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Monique “Gets Radical” at Women’s Conference
Get Radical Women’s Conference March 30 – April 1, 2012 Akwaaba’s CEO will join speakers Suze Orman, Jillian Michaels, Lisa Nichols and Ali Brown at a high energy, content rich conference for women who desire to do more, be more, have more and give more. Founded and hosted by success coach Doreen Rainey, the Washington, [...]
Read moreAkwaaba’s Owner “Minds Your Business”
Before whirling a whisk with her expanding collection of B&Bs, Monique Greenwood wielded the power of the pen as editor-in-chief of Essence magazine, the country’s leading fashion and lifestyle magazine for Black women. Now, a decade later, her byline is back each month in Essence with a new column for small business owners and aspiring [...]
Read moreAkwaaba CEO Featured Speaker at Conference for Innkeepers
Conference For Innkeepers January 23-26, 2012 Monique Greenwood will be one of five featured speakers at the upcoming conference for innkeepers in Little Rock, Arkansas, January 23-26, 2012. There are 17,000 inns in the U.S., and the annual event is where the industry meets to discuss best practices, learn from the pros, and shop for [...]
Read moreMonique Greenwood Featured on B.E. Business Report
Monique Greenwood, part of the husband-and-wife team behind the Akwaaba chain of bed & breakfast inns (B&B), is the featured Entrepreneur of the Week on this week’s edition of the Black Enterprise Business Report, hosted by Caroline V. Clarke. Started in 1995 with the opening of a groundbreaking urban B&B in Brooklyn, NY, Akwaaba [...]
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Monique Greenwood featured as Entrepreneur of the Week on the Black Enterprise Business Report!
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