Congrats to the FedEx Scale-Up Pitch Challenge's first place winner Atima Lui of Nudest.

In the Scale-Up Pitch Challenge, finalists in the entrepreneurship contest pitched their "big idea" to a panel of qualified judges. Judges were interested in scalable, disruptive ideas that were supported with product-market fit and a solid business foundation. Lui received $50,000 to help turn her idea into a reality. Lui's mission with Nudest is to redefine the standard of beauty to match the full range of diversity in women's skin.

Second place was awarded to Instrumental.ly. Instrumental.ly allows the customer to listen to a wide variety of instrumentals through their expanding channel list. All content on Instrumental.ly is provided by producers or DJs and is strictly for promotional and streaming use and cannot be used commercially without the producers direct consent.

The third place winner was Composio. Composio fuses the art of creative writing with the science of perfect storytelling. All completely packaged in a full-service, automated platform that lets you write, publish and market your book anytime and anywhere.

The Scale-Up Pitch Challenge was sponsored by:

The 2017 Conference is over, but it's never too early to begin thinking about next year.

Please plan to join NBMBAA^® for the 40th Anniversary Conference & Exposition, September 25-29, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan.

The Theme is One Voice, One Mission - Determined. Empowered. Tenacious. Respected. Objective. Inspirational. Trusted. This will mark the fourth appearance of the conference being held in Detroit, Michigan (1979, 1986 and 1998).

The highly-successful 2017 Annual Confererence & Exposition Presented by NBMBAA^® & Prospanica^® did not go unnoticed by the National media.

Here is some of what was written about the Conference throughout the week. 

The National Black MBA Association® and Prospanica® Empower Professionals of Color!

The Philadelphia Tribune

Talk Covers Low Number of Blacks in Executive Roles

Prospanica Celebrates Mega Professional Meeting in Philadelphia

From the Career Expo ribbon cutting ceremony, to Case Competitions and the LOT^® Charity 5K Walk, the 2017 Annual Conference & Exposition Presented by NBMBAA^® & Prospanica^® had something for everyone. 

Check out some images from the conference.

For more news and images from the conference, check out the NBMBAA website Conference page.



Ribbon cutting ceremony

LOT^® 5K Charity Fun Walk/Run


2017 NBMBAA Case Competition^® in Collaboration with Prospanica^® - Graduate winners:
University of Alabama

Sponsored by

 Career Expo

2017 NBMBAA Case Competition^® in Collaboration with Prospanica^® Undergraduate winners:
Indiana University

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