interchangeable. NFT’s are not interchangeable, having ownership of an NFT means you have the rights to a particular work of art and the value varies based upon previous ownership and artistry. 

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Land of a Thousand Hills: Rwandan Coffee for Rwandan Communities

The delicious taste of Rwanda’s specialty coffee has become a popular staple in the world's coffee industry. Its signature fruity flavor has made its way to several American coffee shops and companies like Starbucks and Amazon. However, one company, in particular, sells Rwandan coffee with a much larger vision and heartfelt purpose. Named after Rwanda’s vast and mountainous countryside, Land of a Thousand Hills is an international coffee company with several cafe locations around Atlanta's neighborhoods and metropolitan areas, like Old Fourth Ward, Alpharetta, Midtown, and Roswell. The company takes every dollar a customer spends and uses the money toward an initiative that leaves your heart just as warm as the cup of coffee you order.

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PinkPantheress: The Unknown Superstar

The ability of a record to go viral has been tremendously boosted with the emergence of TikTok. Typically, the process behind making a hit song entails a recording studio, a producer, and hours of dedication needed to find the perfect sound. However, the term “DIY” is becoming more and more of a trend in the industry as of recently. For 20-year-old PinkPantheress, making hits in the halls of the University of the Arts London college has laid the groundwork for her stardom.

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