Welcome Start-ups, Entrepreneurs and Small business owners. This community is for you if you're looking to connect, build business relationships, and share challenges and solutions within your business with other like-minded individuals. If you're looking for your business family, we are just that at The Village. We will meet monthly in person as group, but will also have free or discounted access to workshops, Business After Hours and other events going on with The Wright Village.
Join us for a workshop designed to teach entrepreneurs how to grow their business...and keep it safe!
Your brand is one of your most valuable assets — but too many entrepreneurs leave it unprotected.
Join Attorney Aviance D. Brown for a practical workshop designed to help business owners protect their brand, avoid costly legal mistakes, and confidently use AI tools in their business without crossing legal or ethical lines.
In this workshop, you’ll learn how to:
• Protect your brand through trademarks and intellectual property
• Avoid common legal mistakes entrepreneurs make
• Use AI tools responsibly in marketing, content, and business operations
• Understand the legal risks around AI, privacy, and ownership
• Build a business that is protected, credible, and future-ready
Whether you’re just starting out or scaling your business, this session will provide practical guidance you can apply immediately.
#### About Aviance Brown
Aviance D. Brown, Esq. is a North Carolina attorney, entrepreneur, and advocate whose work focuses on business law, intellectual property, and civil rights. With experience litigating complex cases in both state and federal court, Attorney Brown helps entrepreneurs protect what they build while navigating today’s evolving business landscape.
Blending legal expertise with creative and entrepreneurial insight, she is passionate about helping business owners grow smarter, protect their ideas, and build businesses that are both sustainable and legally secure.
A relaxed, no-pressure lunch where entrepreneurs and professionals connect, refuel, and build community!
## Lunch & Link
Theme: Midyear Check-in
Lunch & Link is a relaxed, no-pressure lunch gathering designed for entrepreneurs and professionals who want to connect, refuel, and build real community, Wright Village style!
Held every 2nd Wednesday of the month, this casual networking experience creates space for meaningful conversation, shared insight, and authentic connection without the awkward pitches or forced small talk.
Each month features a new theme, guiding a 30-minute open conversation where attendees can exchange ideas, real-life experiences, and practical takeaways they can actually use. Occasionally, guest experts will join to help spark dialogue and deepen the discussion.
Whether you’re growing a business, building your network, or just craving a genuine connection during the workday, Lunch & Link is your mid-week reset. What to Expect
A laid-back lunch networking experience
30-minute guided conversation around the monthly theme
Shared insight, real talk, and practical nuggets
Occasional guest experts
No pressure. No pitches. Just community.
Lunch Options
Grab lunch from the on-site food truck or bring your lunch.
Good food. Real conversation. Meaningful connections. Every 2nd Wednesday | The Wright Note Cafe
Building Relationships That Create Real Opportunities | Networking Workshop
In business, relationships matter just as much as strategy. The way you connect, communicate, and present yourself can open or close doors before you ever make a pitch.
Led by entrepreneur and strategist Tiffany Walker, aka SpeaX, alongside seasoned entrepreneur and business consultant Fitima Miller, this workshop is designed to help entrepreneurs build intentional relationships, strengthen their professional presence, and turn everyday conversations into meaningful collaborations.
With experience spanning business development, branding, leadership, recruitment, event management, community engagement, and international consulting, Tiffany and Fitima bring both strategic insight and real-world entrepreneurial experience to the conversation. Together, they understand that networking is more than exchanging contacts; it’s about creating alignment, trust, visibility, and long-term opportunity.
Participants will learn how to:
• Build authentic relationships that lead to business opportunities
• Communicate their value with confidence and clarity
• Strengthen their professional presence and personal brand
• Navigate networking spaces with intention and strategy
• Turn conversations into partnerships, collaborations, and community
Through interactive discussion, practical tools, and real-world insight, attendees will walk away with strategies they can immediately apply in networking rooms, client meetings, community spaces, and professional environments.
This is not just about being in the room.
It’s about knowing how to build within it.
Who Should Attend:
Entrepreneurs
Creatives
Freelancers
Small business owners
Professionals looking to grow their network intentionally
Come ready to connect, collaborate, and build relationships that create momentum beyond the room.
### About Tiffany Walker (SpeaX)
Tiffany Walker, also known as SpeaX, is a connector, strategist, and voice for those ready to be seen, heard, and remembered. With a foundation in Leadership Studies for Adult Learning and a career rooted in recruitment, event management, and community engagement, she doesn’t just teach networking — she activates it.
SpeaX moves with intention, transforming rooms into ecosystems of opportunity where relationships become resources and presence becomes power. She understands that branding is not just about what you say — it’s about how you show up, how you connect, and the impression you leave long after the conversation ends.
With a proven ability to bridge leadership and teams, Tiffany creates spaces where authenticity meets strategy and confidence meets execution. Her approach blends professionalism, adaptability, and real-world insight, equipping individuals not just to enter rooms, but to own them.
Through her workshops and community-centered work, Tiffany Walker (SpeaX) empowers others to elevate their voice, expand their network, and step fully into a version of themselves aligned with purpose, influence, and lasting impact.
### About Fitima Miller
Fitima Miller is a seasoned entrepreneur, business consultant, and author who began her entrepreneurial journey at just 14 years old. Since then, she has built and scaled multiple ventures, including Native Chick Collection, a fashion brand that expanded into malls and national distribution.
She is the founder of FM Consulting Group, where she has worked with businesses across more than 60 countries, and co-owner of King Tut Hookah Lounge, one of Charlotte’s longest-running hookah establishments.
Fitima is also the founder of the Med Aid Foundation and has experience in political and advocacy initiatives focused on economic empowerment. She is the author of Entrepreneurship: The Path to Prosperity and co-founder of a Virtual Reality technology company.
With decades of entrepreneurial experience spanning business development, branding, consulting, and community impact, Fitima brings practical insight and real-world perspective to entrepreneurs looking to grow meaningful businesses and relationships.
Learn how to clarify your message. Stop sounding uncertain, stop overexplaining your value, and start communicating with authority!
Your business cannot grow beyond the clarity of your message.
UNMUTE the Room is a high-impact communication and visibility workshop designed for entrepreneurs, professionals, and business leaders who are ready to stop sounding uncertain, stop overexplaining their value, and start communicating with authority.
In this interactive session, Dr. Rita Renee helps participants refine how they introduce themselves, position their expertise, and speak about their business in a way that is clear, compelling, and memorable. This is not just a public speaking workshop — it is a business growth experience that teaches participants how to use their voice as a strategic tool for visibility, credibility, connection, and opportunity.
Attendees will walk away with a stronger business message, a more confident introduction, and practical language they can use immediately in networking rooms, client conversations, presentations, pitches, and professional spaces.
### About Dr. Rita Renee
Dr. Rita Renee Gibson, known professionally as Dr. Rita Renee, is a TEDx Speaker, International Keynote Speaker, Best-Selling Author, Executive Leadership Coach, and founder of Ultimate PowerHouse Coach. With more than 34 years of experience in healthcare and over two decades in corporate leadership, she equips women, professionals, and leaders to communicate with clarity, confidence, and conviction.
Through her UNMUTE movement, Dr. Rita helps accomplished women and emerging leaders stop shrinking, overexplaining, and waiting for permission to use their voices. Her work focuses on leadership communication, personal branding, public speaking, storytelling, and helping individuals move from silence to influence with authenticity and authority.
