Going Farther Together: Building a Social Enterprise with Partnerships

If you want to go fast, go alone.  If you want to go far, go together. 

African Proverb

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On today’s episode we speak with LaPorsche Jymi, the Founder & CEO of H&H, a social enterprise that empowers impoverished girls through trade skills training and job opportunities.  H&H designs and produces revolutionary satin lined baseball caps and other products that conveniently help to integrate haircare with traditional headwear, enhancing the hat wearing experience.  

Listeners will:   

• Hear how LaPorsche built and grew a business around a solution she created to address a challenge in her life  
• Learn about the how LaPorsche developed and filed for a patent for her product idea that benefits women and men who often suffer from dry and damaged hair
• Understand how LaPorsche helped turn her business into a social enterprise that helps youth develop resources and connect with mentors to create a plan to combat the vicious cycle of poverty
• Be inspired from what LaPorsche has learned from leaving a steady job to building a successful business
• Hear some of Laporshe’s advice for how to support the community and how and why social innovators and business owners should collaborate. 

In this episode we reference:

• H&H Headwear - link here 
• To connect with LaPorsche Jymi and H&H on social media:
• • Facebook 
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
• Use this coupon code for free shipping on your order: SOCIAL2020

More about LaPorsche Jymi 

LaPorsche Jymi is the Founder & CEO of H&H. In June 2018, she launched the social enterprise that has dedicated its mission to empowering impoverished girls through trade skills training and job opportunities. With support and some financial backing from Ivy Tech, she has been able to launch and scale the business with the knowledge, network, and resources needed to be successful.

In 2020 LaPorsche Jymi began a key partnership with Arsenal Tech High School.  She is launching a sewing program on the campus that will enable her to grow her production team while empowering more underserved youth. In addition to that, Arsenal Tech has also approved a sales training course designed to teach high school students how to build their confidence and financial literacy through sales.

Born and raised in Gary, IN, LaPorsche is using her own experience in growing up in poverty to help youth develop and connect with the resources and mentors needed to create a plan to combat the vicious cycle of poverty. Her new goal is to utilize H&H as the foundation needed to propel children living in underserved areas forward so that they can unlock their greatest potential and understand the importance of paying it forward.