TBG U: Becoming An Entrepreneur

Therapy for Black Girls

iHeartPodcasts and Joy Harden Bradford, Ph.D.

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Get ready, because class is almost in session. Welcome to the Therapy For Black Girls University podcast tailored for the 20-something who’s packing for a new year on campus, thinking through their gap year, enrolling in a community college, grabbing their stoles for graduation, and everything in between.

Black girls have always been the queens of having one or two side hustles at once, especially in college, when you can count on your dorm-mate to be a lash tech, braider, and even a tailor. But what happens when you decide it’s time to upgrade your side hustle into a full-on business? Well, our guest knows a lot about that. Today, we're joined by the founder of the lifestyle wear brand STRIPT, Arianna Davis. Ari is an attorney-turned-entrepreneur and a double graduate of Howard University. In our conversation today, we discuss Ari’s journey from Howard Law student to full-time entrepreneur, how to shoot your shot with big names in order to grow your business, and strategies for balancing textbooks with checkbooks.

Where to Find Our Guests

AFFIRMATIONS

I am capable of turning my existing passions into a successful business.
My unique perspective and experiences are valuable assets in the entrepreneurial world.
I embrace the challenges that lie ahead of me as opportunities for growth and innovation.

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Executive Producers: Dennison Bradford & Maya Cole Howard

Producer: Ellice Ellis

Associate Producer: Zariah Taylor

TBG University Host: Jayna Ellis

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0:00.0	Get ready because class is almost in session. Welcome to the Therapy for Black
0:12.3	Girls University podcast, tailored for the 20-something who's packing for a new year on campus,
0:17.7	thinking through their gap year, enrolling in a community college, grabbing their
0:21.4	souls for graduation, and everything in between. I'm your host and TBGU coordinator, Jaina Ellis.
0:28.4	Hi, I'm Zarya Taylor. We'll return to Jaina right after the break. Black girls have always been the queens of having one or two side hustles at once,
0:45.0	especially in college.
0:46.7	When you can count on your dormmate to be a lash tech, braider, even a tailor.
0:51.9	But what happens when you decide it's time to upgrade your side hustle into a
0:55.5	full-on business? Well, our guest knows a lot about that. Today, I'm joined by the founder of the
1:02.0	lifestyle wear brand stripped, Ariana Davis. Ari is an attorney-turned entrepreneur and double
1:07.9	graduate of Howard University. The Black Woman-owned label focuses on
1:12.3	sustainability, size inclusivity, and high-quality essentials. Davis's work has been featured in
1:18.2	essence, the cut, and worn by your favorite stars, including Lotto and Flo Millie.
1:23.1	In our conversation today, we discussed ARIA's journey from Howard Law student to full-time entrepreneur,
1:29.2	how to shoot your shot with big names in order to grow your business and strategies for balancing
1:33.5	textbooks with checkbooks.
1:35.6	Here's our conversation.
1:39.0	Well, so nice to meet you, Ari, I'm so excited to talk to you today.
1:43.5	So nice to meet you. So for starters,
1:46.5	we have a few strip batty's on our teams, but tell us about your brand and how it's different
1:53.3	from some other athlete's your brands on the market. Yeah, so stripped was founded in 2020. It's
2:00.6	basically like undetectable shapewear in a body suit or leggings or whatever piece you wear. If it's in our signature fabric, I like to say it's undetectable shapewear because it's highly compressive and just really snatches you up. I like to differentiate from other like athleure brands because I feel like we're more like lifestyle wear, whereas you
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