1111 Capital Marquis Williams

In Episode 10, Founder Antonio Austin speaks on the creation of his clothing brand, "Niflow.Wolfin". Niflow is the mirror image of wolfin, symbolized as a wolf.  Wolf is a symbol of guardianship, ritual, loyalty, and spirit. Wolf has the ability to make quick and firm emotional attachments, and often need to trust their own instincts. Thus they teach us to do the same, to trust our hearts and minds, and have control over our own lives. Antonio Austin is leading this pack in 2021.   Antonio discusses his upbringing in Oakland from his father, a Panamanian native. He played professional basketball in Spain and Panama. Antonio wanted to start his business in his hometown and the brand is a culmination of his life, childhood, and reflective of the challenges that he had learned to overcome and adapt to any new environment.   Niflow.Wolfin is an experimental lifestyle brand. They focus on creating new clothing in real-time that sparks conversations and resonates with those who want to lead an innovative generation of creativity. 




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(PART 2) In Episode 9, Founder and CEO Brooke S. Sinclair discusses VelourIt. VelourIt makes importing simple and easy. Born from coincidence, an opportunity to import wine from Argentina into the states, the export management company Velour Imports grew from one idea and then, on its own, turned into a digital marketplace and distribution platform. #founder #startup VelourIt for all your import needs. Translated the slogan “Import it, VelourIt” means why import it yourself when you can VelourIt? VelourIt intends on being Latin America’s #1 site for simplified importing goods. Beginning with the Caribbean’s Community Based Tourism (CBT) and Resilience projects. In the next five years, VelourIt will be the Caribbean’s one-stop-online-shop for value-added food & beverages to resale in Latin America’s private luxury market.  Brooke S. Sinclair is a Serial Entrepreneur and Chief Executive Officer. Brooke S. Sinclair, is no stranger to overcoming challenges in her life. Transportation, distribution, and supply chain management expert turned founder. Before the Import/Export industry, Brooke worked as a Retail Donation Manager for Houston Food Bank. She managed three remote distribution programs worth $9M a year. One year after taking the role program value increased to $11M, she reduced overtime by 6%, and reduced waste and trash removal cost by nearly $100,000. Her second year, she added on 2 other programs and increased program value to over $15M.   Brooke holds a BA in Organizational & Corporate Communications, an MS in Project Management from Walden University, and certification in Finance from Rice University in addition to a semester abroad in India. Her areas of expertise include global supply chain management, bias rehabilitation, the new majority, and Black women in technology & logistics. She is passionate about increasing access to STEM for underrepresented youth as they travel through the high school to tech startup pipeline.


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In Episode 9, Founder and CEO Brooke S. Sinclair discusses VelourIt. VelourIt makes importing simple and easy. Born from coincidence, an opportunity to import wine from Argentina into the states, the export management company Velour Imports grew from one idea and then, on its own, turned into a digital marketplace and distribution platform. #founder #entrepreneurship VelourIt for all your import needs. Translated the slogan “Import it, VelourIt” means why import it yourself when you can VelourIt? VelourIt intends on being Latin America’s #1 site for simplified importing goods. Beginning with the Caribbean’s Community Based Tourism (CBT) and Resilience projects. In the next five years, VelourIt will be the Caribbean’s one-stop-online-shop for value-added food & beverages to resale in Latin America’s private luxury market.  Brooke S. Sinclair is a Serial Entrepreneur and Chief Executive Officer. Brooke S. Sinclair, is no stranger to overcoming challenges in her life. Transportation, distribution, and supply chain management expert turned founder. Before the Import/Export industry, Brooke worked as a Retail Donation Manager for Houston Food Bank. She managed three remote distribution programs worth $9M a year. One year after taking the role program value increased to $11M, she reduced overtime by 6%, and reduced waste and trash removal cost by nearly $100,000. Her second year, she added on 2 other programs and increased program value to over $15M.   Brooke holds a BA in Organizational & Corporate Communications, an MS in Project Management from Walden University, and certification in Finance from Rice University in addition to a semester abroad in India. Her areas of expertise include global supply chain management, bias rehabilitation, the new majority, and Black women in technology & logistics. She is passionate about increasing access to STEM for underrepresented youth as they travel through the high school to tech startup pipeline.


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In Episode 8, Adjunct Professor & Doctorate Student Lawrence 'LC' Carter discusses the state of education, online classes, forex trading, current projects, and more. #education #forextrading Education has turned out to be concern amid coronavirus crisis in the country. During the pandemic, learning loss will probably be greatest among low-income, black, and Hispanic students. Lower- income students are less likely to have access to high-quality remote learning or to a conducive learning environment, such as a quiet space with minimal distractions, devices they do not need to share, high-speed internet, and parental academic supervision.  


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In Episode 7, Co-founders Henok Gebrai and Daniel Kinfu discuss the ideation of the brand, "Public School Kids Collective", and how the brand represents where they come from, captivating a sense of unity of the community. Henok and Daniel speak on the effects of gentrification and the rising impact of black owned businesses uplifting the community economically to shift the narrative.   Public School Kids Collective is a lifestyle brand. They focus on making every day essentials out of premium materials. Authenticity is who we they are and quality garments is what they produce. #blackownedclothingbrand #supportblack Support Public School Kids Collective and their Bay Area Native Series by purchasing online!


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In Episode 6, Head of Sales Kelly Mitchell speaks on Invidica and his partner and founder Sean Bovell. Invidica is a B2B platform in the E-Commerce and manufacturing industry aiming to streamline and ease the manufacturing and product creation process, through allowing customers to communicate clearly with vetted manufacturers that they get to choose. Invidica care about the users on their platform and the clients products as well. They have partnered up with a variety of retail experts (distributors, retail sites, and marketing businesses) to help aid their clients and their products once the manufacturing has been completed. #ecommerce #1111vcfirm Kelly Mitchell also speaks on WinView Games. WinView, Inc., a Silicon Valley-based company, invented and pioneered second-screen interactive TV. They hold the foundational patents on the synchronized second screen experience. On May 11th, 2020 Torque Esports Corp. completed acquisition Frankly and WinView, Inc. which will soon change its name to Engine Media Holdings, Inc. (“Engine Media”). It is expected that this transaction will place Engine Media at the forefront of esports, news streaming and sports gaming across multiple media platforms.   Kelly Mitchell is an innovator, creator, and activist of change that sets trends, breaks stigmas, and Mitchell encourages people to invest not only into tech, but into the communities that they live in. Mitchell speaks on his involvement with Peoples Breakfast Oakland, a civil rights and social action initiative that serves homeless people and people in need with food and resources.


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