Summary: About our Guest: Mandy X. Bowman is the Ceo and founder of Official Black Wallstreet which is a digital platform and database created to give black-owned businesses, black entrepreneurs, and aspiring entrepreneurs a place to shine. In order to be successful digitally Have good content Brand everything on social media Know your target audience, what they want and will listen to Insight from this episode: Mandy details her experience of moonlighting for 2 years and finally quitting her job, raising $33k for her business, stepping out of her comfort zone to do a Tedx talk and go on the Queen Boss tv show to pitch her business to investors. You’ll learn: Secrets to moonlighting Strategies to run a $33,000 successful kickstarter campaign How to garner a great support system The importance of circulating the dollar in black communities How to grow your social media following to $275,000 people How to monetize your social media following How to plan your exit strategy from your job Resources Mentioned: kickstarter.com www.Asana.com 3 keys to Create Your Best Life: Figure out your why, what you're passionate about Map out where you want to go in life There's a beginning and end but you need to have an in-between game plan for Just Do it Stay Connected: Kevin: www.kevinybrown.com www.instagram.com/kevinybrown www.twitter.com/kevinybrown www.facebook.com/kevbrown001 Mandy: www.officialblackwallstreet.com https://twitter.com/mandyxbowman https://www.instagram.com/mandyxbowman/ Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on itunes, google play, stitcher and www.createyourlifeseries.com/podcast
