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Our Build Your Brand Mixer at the Columbia Tower Club brought together an incredible group of entrepreneurs, creatives, and professionals this past Saturday.
Shyan Selah delivered a powerful live Q and A and performance, sharing real insight on authenticity, ignoring naysayers, protecting your work, and building the right team around you. Then he performed selections from his Cafe Noir Project, showing how music, business, and community can come together as one brand.
Shoutout to our giveaway partners for the night including OBK Winery for a complimentary tasting experience, a selection of premium ties and cufflinks from Men's Wearhouse, and Brave New World Enterprises LLC who provided a "Launch Your Brand Media Starter Kit."
If you were there, you felt it, if you were not, we will see you at the next one!
Stay tuned for more to come at www.beconw.com!
Our Build Your Brand Mixer at the @columbiatowerclub brought together entrepreneurs, creatives, and professionals for a night of real connection.
✨ Networking
✨ Insight
✨ Energy
and a powerful live Q&A and performance from @shyanselah who shared real insight on building your brand and performed selections from his Cafe Noir Project, where music, business, and community come together.
Thank you to everyone who showed up and helped make the night what it was including our prize sponsors @menswearhouse, @obkwinery, and @thebravenwe!
More moments like this coming soon.
#BECO #SeattleEvents #BlackBusiness #Networking #Entrepreneurs
Seattle! This is the room you want to be in. 🔥
BUILD YOUR BRAND MIXER is bringing together ambitious professionals, great energy, live storytelling, happy hour, dinner service, prizes, giveaways, and a special live Q&A + performance by Shyan Selah.
📍 Columbia Tower Club
📅 March 21
⏰ 6 PM–9 PM
If you’re building your brand, growing your network, or looking for your next big opportunity, this is your sign.
Comment BRAND and tag someone you’re bringing.
Register early, these mixers sell out fast.
#SeattleEvents #BuildYourBrand #SeattleNetworking #blackbusiness #EntrepreneurLife
Our Build Your Brand Mixer is coming to the Columbia Tower Club and tickets are already moving fast.
Join BECO, @thebravenwe, and the @columbiatowerclub on March 21 for an elevated networking experience featuring a live Q&A and performance from international creative artist and entrepreneur @shyanselah.
This is still very much a mixer vibe for our entrepreneurs, creatives, professionals, and community leaders looking to connect at the top of Seattle. This time we`re giving you added insight on building a brand that truly stands out. Join us to get:
✨ Live Q&A + performance with Shyan Selah
✨ Curated networking
✨ Happy Hour
✨ Dinner service available
✨ Prizes and giveaways
✨ Skyline views from the 75th floor
Tickets are $25 and BECO Premium and MVP Members attend free.
We’re officially opening registration to the greater community today, so if you plan to attend, secure your ticket sooner rather than later.
Register at beconw.com
#BECO #SeattleEvents #BlackBusiness #NetworkingEvent #Entrepreneurs #BrandBuilding
Biddy Mason and Robert F. Smith lived in different eras, but their stories prove the same truth:
Ownership changes everything.
Biddy Mason built from the ground up after winning her freedom, turning discipline, vision, and land ownership into lasting wealth and community impact.
Robert F. Smith built at global scale, showing what is possible when strategy, capital, and leadership come together to create opportunity far beyond one person.
One built in a growing city.
One built in global markets.
Both remind us that wealth is not just about what you earn.
It is about what you own, what you build, and what you leave behind.
At BECO, we honor leaders like Biddy Mason and Robert F. Smith by encouraging Black entrepreneurs to think beyond income and toward ownership, investment, financial literacy, and generational wealth.
Build what lasts.
Save this for the reminder.
Share it with someone building legacy.
#BECO #BlackExcellence #GenerationalWealth #BlackEntrepreneurs #WealthBuilding #OwnershipMatters #FinancialLiteracy #LegacyBuilding
Born into slavery. Died a millionaire. 🏛️💰
Robert Reed Church Sr. didn’t just survive the post-Civil War era… he owned it. While others fled Memphis during the yellow fever epidemic, Church did the unthinkable: He doubled down.
He bought distressed property when others saw "ruin." He saw leverage.
* 📉 Purchased during the crash.
* 🏗️ Developed housing and commercial hubs.
* ✊ Created the economic foundation for a community.
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At BECO, we honor the "Church Method." We aren`t just building businesses; we’re building assets. True wealth isn`t a single paycheck, it’s ownership that lasts generations.
Are you building a business, or are you building an empire? Let’s talk strategy. 📈
#RobertReedChurch #RealEstateInvesting #BlackHistory #GenerationalWealth #BECO #AssetBuilding #Entrepreneurship
Most people talk about building from scratch. Reginald Lewis talked about acquisition.
Through TLC Group, he proved that Black leadership belongs at the highest levels of global commerce. He didn`t just build a brand; he mastered:
* Capital structure ⛓️
* High-stakes negotiation 🤝
* Strategic restructuring 🏗️
He redefined what Black entrepreneurship looks like, shifting the focus from niche markets to global operations.
Our Mission: At BECO, we support the visionaries following in these footsteps. If you’re building for scale and long-term market leadership, you’re in the right place.
#WealthEquity #StrategicFinance #ReginaldLewis #Entrepreneurship #Scale #BECO
Being "on camera" pays the bills. Owning the camera builds empires. 🎥✨
In 1980, Sheila Johnson didn`t just look for a seat at the table, she co-founded BET and built the entire room.
She paved the way for Black media when the world was silent, eventually becoming the first Black woman billionaire. 💰
But here is the reality check for 2026:
Visibility is a vanity metric. Ownership is a legacy metric.
If you’re just "appearing," you’re replaceable.
If you "own," you’re a powerhouse.
The Strategy:
Don`t just build a brand; build an asset. Sheila didn’t win because she was on screen, she won because she owned the screen.
Drop a keyword below:
💬 Comment OWNERSHIP if you’re building an empire.
💬 Comment VISIBILITY if you’re still focusing on the "clout."
Let’s settle the debate in the comments. 👇🏾
Save this 📌 to remind yourself why you started.
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#BlackHistoryMonth #SheilaJohnson #BlackWealth #OwnershipMatters #BlackFounders #EntrepreneurMindset #BuildingLegacy #TheBlackEcoChamber #BET #WealthGap
