The Harlem Candle Co. is a luxury home fragrance brand specializing in scented candles inspired by the richness of Harlem. Founded in 2014 by travel and lifestyle expert Teri Johnson, the Harlem Candle Company is the manifestation of her love affair with fragrance, jazz, and Harlem.
As a child, Teri grew obsessed with her favorite aunt's collection of exotic perfumes and travel stories, planting the seed for her own relationship with travel and fragrances. Through her travels to nearly 70 countries, she discovered the power of scent and its ability to transport you through time and place.
Teri, a native Texan, decided to make the New York City neighborhood of Harlem her permanent home.
Through intense research, she discovered Harlem’s vibrant and rich past. Music icons including Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington who performed at clubs such as the Savoy Ballroom, the colorful areas of Harlem’s Sugar Hill and Lenox Avenue all inspired her to share these stories.
The Harlem Candle Co. began in her kitchen in 2014. Teri now designs fragrances alongside award winning perfumers to produce beautifully scented candles that celebrate the Harlem Renaissance.
Teri Johnson is an entrepreneur and adventurer who brings her experience to life through storytelling and luxury products. A life-long traveler, Teri has visited nearly 70 countries learning about the rich cultures of the world while working as a travel and lifestyle expert for various television and digital platforms. During her travels, Teri experienced an array of different scents and developed a passion and obsession for beautiful and evocative fragrances that have the power to transport you to a different time and place. This sparked an idea to create a luxury home fragrance company inspired by her neighborhood of Harlem, specifically during the Harlem Renaissance period. She founded the Harlem Candle Co in 2014 and now has 14 exquisite fragrances in the collection. Teri’s work with some of the world's most innovative perfumers has helped her grow the brand’s popularity on an international level and has led to the brand’s launch in Bloomingdale’s, Macy’s, Nordstrom and many boutiques around the world.
Through Teri’s passion for fragrance design and its important role in creating comfortable and elegant spaces, she realized she had a knack for interior design. She curated beautiful exhibits for the Harlem Candle Co at the Architectural Digest Design Show (2016 & 2018), and these show-stopping spaces gave her the idea to create the Harlem Design Co., which is an inspired collection of must have treasures that include wallpaper, fabrics, home accessories, and candles.
At the Harlem Design Co. our mission is to celebrate the past, present and future through inspired designs that pay homage to the Harlem of yesterday and today.
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Compostable packaging powered by data and corporate education. Lean Orb is uniquely placed to help enterprise-level customers validate their existing packaging goals and supply a wide range of sustainable product solutions.
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Black Girl MATHgic is a transformative initiative dedicated to increasing math confidence, enthusiasm, and fluency, especially in girls and black children. Our signature offering is the Black Girl MATHgic subscription box, complemented by our specialized K-2 bundle and dedicated box for boys (both one-time boxes). Beyond products, we empower young minds through math confidence workshops and inspirational speaking engagements.
Imagine taking a vacation and while you’re out seeing the sights, your phone dies, disconnecting you from the people who matter most. You no longer have access to your GPS, to find your way back to your hotel and you don’t see an iPhone charger anywhere.
As it starts to rain, you find yourself running around to every store within view to get a charge but there is none. The language barrier is too deep that locals don’t understand your plea for help. They either smile and keep walking or they think you’re crazy and run away from you.
This exact situation happened to us and is what sparked the idea to help millennials #LiveLifeCharged. Having a battery source that can be there when you need it without keeping you tied to a wall outlet. Now, that’s our way of turning disaster into a win.
BatteryXchange provides an ecosystem of smart kiosk machines that are used to increase connectivity between people, businesses, and communities at large. BatteryXchange is also a rental platform/mobile application that helps customers find on-demand portable batteries to recharge their mobile devices while on-the-go.
The company seeks to place their kiosks in various locations such as hospitals, university campuses, sporting arenas, and bars/restaurants. Together, we can Live Life Charged! For more information, download the 'BatteryXchange' app on both the Google Play and Apple App Store today.
BatteryXchange, Inc was founded in 2019 by Mr. Desmond Wiggan (CEO & Co-founder) and Mr. Aubrey Yeboah (CMO & Co-Founder) after teaching and pursuing their MBAs in Asia.
Let's say you forget your charger, though. What do you do if you’re in the middle of a busy day and your phone dies? Desmond Wiggan and Aubrey Yeboah asked themselves this simple question while completing MBA degrees in China. They had an hour commute every day via train, during which Wiggan’s phone often died while Yeboah’s got dangerously close.
They found a solution when they stumbled on a bar where you could rent portable battery packs to easily recharge. The duo quickly saw the opportunity for this simple service to thrive back in the U.S. “We thought about how many times we were in this situation and how many times we would need something to keep us going from point A to point B. We started to sketch out what we would want as a prototype." Thus, Battery exchange was born.
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Femly is a technology company that manufactures hi-tech wall mounted dispensers and accompanying organic period products. With sensors that acknowledge skin of all complexions and dedicated features, we're elevating the restroom experience. Sixty three laws require free pads and tampons in restrooms at schools and government buildings around the United States. Despite legislation, the vast majority of organizations are out of compliance and charge users a fee for products. Femly fights period poverty by selling dispensers and menstrual products directly to organizations in education, healthcare, and hospitality. By selling through B2B channels, we're ensuring that cost isn't a barrier to access for end users while supporting inclusion, gender-equity, and employee satisfaction in the workplace.
Launched in 2018, Caribbrew is the brainchild of Beverly Malbranche. Growing up in Haiti and knowing that Haitian coffee used to be well renowned in the 1960s and inspired by her uncle who is a coffee connoisseur, she decided to embark on a journey to revive Haiti's coffee industry.
Currently, Caribbrew partners with more than 1000 coffee and cocoa farmers in Haiti to create economic opportunities. The company hires young people in the capital of Haiti to package and export the coffee to the U.S. shipping facility in New Jersey, where they hire local residents. The female founder, Beverly is proud to offer job opportunities to NJ women. Their shipping facility is currently 75% female employed. In line with their mission, Caribbrew also supports a local NJ non-profit that aims to educate disadvantaged black boys in Newark. It's more than coffee, it's economic empowerment.
Beverly Malbranche is the founder and CEO of Caribbrew, a coffee company that specializes in Arabica beans sourced from farmers in Haiti. The Newark, N.J., business aims to bridge the gap between the Caribbean’s centuries-old coffee traditions and its consumers in the United States. As a Black business owner, Malbranche is working to close the racial representation gap in the coffee industry.
Malbranche grew up in Haiti and came to the U.S. in 2009 to study business administration. She knew early on she wanted to start a business selling a product of Haiti to U.S. consumers. While pondering this, she fell in love with the flavors and aromas of Haitian coffee, courtesy of her uncle, who, also based in the U.S., visited Haiti each summer and brought back coffee to share with friends and family. He “kept on asking where to buy this coffee,” Malbranche says. “I realized there was a demand and no one was meeting it well. That’s when I decided that coffee was it!”
Seeing a market for Haitian coffee here in the States, Malbranche co-founded Caribbrew in 2016, and officially launched the brand in 2018. She says she realized that starting a coffee business could also create sustainable jobs for coffee farmers, roasters, and packagers in Haiti.
Despite the disruption to business during the pandemic, Malbranche says that Caribbrew doubled its revenue last year (in the period May to December, compared to the same period in 2019). She says the main spike was in June. “We are thankful for the support shown to Black-owned small businesses last year,” she says.
Launched in 2016 by Jackie Rodgers, Greentop Gifts has become a go-to brand for celebratory inclusion and representation. What started as a personal hunt for holiday gift wrap featuring a Black Santa eventually turned into the creation of Clarence Claus, the brand’s signature holiday character and cultural icon featured on Greentop Gifts’ apparel, home decor, stationary and a bevy of other products, making Greentop Gifts a true lifestyle brand. As a graduate of Clark Atlanta University, the HBCU alum is on a mission to bring diversity to all celebrations by making them culturally inclusive in an era where representation matters. What originally began with Christmas products solely for her two-year-old son turned into a company bringing joy to thousands of other households across the United States with their unique and captivating gifting products that include holidays and special celebrations.
The thing that sets us apart from larger retailers and competitors is our understanding of how important representation is as parents and being intentional about the products we create so that children see images that look like them in all celebrations.
Greentop Gifts has been featured in Essence,O, The Oprah Magazine, NBC News, People.com, and Beyonce.com.
Growing up, I remember my mother putting Christmas trees in every corner of our house, painting angels and Santa figurines to look like our family for the holidays. We created memories from those moments and those memories are part of the inspiration behind Greentop Gifts. We bring diversity to your celebrations with apparel, home decor and stationary. We launched in 2016, making Christmas products solely for our two-year-old son, and we have continued to spread joy to thousands of other households across the United States, expanding to other holidays and special celebrations. Our products have been featured on NBC News, People Magazine, and O, The Oprah Magazine.
I started my business because I wanted my son to have images that looked like him. As parents, we are intentional about the images we show our children. It is not only important for black children, but it is important for all children to see diverse images. We bring diversity to your celebrations! Our holiday products include Clarence Claus – a black Santa Claus. We sell apparel, home decor and accessories.
The first order in 2016 was an incredible success because I knew I wanted these products for my son, but to know other parents wanted it for their own children continued to validate my idea. It is wonderful to hear from parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles who are so excited to find our items and share them with their loved ones.
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"As a mom of four children with multiple food allergies, I've been cooking allergen-free since 2004. Not wanting my kids to feel excluded at school and social events, I created snacks that looked and tasted similar to what others were eating, but still delicious and free of the food allergens they had to avoid. In 2015, I started Safely Delicious to share the products I'd been making for my kids, available to others with food allergies.
Safely Delicious manufactures, packages, and sells delicious, one-of-a-kind allergy-friendly snacks, free of the Top 11 Food Allergens (wheat, dairy, peanut, tree nuts, soy, egg, fish, shellfish, sesame, mustard, sulfites), gluten-free, low sodium, high iron, cholesterol free, nothing artificial and no preservatives. There are no other products like ours in the allergen-free food space. Our products look and taste like non-allergen snack products and people can’t tell the difference because our products taste so delicious!
Safely Delicious offer two lines of snack products: SNACK BITES: rice-based, sweet, and crunchy, made with different chocolates and a variety of distinct flavors. SAVORY MEDLEY: a blend of tasty allergy-friendly ingredients, seasoned with bold, local flavors. In addition, we offer Italian Style Croutons and Krumblz Toppings. Even though the ideal customer for Safely Delicious is anyone with food allergies, our products are DELICIOUS for EVERYONE to eat!"
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The Lab Drawer is a mission-driven STEAM company that aims to bridge the education gap in science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) fields, particularly among students from underrepresented communities. We deliver hands-on STEAM experience kits to schools and youth-serving organizations, supported by engaging instructional videos. Our goal is to ignite students' interest and excitement in STEAM subjects, fostering a deeper understanding and confidence in these fields. We are committed to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM education, empowering the next generation of innovators and problem-solvers to create a better future.
Imagine taking a vacation and while you’re out seeing the sights, your phone dies, disconnecting you from the people who matter most. You no longer have access to your GPS, to find your way back to your hotel and you don’t see an iPhone charger anywhere.
As it starts to rain, you find yourself running around to every store within view to get a charge but there is none. The language barrier is too deep that locals don’t understand your plea for help. They either smile and keep walking or they think you’re crazy and run away from you.
This exact situation happened to us and is what sparked the idea to help millennials #LiveLifeCharged. Having a battery source that can be there when you need it without keeping you tied to a wall outlet. Now, that’s our way of turning disaster into a win.
BatteryXchange provides an ecosystem of smart kiosk machines that are used to increase connectivity between people, businesses, and communities at large. BatteryXchange is also a rental platform/mobile application that helps customers find on-demand portable batteries to recharge their mobile devices while on-the-go.
The company seeks to place their kiosks in various locations such as hospitals, university campuses, sporting arenas, and bars/restaurants. Together, we can Live Life Charged! For more information, download the 'BatteryXchange' app on both the Google Play and Apple App Store today.
BatteryXchange, Inc was founded in 2019 by Mr. Desmond Wiggan (CEO & Co-founder) and Mr. Aubrey Yeboah (CMO & Co-Founder) after teaching and pursuing their MBAs in Asia.
Let's say you forget your charger, though. What do you do if you’re in the middle of a busy day and your phone dies? Desmond Wiggan and Aubrey Yeboah asked themselves this simple question while completing MBA degrees in China. They had an hour commute every day via train, during which Wiggan’s phone often died while Yeboah’s got dangerously close.
They found a solution when they stumbled on a bar where you could rent portable battery packs to easily recharge. The duo quickly saw the opportunity for this simple service to thrive back in the U.S. “We thought about how many times we were in this situation and how many times we would need something to keep us going from point A to point B. We started to sketch out what we would want as a prototype." Thus, Battery exchange was born.
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A rich text element can be used with static or dynamic content. For static content, just drop it into any page and begin editing. For dynamic content, add a rich text field to any collection and then connect a rich text element to that field in the settings panel. Voila!
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Headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, figures, images, and figure captions can all be styled after a class is added to the rich text element using the "When inside of" nested selector system.
