143: The Owner of DC’s Nubian Hueman Boutique is Revolutionizing What it Means to Buy Black (w/Anika Hobbs)

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🗓️ 24 April 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Today in the guest chair we have Anika Hobbs, the Founder of Nubian Hueman, a Washington DC boutique featuring a curated selection of African-inspired apparel, accessories, art, and unique goods. Not simply a boutique, Nubian Hueman is a social enterprise that specializes in sourcing unique goods, fashion, and art by designers representing the global Diaspora.

It has become a catalyst for culture, community, and the development of the creative economy by connecting the consumer to independent artists from across the world and serving as a means to promote collective interaction, community development, and global responsibility through a fresh and artistic brick-and-mortar platform.

Nubian Hueman has worked with over 400 artists, in 30 countries, and across 6 different continents and has received recognition from former President Barack Obama, the Washington Post, NPR, and Forbes.

On today’s episode, Anika shares how her unlikely career path in retail served as a catalyst for Nubian Hueman.

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0:00.0	So we want to make sure that we have something that's unique and reflects us as a culture.
0:07.6	Words, ideas, ingredients, and patterns that really reflect us as people of color or black people is really important for us.
0:16.5	Things that you will not find at urban outfitters or anthropology or H&M.
0:21.1	You're listening to Side Hustle Pro, the podcast that teaches you to build and grow your
0:28.1	side hustle from Passion Project to profitable business. And I'm your host, host Nikla Matthew Zakome. So let's get started.
0:38.3	Hey guys welcome welcome back to the show today in the guest chair we have Anika Hop's the founder of
0:45.0	New being human. New being human is a social enterprise that specializes in
0:50.0	sourcing unique goods, fashion, and art by designers representing the global
0:55.6	diaspora. It has become a catalyst for culture, community, and the
1:00.8	development of the creative economy by connecting the consumer to independent
1:05.6	artists from across the world and serving as a means to promote collective interaction,
1:11.0	community development, and global responsibility through a fresh and
1:14.8	artistic brick and mortar platform. Newby and Hument has worked with over 400 artists in
1:21.0	30 countries and across six different continents to date and it has also received recognition from
1:27.3	Our forever president, Barack Obama, the Washington Post and PR and most recently Forbes.
1:33.7	Welcome to the guest chair, Anika.
1:35.7	Thank you.
1:36.4	Thank you so much for having me.
1:37.9	I am so happy to have you here.
1:40.0	Now first things first, give us a peek in your own words, you know, into the life of Anika, what would you like everyone to know and when were you bitten by the entrepreneurship bug?
1:50.0	Oh man, so I guess some things about me is that I had a crazy background. My
2:00.2	background is not actually in retail. So where I started was pretty much I went to school
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