In this episode of "Butternomics," Brandon Butler sits down with Melissa A. Mitchell, the creative powerhouse behind Abeille Creations. Melissa shares her journey from working a 9-to-5 job to becoming a full-time artist and entrepreneur.

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In this episode of "Butternomics," Brandon Butler sits down with Melissa A. Mitchell, the creative powerhouse behind Abeille Creations. Melissa shares her journey from working a 9-to-5 job to becoming a full-time artist and entrepreneur. Butternomics is a part of the iHeart Podcast network // Production by Ramsey Yount // Marketing support by Queen Anaeki // If you haven’t already, please hit that subscribe button to never miss an episode and follow us @ButterATL // For more podcasts from iHeartMedia, visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.

Butternomics: The Business of Culture takes a deep dive into the intersection of business and culture, showing how brands, entrepreneurs, and tastemakers use culture level up. Join serial entrepreneur, thought leader, and CEO of Butter.ATL, Brandon Butler (@mrsuperbran), as he brings you exclusive interviews, trends, insights, and more. Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur or a seasoned pro, Butternomics is for you.

Butternomics: The Business of Culture takes a deep dive into the intersection of business and culture, showing how brands, entrepreneurs, and tastemakers use culture level up. Join serial entrepreneur, thought leader, and CEO of Butter.ATL, Brandon Butler (@mrsuperbran), as he brings you exclusive interviews, trends, insights, and more. Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur or a seasoned pro, Butternomics is for you.

Butternomics the Business of Culture

Butternomics - The Business of Culture

How This Entrepreneur Left Her Job to Create a Million-Dollar Art Brand

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On this episode of Butternomics, our host, Brandon Butler, talks with Modupe Babalola, founder of Lófinda Luxury, and Xama Gonzalez-Suarez, Senior Business Consultant with Chase for Business, to unpack how a self-taught candle maker landed her products in West Elm, Bloomingdale's, Nordstrom, and the Waldorf Astoria Spa. Modupe began making coconut-soy candles after store-bought ones gave her headaches, then spent six months learning on YouTube before sharing it with anybody. She walked into West Elm in Buckhead with product in hand, left with six pop-ups booked, and turned to a complimentary program to help build a national marketing plan. Xama, who supported Modupe through Chase's Coaching for Impact program, breaks down what a bank looks for in your P&L, why thinking about your exit strategy can sharpen your business strategy, and why paying yourself, even just $5, matters. If you have a product and a dream list of retailers, this episode is a good place to begin.

On this episode of Butternomics, our host, Brandon Butler, talks with Modupe Babalola, founder of L&oacute;finda Luxury, and Xama Gonzalez-Suarez, Senior Business Consultant with Chase for Business, to unpack how a self-taught candle maker landed her products in West Elm, Bloomingdale's, Nordstrom, and the Waldorf Astoria Spa. Modupe began making coconut-soy candles after store-bought ones gave her headaches, then spent six months learning on YouTube before sharing it with anybody. She walked into West Elm in Buckhead with product in hand, left with six pop-ups booked, and turned to a complimentary program to help build a national marketing plan. Xama, who supported Modupe through Chase's Coaching for Impact program, breaks down what a bank looks for in your P&amp;L, why thinking about your exit strategy can sharpen your business strategy, and why paying yourself, even just $5, matters. If you have a product and a dream list of retailers, this episode is a good place to begin.
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How To Get Your Product Into Major Retailers With Modupe Babalola

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On this episode of Butternomics, our host, Brandon Butler, talks with Congresswoman Nikema Williams about why ownership is the new black and how Atlanta keeps proving it. She drove here at 20 in a 1991 Honda Accord knowing nobody, taught in Fulton County schools, and lived at Centennial Place with the spot Roosevelt cut the ribbon on the country’s first public housing project sitting right outside her front door.

Twenty years later she represents that district in Congress and sits on the committee that shapes housing and banking for the whole country. She breaks down the HEIRS Act and the four years it took to pass a bill that helps families untangle land titles so they can finally sell, borrow against, and pass down what they already own.

She also gets into the $3 billion she secured to reconnect neighborhoods the highways cut in half, what data centers owe the communities they move into and more.

On this episode of Butternomics, our host, Brandon Butler, talks with Congresswoman Nikema Williams about why ownership is the new black and how Atlanta keeps proving it. She drove here at 20 in a 1991 Honda Accord knowing nobody, taught in Fulton County schools, and lived at Centennial Place with the spot Roosevelt cut the ribbon on the country&rsquo;s first public housing project sitting right outside her front door.
Twenty years later she represents that district in Congress and sits on the committee that shapes housing and banking for the whole country. She breaks down the HEIRS Act and the four years it took to pass a bill that helps families untangle land titles so they can finally sell, borrow against, and pass down what they already own.
She also gets into the $3 billion she secured to reconnect neighborhoods the highways cut in half, what data centers owe the communities they move into and more.

Why Ownership Is The New Black With Congresswoman Nikema Williams

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On this episode of Butternomics, our host, Brandon Butler, talks with Rashad Bilal and Troy Millings, the founders of Earn Your Leisure, about how they turned financial education into something the culture actually wanted. Before there was a podcast, there were two years of daily social content and a classroom full of students, and the show only got made because the audience kept asking for it. That same instinct built everything after it.

Free networking events in city after city with no cover and no upsell. Event promo written like news headlines instead of flyers. An eye test Rashad trusts more than any dashboard. It is also why big companies with real budgets keep trying to build their own InvestFest and keep coming up short, because they jumped in at 70 and Rashad and Troy started at zero with 100 people in a room.

They get into why Atlanta became home for InvestFest and stayed home, what they notice about people who move at billionaire scale, and the difference between leaving a blueprint and giving somebody permission.

On this episode of Butternomics, our host, Brandon Butler, talks with Rashad Bilal and Troy Millings, the founders of Earn Your Leisure, about how they turned financial education into something the culture actually wanted. Before there was a podcast, there were two years of daily social content and a classroom full of students, and the show only got made because the audience kept asking for it. That same instinct built everything after it.
Free networking events in city after city with no cover and no upsell. Event promo written like news headlines instead of flyers. An eye test Rashad trusts more than any dashboard. It is also why big companies with real budgets keep trying to build their own InvestFest and keep coming up short, because they jumped in at 70 and Rashad and Troy started at zero with 100 people in a room.
They get into why Atlanta became home for InvestFest and stayed home, what they notice about people who move at billionaire scale, and the difference between leaving a blueprint and giving somebody permission.

How Earn Your Leisure Made Financial Literacy Cool

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How This Entrepreneur Left Her Job to Create a Million-Dollar Art Brand

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