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377: How CultureCon CEO Imani Ellis Went From Side Hustling VP to Full-Time Entrepreneur REWIND

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Nicaila Matthews Okome | Side Hustle Pro Media

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4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In this week's rewind episode, in the guest chair we have former Side Hustle Pro guest Imani Ellis, CEO and Founder of CultureCon and The Creative Collective NYC. While working as Vice President of Communications at NBC Universal, Imani founded The CCNYC and began her journey to becoming the full-time CEO of her company and CultureCon.

In this episode she shares:

  • How CultureCon and The CCNYC has hugely expanded since we last spoke

  • The steps she took to firmly make the decision of becoming a full-time entrepreneur

  • How she effectively built and manages a team of 25 people

  • And so much more, you don’t want to miss this episode!

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1:19.7

Hey guys, welcome back to another episode of Side Hustle Pro. I'm your host

1:28.2

Nakela and today we have an update episode with I'mi Ellis. Now you may remember meeting Imani back in

1:36.1

episode 187 of Side Hust of Pro and while she was here she shared about how she

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manages being a side hustler juggling her role with CultureCon in the

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