The Holiday Season is upon us! Time to start finding the perfect gift for the special people in your life! Fortunately, GreenPea Baby and Child hit the jackpot when it comes to top Raleigh holiday gifts for the special little ones in your life! We’ve literally searched across the country for the best gifts to bring into our store, and …
Vend Raleigh is Not Faith Based, But the Founder Is
Time to return to Belize. Will you join me? As long as I’ve been leading Vend Raleigh I’ve been serving on international mission trips, mostly in Belize, Central America. Even though we are business partners, faith is often a common denominator between us. As Vend Raleigh has grown, many of my relationships with you have grown far past business and I …
Too Valuable To Miss | Business Studio Event
There is still space in the Vend Raleigh Business Studio workshop on October 22- and there shouldn’t be! The time to sit with other Mompreneurs and talk about your business is very valuable. The video below will give you to set up of the meeting but let me tell you the conversations that come from mastermind sessions like this! Some examples …
Vendor Applications Now Open For Holiday Sip and Shop
It’s that time! Applications for Vend Raleigh’s 2014 Holiday Sip and Shop on Friday, November 21st are officially open to everyone! Members of the Vend Raleigh Business Directory had a week to apply before we opened the applications to all our Mompreneurs, and now we invite you to participate in this year’s Vend Raleigh Christmas shopping event! If you aren’t familiar with …
Holiday Sip and Shop | Raleigh Sponsorship Opportunity
The Vend Raleigh Holiday Sip and Shop is a highly publicized event that keeps getting bigger each year! At our 2013 Holiday Sip and Shop, all 100 Swag Bags were gone in the first 40 minutes of the doors opening! We are excited to announce a new location for 2014, Cobblestone Hall Downtown Raleigh! Here we can accommodate more vendors …
A StepUp Story: Why StepUp Matters to Jamila Smith
Vend Raleigh is proud to present it’s 3rd Annual Illuminate Conference on Friday, October 3, 2014. This full day of speakers, workshops, and networking is a chance for Raleigh Mompreneurs to gain valuable skills, connect with friends, and grow our businesses. We have real businesses (#RealBiz), we are worth it (#WorthIt), and we will get hooked up (#GetHookedUp) through the …
Who to Follow on Twitter | Raleigh Small Business Owners Speaking at Illuminate
Who to Follow on Twitter | Raleigh Small Business Women (Mompreneurs) Speaking at Illuminate Illuminate is the conference for Raleigh Small Business Women, specifically Mompreneurs, and it is this Friday, October 3rd. You can still register and pick your breakout sessions and afternoon workshop! Part of pre-conference is prep is researching who the speakers will be and following them on …
When the world says you can’t, shout “Yes, I can!”
Here we are in the last part of 2014, which has gotten me thinking. At the end of every year, we tend to reflect on the good, the bad, the beautiful and the ugly moments of the previous 12 months. We make resolutions and often pick a “power word” for the upcoming year, and for the first six weeks or …
Dos and Don’ts for Illuminate | Raleigh Small Business Conference
Dos and Don’ts for Conferences | Business Event Tips Vend Raleigh, the place for Raleigh small business Mompreneurs, will host our 5th annual Illuminate conference October 13th. Here are some tips for attending a conference to get you prepared- and excited! You have a #RealBiz. Be ready to promote it! Don’t miss an opportunity to introduce yourself. Give yourself only seconds …
Smart. And other words like Boring, Balance, Buzz and Fan…
Friends, can I be honest with you? Three out of the next 4 weeks are all about me. My faith, my business and well, just me. This weekend is Type A Con in Atlanta, in two weeks I’m all about Vend Raleigh’s Illuminate, and then a faith based conference at the beach with 100 of my Beach Besties. I felt so guilty when I was making all of …