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Get The Bag is about encouraging and powering up Black women entrepreneurship. We are putting you, your financial and funding needs at the center of all that we do. We want you to give you the knowledge, resources, tools and connections needed to get the bag you need to launch a new business or grow an existing business!
Fill Your Bag & Grow Our Community
When you buy Black, you power-up the ability of Black businesses to secure business capital in the form of customer sales, loans or investments. Get The Bag does the curating for you, scouring the "innanets" for the best, most exciting and socially responsible products and services from Black-owned, diverse and women-owned businesses and experts. We aslo incorporate green business practices.
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Become a Get The Bag Boss member or gift a membership to your boss friend with and enjoy monthly programming, member sales, and full access to our funding resources PLUS a "quarterly bonus"! Our quarterly subscription box is filled with 4-6 items of thoughtfully selected Black-owned brands. We source unique finds with the needs and preferences of the aspiring and current Black women entrepreneur in mind. We seek products and customer experiences that give you what you need to be inspired, feel appreciated, valued and to be great in business.
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Gloria Ware
Founder and Chief Rainmaker, Get The Bag
"My mission is to aspiring and existing black women business owners, the financial information and funding resources they need to be successful in business and to promote their goods and services to increase sales."
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The Gift That Keeps On Giving
Our Boss Lady II boxes are inspired by the black business greats of the past and our love for today's Black women business owner - the fastest growing group of entrepreneurs in the U. S! These lovingly curated products provide essential customer capital and visibility to Black women business owners during these challenging times. The box is packed with essential self-care, professional development, family friendly activities and snacks to get you through it all!
Includes:
A One on One "Get In-Formation for Funding Assessment" Call!
A business book curated or our boss ladies, 24 Shades of Business Adult Coloring Book, Multicultural Colored Pencils, SenTeamental Blue Skies Black Dessert Tea OR Caribbrew Organic Haitian Coffee, Haitian or Ghanain fair trade dark chocolate bar, Blackbird Botanical soy wax 5oz candle, Black woman themed office item -
Also includes:
"50 Most Underutilized Funding Sources download, 45 minute Funding Readiness Assessment Call
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Power-Up Your Finances
Money Talk
Making The Most Of The Intern Experience In Your Business by Sierra Smith
Internships are supposed to be mutually beneficial for both the employer and the intern. Here are some tips to making sure you and your intern are both fulfilled in your professional relationship, and how to attract more applicants!
Securing A Business Grant - 5 Strategies To Securing The Grant Bag
It's 2021 and the grant bags keep multiplying! So many grants, so little time. Here's how to make the most of the many new business grants on the market.
How To Maximize Your Ability To Receive COVID Relief For Your Business
Will 2021 bring more equitable opportunities in securing bank loans, government funding and investments for Black women entrepreneurs? What you can do to improve your odds.
CHIP - Financial and Investment Professionals Who Want You To Prosper
"We believe that starting the conversation is great, but we want Black women to be able to take action. CHIP is a safe place where we are ensuring people of color are seen and heard in a way we haven’t seen in the financial industry before. We want black women to know that building wealth is for you too and financial professionals are willing to help you at any stage of your financial journey." - Dana Wilson, Founder and CEO of Changing How Individuals Prosper (CHIP)
Beyond The Pitch Deck - 4 Not So Obvious Tips For A Lasting Investor Impression
Cleantech or greentech investors see the value of investing in businesses with ideas and innovations that will lead to a cleaner, greener environment. We connected with Taj, Ahmad-Eldridge, a leader at a California-based cleantech investment company, the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator, to give us some inside scoop on what he looks for in an investment pitch.
6 Resources To Help You Find Affordable And Culturally Competent Health Care
As Black women entrepreneurs we are on the frontlines of the double pandemics and facing enormous emotional, physical and mental health challenges as a result. As business owners, sometimes "getting the bag", means securing affordable health care.
I Love Chocolate, But Do I Love It Enough?
Karen M. Blackwell, Founder and CEO of Sage & Alms, a benefit corporation, that houses the brand Kanda™ Chocolates, writes about making the future of chocolate sweeter for those who produce it and for those of us that love it.
The Role of Insurance In Your Wealth Building Strategy
Rashunda Rene, CEO and Founder of Innovative Entrepreneurs Hub explores the role of insurance and financial advisors in assessing investment opportunities and building wealth for you and your family.
3 Steps To Navigating Healthcare As A New Business Owner by Adrienne Reed
Many of us have dreams of going all in on our businesses, but are reluctant to leave a job out of fear of not having affordable health insurance. Having a pre-existing condition as a Black woman, makes it all the more challenging.
The Balance Sheet Of Life
I am an entrepreneur, a woman in technology, a mother, a wife, a daughter, corporate executive and many other titles. These are all but titles. At my core, I am a beautiful spirit having a human experience.
