Open to all entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs, the HERImpact Summit is a day of empowerment replete with technical assistance, mentorship, and business development resources to encourage creatives, startup and small business owners to accelerate and enrich their communities. Attracting diverse leaders, entrepreneurs, and professionals from across the region, the summit provides an opportunity to connect with emerging founders and learn about the fundamentals of building a business and fundraising, among other workshop topics. Participants will leave with a better understanding of their enterprise and how to scale their operations. Following the summit in 2023 will be the HERImpact Kansas City Pitch Competition, reserved for women social entrepreneurs to apply for various cash prizes.
The industry experts who will join us for this opportunity.
Melissa L. Bradley is a tri-sector leader and Managing Partner at 1863 Ventures with more than 20 years of entrepreneurship, investment and leadership experience. She is an Adjunct Professor at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University where she teaches impact investing, social entrepreneurship, P2P economies and innovation. Melissa has served as a Presidential Appointee under Presidents Clinton and Obama. Under Clinton, Melissa served as Financial Regulatory Affairs Fellow at the Department of Treasury, Office of Thrift Supervision, where she researched the impact of welfare reform and micro-enterprise lending on the financial industry and authored “IDA Strategy for Asset Accumulation”
1863 Ventures is a platform that delivers content and connections to New Majority entrepreneurs to foster responsible entrepreneurship and change the support and narrative around their potential and needs.
Our vision is to be the trusted source for, and leading provider of, business knowledge, tools, and support for New Majority businesses in the US to help companies scale and support $100B in new wealth by 2030.