187: Meet Imani Ellis, The Side Hustler & Visionary Behind The CultureCon Conference

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🗓️ 12 February 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Today in the guest chair we welcome Imani Ellis, Imani Ellis, the Founder of CultureCon and& The Creative Collective NYC (TheCCnyc), a community and creative agency dedicated to facilitating brave spaces for multicultural creatives.

Born in Imani’s one-bedroom apartment as a means to foster meaningful connections, TheCCnyc has since become the fastest growing community devoted to creatives of color in NYC who are looking to cultivate relationships that go beyond the business card.

TheCCnyc’s marquee event is CultureCon, an incredible conference that celebrates the influence creatives of color make on society and the culture that fuels it. Previous speakers have included Tracee Ellis Ross, Will Smith, Regina King, Spike Lee, and John Legend!

Through all of this, would you believe that Imani is still a side hustler? Yes, she still has a full-time job as a publicist! Let’s get right into the episode to find out how she’s juggling an impressive career and a game-changing side hustle.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Really moving from this place of a friend group to a formalized business to
0:08.6	structure but the beautiful thing about structure is that there's very clear understanding.
0:13.3	You're listening to Side Hustle Pro, the podcast that teaches you to build and grow your
0:20.0	side hustle from Passion Project to profitable business and I'm your host and
0:24.8	Kayla Matthew Zocomey so let's get started. Hey hey guys welcome welcome
0:30.7	back to the show today in the guest chair we have Imani Ellis, the
0:35.2	founder of Culture Khan and the Creative Collective NYC, a community and creative
0:40.8	agency dedicated to facilitating brave spaces. and Creative as a means to foster meaningful connections, the CNY NYC has since become the fastest growing
0:56.6	community devoted to creatives of color in NYC who are looking to cultivate relationships that go beyond the business card.
1:05.0	The CNYC's marquee event is CultureCon, the fastest growing conference dedicated to creatives of color.
1:12.0	Past speakers include heavyweights like Tracy Ellis Ross,
1:16.3	Will Smith, Regina King, Spike Lee, John Legend, and more. In addition to community events, the Creative Collective also works as an impactful
1:26.2	creative agency, ideating creative strategies that resonate with multicultural creatives and young professionals and bridging the gap between
1:35.3	brands and these multicultural creatives. Through all of this, would you believe that
1:40.5	Imani is still a side hustler.
1:43.0	Let's get right into the episode to find out how she's juggling an impressive career and a game-changing side hustle. So welcome to the guest chair, I'm money. Hi, thank you for
1:57.6	having me. I really appreciate you being here. Now first things first you got to give us a peek into the life of
2:04.4	I'm money. What was your first experience with side hustling? Well you know it kind of
2:10.4	really just happened by mistake. I have a full-time job at NBC Universal
2:17.4	and love my job but really kind of wanted to hone in on the community. I really felt like to of that I had had in college when you go to the cafeteria or you go to the quad and
2:35.0	everyone is there and so I invited some friends over to my house and it was
2:39.3	really meant to be a very casual but intentional meet-up and the only requirement was to bring someone
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