PHOTO GALLERY: BE Next Mixer at the 2010 Entrepreneurs Conference
Young professionals, entrepreneurs and business leaders converged at the nightspot Rare for some power-networking at the Atlanta BE Next Premiere hosted by CNN during the 2010 Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference. Above are members of the Atlanta Chapter of the New Leaders Council: Kevin Grimes, Kwanza Hall, Travis Townsend, Jahnisa Tate, Lisa Borders, Menyuan Smith, Amani Channel, and Justin Tanner. (All photos by Lonnie Major)
Young professionals, entrepreneurs and business leaders converged at the nightspot Rare for some power-networking at the Atlanta BE Next Premiere hosted by CNN during the 2010 Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference. Above are members of the Atlanta Chapter of the New Leaders Council: Kevin Grimes, Kwanza Hall, Travis Townsend, Jahnisa Tate, Lisa Borders, Menyuan Smith, Amani Channel, and Justin Tanner. (All photos by Lonnie Major)more
Shane and Shawn Ward, founders of SHANE&SHAWN shoes, mixed it up with other entrepreneurs and young professionals.more
What's a good networking event without a little food to spice things up? Atlanta's Rare was in rare form.
Darnell Henderson (right), owner of H.I.M.-istry skincare line, expands his network at the BE Next mixer.
Black Enterprise Multimedia Sales Manager Raquel Mayfield-Bradford (left), strikes a pose with a colleague.
Ideas and conversation flowed, and event-goers look over recent issues of Black Enterprise magazine.
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The mastermind behind BE Next, Black Enterprise Small Business Editor Tennille Robinson recognizes some of the groundbreaking young entrepreneurs at the event.more
Natasha Eubanks, founder of Young, Black and Fabulous LLC, receives a BE Next certificate from Small Business Editor Tennille Robinson.more
Darnell Henderson, CEO of H.I.M.-istry skincare, receives a BE Next certificate from Small Business Editor Tennille Robinson.more
Jamail Larkins, CEO of Ascension Aircraft, receives a BE Next certificate from Small Business Editor Tennille Robinson. Larkins also won the BE Next category of the 2010 Black Enterprise Small Business Awards.more
Event sponsor CNN helped Black Enterprise pull off a fabulous mixer. Keisha Taylor, CNN Marketing Manager, addresses all the BE Nexters in attendance.
Jamail Larkins, Darnell Henderson, Black Enterprise Marketing Manager Monique Myles, Tennille Robinson, Keisha Taylor and Natasha Eubanks.
Black Enterprise Integrated Marketing Manager Diana Hilson (right) and a BE Nextmixer attendee.more