Entrepreneurship Expert Offers Weekend Boot Camp for Minority Business Owners In The Big Bend

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - July 21, 2016 - PRLog -- Entrepreneurship Expert Offers Weekend Boot Camp for Minority Business Owners In The Big Bend


TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – LaTanya White, award-winning global entrepreneurial expert, is launching a weekend boot camp for minority business owners titled, "The Weekend Warrior Series." The series is a component of White's Open Book Innovation Institute, an organization committed to granting African-American and Latino business owners the access, knowledge and resources needed to level the entrepreneurial playing field.

The Weekend Warrior Series will create networking, learning and sales opportunities for minority entrepreneurs in the Big Bend Area. The event will launch on July 28-30 beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, and 11 a.m. on Saturday. The event will be held at Domi Station, located at 914 Railroad Avenue.

The weekend will kickoff on Thursday evening with a special networking session, and on Friday evening, White will host business development workshops. On Saturday morning, an expo will be held for business owners to sell their products and services with real-time coaching on how to maximize their sales.

Proceeds from the event will be used to issue grants that provides access to training and development and infrastructure to African-American and Latino business owners.

"While there are several small business resources in the Tallahassee ecosystem, somehow minority entrepreneurs specifically people of color, in the ideation and stage 1 aspects of business startup is underserved," said LaTanya White, about her vision behind the series.

For more information or to register, visit: http://latanyawhite.biz./weekendwarrior

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About LaTanya White

LaTanya White is the entrepreneurial expert behind the innovative and cutting-edge business success platform, LaTanyaWhiteBiz (LWB). LWB is home to several empowering programs focused on supporting today's entrepreneur with the resources and knowledge essential for long-term success.

LaTanya's passion and personal commitment are to help entrepreneurs get their ideas to market with greater efficiency and less risk. She is well versed in business model development, customer profile development, digital media, financial projections, business analysis, and business marketing strategies.

Traveling abroad, she has participated in the USAID-FAMU Farmer-to-Farmer Program in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti; Change Ventures Social Innovation Programme in Bali, Indonesia; and led student discussions on Business Model Generation at Universite Caraibe in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.

LaTanya obtained her MBA from Florida A&M University, where she currently teaches entrepreneurship and management courses. She received an entrepreneurship education certificate from the Oklahoma State University Spears School of Business.

She has been featured in national publications such as Essence Magazine's "The Side Hustle of the Month" and was selected as one of Tallahassee's "Women to Watch" by Tallahassee Woman Magazine.

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