Rock Star Creativepreneur Karleen Roy Launches Speaker Series ‘Owning the Block’
Preparing for the new decade, Karleen Roy, founder of The Vanity Group and celebrity event planner, hosted over 150 millennial men and women of color for the inaugural ‘Owning the Block’ speaker series event held in Memphis, TN on October 26. The annual event provides brands, entrepreneurs and professionals with meaningful and thoughtful programming. By partnering with well renowned entrepreneurs, Karleen and special guests offer real-time support and conversation around leveling up in career and entrepreneurship to the local community of Memphis and beyond. For the debut OTB, special guest and founder of curlBOX, Myleik Teele shared the stage and blessed attendees with actionable and relatable advice and feedback related to managing relationships, money and reputation to maintaining momentum and doing the work.
Speaking to being known in the community and taking ownership of life and career desires, Owning the Block: The Blueprint to Igniting your Success is Karleen’s first owned endeavor aside from owning her successful boutique creative agency, The Vanity Group. The event professional and the TVG team showed up and showed out for the series launch. The event was beautifully curated and featured signature Bumbu Rum and Belaire cocktails and included giftbags from locally and nationally known brands such as Eden Bodyworks, Urban Skin Rx, Brookai Candles, Pear Nova and dfree Global Foundation. Plan for the experience and catch gems like the following and more at the next OTB event scheduled for September 2020.
- To be globally known, your block needs to know you. Labels won’t sign you unless you are hot in your city. You gotta be a hometown hero.
- You gotta look like money to attract money but your work ethic must back it up. Don’t be so consumed with looks, that your reputation suffers.
- Taking the time to learn is a key strategy to “owning.” Never stop learning.
- It’s not about your worth. It’s about knowing the value of what you have to offer and working & living to increase that value.
- You will not do the thing that you are not willing to speak out loud. You can not be afraid to jump.
Photo credit: Toya Michele
Photo above: Entrepreneur and curlBOX founder, Myleik Teele (left), celebrity event producer and The Vanity Group founder, Karleen Roy (center), Kpop style star, Telisu (right)
About the Author
Tamara Taylor is a contributor for the Hype Magazine covering events and entertainment in the Midwest.
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