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The Power Within: 2025 Women’s Business Empowerment Forum
March 29 @ 10:00 am - 2:30 pm CDT
The Power Within: 2025 Women’s Business Empowerment Forum
The Power Within: 2025 Women’s Business Empowerment Forum is a transformative event designed to elevate women entrepreneurs and professionals in every aspect of their lives. The theme, Elevating Intentionally Holistically, focuses on providing practical tools, support, and inspiration to help women grow both personally and professionally.
This event will feature expert-led workshops on financial literacy, mental wellness, business procurement, and spiritual growth, all aimed at empowering attendees to succeed in all areas of life.
Event Objectives
- Build Community: Connect with like-minded women who support and uplift each other.
- Gain Knowledge: Attend workshops on finance, mental health, business growth, and spirituality.
- Empowerment: Equip yourself with tools to enhance both your professional and personal life.
- Holistic Success: Focus on well-being as a key to success in business and life.
Target Audience
- Female entrepreneurs and business owners
- Women in corporate leadership roles
- Aspiring female professionals and students
- Women seeking financial, mental, and spiritual empowerment
Featured Speakers & Panelists
- Jacquelyn Pierre – Director, The Pierre Foundation, Inc. (Facilitator)
- Dr. April Day – President, Women’s Business Enterprise Alliance
- Dr. Crystal Hadnott – Global Philanthropy Leader, Author of Advancing Well-Being & Sustainability
- Dr. Miriam Colbert – Board Certified Psychotherapist, President of Nirvana Behavioral Solutions, LLC
- Cylenthia Hoyrd – Director, City of Houston Business Office of Business Opportunity
- Estella Gonzalez – Executive Director, Harris County Department of Economic Equity and Opportunity
- Pastor Juanita Campbell Rasmus – Author, Transformational Coach, Spiritual Director
About Success in Business
Mission
SUCCESS IN BUSINESS®, a division of The Pierre Foundation, Inc, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable and educational organization. The mission is to educate and empower small, minority, women and disadvantage business owners. (MWDBE)
Success in Business® powered by The Pierre Foundation, Inc, is a 501(c)(3) charitable and educational organization. Founded in 2014, the mission is to educate, equip and empower small, women, minority, and disadvantaged business owners with information about government procurement contract opportunities and connect them with resources and certification entities through facilitating a number relaxing and informal forums designed to increase relationship and capacity building.
Programs
Success in Business® Government Procurement Incubator
Success in Business ® Government Procurement Incubator (Coming Soon) Designed to increase the participation of minority and women owed businesses in the government procurement space. This initiative will comprise of a 4–8-week series of cohort based virtual classroom trainings and workshops, industry technical assistance by subject matter experts in Business Law, Tax, Psychology, Finance, and Business Continuity and Resiliency, Marketing and Branding. The cohort will also participate in private meet the vendor events, industry level partnering at the local, state, and federal levels, and private networking opportunities and project matching assistance between subcontractors and primes.
The Success in Business® Government Procurement Expo (SIBGOV)
SIBGOV is dedicated to educating the public, sharing innovation, promoting progress, and fostering cooperation in government procurement. This event offers Social Disadvantaged start-up Businesses and emerging businesses a one-stop shop for information regarding contracting opportunities, the ability to network with business-owners and decision makers and attend topical seminars or roundtables designed to increase the ability to be successful in government contracting. SIBGOV also offers firms the opportunity to establish valuable relationships with prime contractors and the private sector. A collaborative effort of the Local, State, and Federal Entities, local chambers of commerce as well as other small/minority business advocates in the Houston and surrounding areas.
Success in Business® Academy
Success in Business® Academy Success in Business® Academy hosts various classes geared toward educating and training MDBEs on better business practices. We aim to equip participants with a comprehensive educations of business fundamentals such as Disaster Preparedness and Resiliency, Strategic Planning, and Lien Law.
Success in Business® Coaching
Success in Business® Coaching is a membership program that develops MDBEs access to decision makers and capacity to successfully bid for contracts. dedicated to providing practical, proven processes to achieve business success. Our mission is to equip, educate, and ultimately empower small businesses to achieve economic success.