1. Celebrities speakers include includes the Who’s Who of television, sports and music, such as multimedia mogul Steve Harvey, NFL Hall of Fame receiver Chris Carter, celebrity stylist Kim Kimble, TV One host Roland Martin, inspirational speaker Lisa Nichols, So So Def founder Jermaine Dupri, “Meet the Browns” star Lamman Rucker and filmmaker Reginald Hudlin.
2. Keynote speakers include business experts Michael Lee Chin, chairman of Portland Holdings Inc.; R. Donahue Peebles, CEO and President of Peebles Corp.; Stacey Key, president and CEO of GMSDC; Jeff Friday, founder of the ultra-popular American Black Film Festival, and Necole Parker, CEO of the Elocen Group.
3. Five Resources for Business Owners in Atlanta: Learn how to maximize your network and resources.
4. Branding savant Sherrod Shackleford will share his expertise to current and aspiring entrepreneurs.
5. Entrepreneurs Luncheon: Featuring a one-on-one conversation with the one and only Michael Lee Chin, while recognizing the 35 businesses who excelled in supplier diversity.
6. General Motors executive Reggie Humphrey presenting the Teenpreneur Award.
7. Elevator Pitch: One of the most popular events at the annual BE Entrepreneurs Summit, a group of budding entrepreneurs have 60 seconds to pitch their business and compete to win $10,000 for their business.
8. Music legend Quincy Jones to receive the Trailblazers Award the BE 100s Anniversary Celebration and Awards Dinner: Black Enterprise celebrates the year’s most compelling and inspiring business stories.
9. Black Males Matter: Former NFL superstar receiver Chris Carter, TV personality Roland Martin and Shawn Dove, CEO of Black Male Achievement discuss the obstacles to black male success while touching upon rampant police brutality in America.
10. Leveraging Reality TV to Further Your Business: Celebrity Stylist Kim Kimble, radio personality Egypt Sherrod and Empire FX owner Rashaad Santiago discuss the ways they and others were able to leverage the notoriety from reality TV to build and expand their individual business ventures and product lines.
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