Upcoming Events

Check out our calendar for all upcoming events.

The Cypher Sessions | Vol. 004 WHAT’S BEEF?!
May
15

The Cypher Sessions | Vol. 004 WHAT’S BEEF?!

Join Sonder Impact, Sip & Sonder, and Dr. Byron Young as they present Dr. Young’s “The Cypher Sessions,” where the minds and ideas of the community synergistically come together to uplift and empower one another.

In this next installment of The Cypher Sessions, we’re talking WHAT’S BEEF?!

Joined by co-moderator V Williams, we will be thinking critically about the Kendrick vs. Drake rap beef and leverage that conversation to reflect on our own insights around how we deal with conflict, our perspectives on cultural awareness, and cultural ownership. Together we will tussle with questions around not only what this meant for hip hop, but also what we learned about ourselves.

All you will need to bring are your minds, mobile phones, love of music, and willingness to share your ideas and perspectives with the community!

Suggested Donation: $5

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The Cypher Sessions is a fun, community-based education program where we deconstruct Black music to ignite discussion amongst participants around social justice and emotional-health topics that affect them.

The Sessions serve as a platform to inspire participants to reflect and share their ideas and perspectives while building and supporting critical thinking amongst marginalized communities, particularly communities of color.

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The Cypher Sessions | Vol. 003 Let's Talk About Romantic Relationships: PART TWO
Apr
10

The Cypher Sessions | Vol. 003 Let's Talk About Romantic Relationships: PART TWO

Join Sonder Impact, Sip & Sonder, and Dr. Byron Young as they present Dr. Young’s “The Cypher Sessions,” where the minds and ideas of the community synergistically come together to uplift and empower one another.

In this next installment of The Cypher Sessions, we’re talking about romantic relationships!

We will be focusing on the ins and outs of how we navigate romantic relationships. Together we will tussle with questions around partnership, dating in LA, sensuality, and romance. We will explore how we experience and impact our relationships, including how they shape us, how we shape them, and how to enhance them going forward.

All you will need to bring are your minds, mobile phones, love of music, and willingness to share your ideas and perspectives with the community!

Suggested Donation: $5

______________________

The Cypher Sessions is a fun, community-based education program where we deconstruct Black music to ignite discussion amongst participants around social justice and emotional-health topics that affect them.

The Sessions serve as a platform to inspire participants to reflect and share their ideas and perspectives while building and supporting critical thinking amongst marginalized communities, particularly communities of color.

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"NO PRESSURE" Pitch Competition
Mar
14

"NO PRESSURE" Pitch Competition

CALLING ALL FOUNDERS, CREATIVES AND INNOVATORS!

🔑 Sonder Impact and Sip & Sonder are partnering with Black Ambition and ACT House to bring back the “NO PRESSURE” PITCH COMPETITION, going down Thursday March 14th at Sip & Sonder Inglewood!

💡 Pitch competitions can be dry, overworked and overplayed. So, we're flipping the script to let y'all focus on what matters most: the IDEA. Whether you've been working on your pitch for months or you want to shoot off the cuff, the chance is yours to take. It's NO PRESSURE.

Here's the kicker though: sign-ups to pitch are first come, first serve, and we have limited spots. Make sure to come to the event early and on time to secure your spot.

Not pitching? Show up anyways if you want to…

  • Meet dope individuals making a difference in the community

  • Learn about new ways to get funding for your idea

  • Eat, drink and enjoy yourself

Details below:

🚀 Each competitor has 60 seconds to pitch

🥇 1st Prize: $5,000

🥈 2nd Prize: $3,500

🥉 3rd Prize: $1,000

Register today using the link below!

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BREW YOUR WEALTH | Real Estate 101
Mar
7

BREW YOUR WEALTH | Real Estate 101

Join Sonder Impact, Glasses Global, and Isayas Theodros of Theodros Team Realty for the first installment of Sonder Impact’s new financial well-being series, Brew Your Wealth!

Brew Your Wealth is designed to equip our community with the tools and knowledge needed to take charge of their financial futures. Learn more HERE.

For this session, we’ll be covering all things REAL ESTATE.

Isayas will share nuggets that will help folks learn the fundamentals of buying and selling residential real estate. We'll discuss the big picture along with the details that will help you not only learn how to best prepare, but also approach the process with a winning strategy.

Register below! 

About Isayas Theodros

Isayas is a top producing agent with a background in entertainment and finance. He is passionate about his career in Real Estate because it serves as the perfect intersection between community building, financial literacy, and service. Learn more about Theodros Team Realty HERE.

About Glasses Global

Glasses Global is a creative agency geared towards curating events and activations that focuses on building safe spaces for BIPOC professionals to have fun in an inclusive, appreciative, empowering environment. Learn more about Glasses Global HERE.

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The Cypher Sessions | Vol. 002 Let's Talk About Romantic Relationships
Feb
15

The Cypher Sessions | Vol. 002 Let's Talk About Romantic Relationships

Join Sonder Impact, Sip & Sonder, and Dr. Byron Young as they present Dr. Young’s “The Cypher Sessions,” where the minds and ideas of the community synergistically come together to uplift and empower one another.

In this next installment of The Cypher Sessions, we’re talking about romantic relationships!

We will be focusing on the ins and outs of how we navigate romantic relationships just in time for Valentine’s Day weekend. Together we will tussle with questions around partnership, dating in LA, sensuality, and romance. We will explore how we experience and impact our relationships, including how they shape us, how we shape them, and how to enhance them going forward.

All you will need to bring are your minds, mobile phones, love of music, and willingness to share your ideas and perspectives with the community!

Suggested Donation: $5

______________________

The Cypher Sessions is a fun, community-based education program where we deconstruct Black music to ignite discussion amongst participants around social justice and emotional-health topics that affect them.

The Sessions serve as a platform to inspire participants to reflect and share their ideas and perspectives while building and supporting critical thinking amongst marginalized communities, particularly communities of color.

Donate
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The Cypher Sessions | Vol. 001 Let's Talk About Navigating Relationships: PART 2
Jan
11

The Cypher Sessions | Vol. 001 Let's Talk About Navigating Relationships: PART 2

Join Sonder Impact, Sip & Sonder, and Dr. Byron Young as they present Dr. Young’s “The Cypher Sessions,” where the minds and ideas of the community synergistically come together to uplift and empower one another.

In this first Cypher Session for 2024, we’re running it back and talking about NAVIGATING RELATIONSHIPS: PART 2, with special guest and relationship expert Dr. Joi K Madison co-moderating!

We will continue focusing on the ins and outs of how we navigate the various types of relationships in our lives, from family to friends to lovers. Together we will tussle with questions around how we experience and impact our relationships, ideating about how they shape us, how we shape them, and how to enhance them going forward.

All you will need to bring are your minds, mobile phones, love of music, and willingness to share your ideas and perspectives with the community!

Suggested Donation: $5

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The Cypher Sessions is a fun, community-based education program where we deconstruct Black music to ignite discussion amongst participants around social justice and emotional-health topics that affect them.

Donate
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The Cypher Sessions | Vol. 007 Let's Talk About Navigating Relationships
Dec
11

The Cypher Sessions | Vol. 007 Let's Talk About Navigating Relationships

Join Sonder Impact, Sip & Sonder, and Dr. Byron Young as they present Dr. Young’s “The Cypher Sessions,” where the minds and ideas of the community synergistically come together to uplift and empower one another.

In this 7th and final installment of The Cypher Sessions for 2023, we’re talking about NAVIGATING RELATIONSHIPS!

We will be focusing on the ins and outs of how we navigate the various types of relationships in our lives from family to friends to lovers, just in time for the holiday season. Together we will tussle with questions around how we experience and impact our relationships, ideating about how they shape us, how we shape them, and how to enhance them going forward.

All you will need to bring are your minds, mobile phones, love of music, and willingness to share your ideas and perspectives with the community!

Suggested Donation: $5

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The Cypher Sessions is a fun, community-based education program where we deconstruct Black music to ignite discussion amongst participants around social justice and emotional-health topics that affect them.

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The Cypher Sessions | Vol. 006 Let's Talk About Impostor Syndrome: PART 2
Sep
25

The Cypher Sessions | Vol. 006 Let's Talk About Impostor Syndrome: PART 2

Join Sonder Impact, Sip & Sonder, and Dr. Byron Young as they present Dr. Young’s “The Cypher Sessions,” where the minds and ideas of the community synergistically come together to uplift and empower one another.

In this sixth installment of The Cypher Sessions with Sonder Impact, we’re running it back and talking once again about Impostor Syndrome.

Impostor Syndrome |

A psychological occurrence in which people doubt their skills, talents, or accomplishments and have a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as frauds.

For this installment, Dr. Young will be joined by mental health expert and Inglewood native Stevon Lewis LMFT to explore community perspectives on, experiences with, and triumphs over impostor syndrome. Together, with Dr. Young and Mr. Lewis, we will tussle with questions around the phenomenon and ideate through ways to overcome it.

All you will need to bring are your minds, mobile phones, love of music, and willingness to share your ideas and perspectives with the community!

Suggested Donation: $5

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The Cypher Sessions is a fun, community-based education program where we deconstruct Black music to ignite discussion amongst participants around social justice and emotional-health topics that affect them.

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The Cypher Sessions | Vol. 005 Let's Talk About Impostor Syndrome
Aug
21

The Cypher Sessions | Vol. 005 Let's Talk About Impostor Syndrome

Join Sonder Impact, Sip & Sonder, and Dr. Byron Young as they present Dr. Young’s “The Cypher Sessions,” where the minds and ideas of the community synergistically come together to uplift and empower one another.

In this fifth installment of The Cypher Sessions with Sonder Impact, we’re talking about Impostor Syndrome.

Impostor Syndrome |

A psychological occurrence in which people doubt their skills, talents, or accomplishments and have a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as frauds.

For this installment, Dr. Young will be joined by mental health expert and Inglewood native Stevon Lewis LMFT to explore community perspectives on, experiences with, and triumphs over impostor syndrome. Together, with Dr. Young and Mr. Lewis, we will tussle with questions around the phenomenon and ideate through ways to overcome it.

All you will need to bring are your minds, mobile phones, love of music, and willingness to share your ideas and perspectives with the community!

Suggested Donation: $5

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The Cypher Sessions is a fun, community-based education program where we deconstruct Black music to ignite discussion amongst participants around social justice and emotional-health topics that affect them.

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The Cypher Sessions | Vol. 004 Let's Talk About Black Joy: PART 2!
Jul
24

The Cypher Sessions | Vol. 004 Let's Talk About Black Joy: PART 2!

Join Sonder Impact, Sip & Sonder, and Dr. Byron Young as they present Dr. Young’s “The Cypher Sessions,” where the minds and ideas of the community synergistically come together to uplift and empower one another.

In this fourth installment of The Cypher Sessions with Sonder Impact titled “Let’s Talk About Black Joy: PART 2!,” we will be running it back and focusing even further on the ins and outs of our joy and happiness as Black people living in the U.S. Together we will discuss how we experience and practice joy, Black joy as an act of resistance, and how this joy can be nourished so we thrive as individuals and community members.

All you will need to bring are your minds, mobile phones, love of music, and willingness to share your ideas and perspectives with the community!

Suggested Donation: $5

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The Cypher Sessions is a fun, community-based education program where we deconstruct Black music to ignite discussion amongst participants around social justice and emotional-health topics that affect them.

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The Cypher Sessions | Vol. 003 Let's Talk About Black Joy!
Jun
20

The Cypher Sessions | Vol. 003 Let's Talk About Black Joy!

Join Sonder Impact, Sip & Sonder, and Dr. Byron Young as they present Dr. Young’s “The Cypher Sessions,” where the minds and ideas of the community synergistically come together to uplift and empower one another.

In honor of Juneteenth, in this third installment of The Cypher Sessions with Sonder Impact titled “Let’s Talk About Black Joy!,” we will be focusing on the ins and outs of our joy and happiness as Black people living in the U.S. Together we will discuss how we experience and practice joy, Black joy as an act of resistance, and how this joy can be nourished so we thrive as individuals and community members.

All you will need to bring are your minds, mobile phones, love of music, and willingness to share your ideas and perspectives with the community!

Suggested Donation: $5

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The Cypher Sessions is a fun, community-based education program where we deconstruct Black music to ignite discussion amongst participants around social justice and emotional-health topics that affect them.

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"NO PRESSURE" Pitch Competition
Jun
8

"NO PRESSURE" Pitch Competition

CALLING ALL FOUNDERS, CREATIVES AND INNOVATORS!

🔑 Sonder Impact and Sip & Sonder are partnering with Black Ambition and ACT House to bring back the third “NO PRESSURE” PITCH COMPETITION, going down Thursday June 8th at Sip & Sonder Inglewood!

💡 Pitch competitions can be dry, overworked and overplayed. So, we're flipping the script to let y'all focus on what matters most: the IDEA. Whether you've been working on your pitch for months or you want to shoot off the cuff, pull up. It's NO PRESSURE.

PLEASE NOTE: Sign-ups to pitch will be onsite day of the event, and will be administered on a first come first serve basis. To pitch, at least 50% of the founding team must identify as Black or Latino, and everyone is welcome to attend!

Not pitching? Show up anyways if you want to…

  • Meet dope individuals making a difference in the community

  • Learn about new ways to get funding for your idea

  • Eat, drink and enjoy yourself

Details below:

🚀 Each competitor has 60 seconds to pitch

🥇 1st Prize: $5,000

🥈 2nd Prize: $3,000

🥉 3rd Prize: $1,500

Register today using the link below!

This event is a part of #TechWeek - a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem.

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Investor Ready Pitch Practice Sessions
Jun
5
to Jun 7

Investor Ready Pitch Practice Sessions

Pitching startups to investors is no easy task. Securing capital is a process and while it can be overwhelming, it doesn’t have to be. ​Working with a pitch coach helps founders sharpen their pitch.

Sheppard Consulting Group and Sonder Impact are proud to host Investor Ready Pitch Practice Sessions for LA Tech Week to bring founders expert level pitch analysis before Demo Day. 

Dates: Mon. June 5th, Tues. June 6th, Wed. June 7th

Times: 11am-3pm daily | 30 minute sessions

​These 30 minute office hour style Pitch Practice Sessions give founders focused time to refine their 90 second verbal pitch or receive a pitch deck analysis from award winning pitch coach, Amiah Sheppard.

​These Pitch Practice Sessions are designed for entrepreneurs (1) preparing to pitch investors at Demo Day and/or during LA Tech Week and (2) who would like to establish a strong pitching foundation and (3) raise capital from an accredited investor, Venture Capital, accelerator programs, pitch competitions, and/or other funding institutions. 

If selected, 1 week before your session, you will receive a 30 minute time slot on the date of your selected session.

Learn more at amiahshep.com.

This event is a part of #TechWeek - a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem.

Space is limited! RSVP below to grab your slot now!

TIP: Write “SONDER IMPACT” or “SIP & SONDER” in response to “How did you hear about this event?”!

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The Cypher Sessions | Vol. 002 Let's Talk About Stress & Anxiety
May
15

The Cypher Sessions | Vol. 002 Let's Talk About Stress & Anxiety

Join Sonder Impact, Sip & Sonder, and Dr. Byron Young as they present Dr. Young’s “The Cypher Sessions,” where the minds and ideas of the community synergistically come together to uplift and empower one another. The Cypher Sessions is a fun, community-based education program where we deconstruct Black music to ignite discussion amongst participants around social justice and emotional-health topics that affect them.

In this second installment of The Cypher Sessions with Sonder Impact titled “Let’s Talk About Stress & Anxiety,” we will be focusing on the ins and outs of stress and anxiety.  Together we will tussle with questions around how we experience them, how to recognize and differentiate between the two, and discuss the ways we deal with them to best thrive as individuals and community members. 

All you will need to bring are your minds, mobile phones, love of music, and willingness to share your ideas and perspectives with the community!

Suggested Donation: $5

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The Cypher Sessions | Vol. 001 Let's Talk About Self-Care
Apr
17

The Cypher Sessions | Vol. 001 Let's Talk About Self-Care

Join Sonder Impact, Sip & Sonder, and Dr. Byron Young as they present Dr. Young’s “The Cypher Sessions,” where the minds and ideas of the community synergistically come together to uplift and empower one another. The Cypher Sessions is a fun, community-based education program where we deconstruct Black music to ignite discussion amongst participants around social justice and emotional-health topics that affect them.

In this first installment of The Cypher Sessions with Sonder Impact titled “Let’s Talk About Self-Care,” we will be focusing on the ins and outs of self-care as a vital part of thriving as individuals and community members. Together we will tussle with questions around the importance of, barriers to, and attainment of quality self-care, particularly as people from under resourced and underappreciated backgrounds.  

All you will need to bring are your minds, mobile phones, love of music, and willingness to share your ideas and perspectives with the community!

Suggested Donation: $5

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Black Business Pitch Competition by Sonder Impact
Mar
2

Black Business Pitch Competition by Sonder Impact

We’re back for another Black Business Pitch Competition, going down Thursday, March 2nd at Sip & Sonder, a coffee roastery and coffeehouse in Inglewood, CA!

The Black Business Pitch Competition by Sonder Impact is a prize competition that provides an opportunity for entrepreneurs to showcase their innovative products, technologies, or services in particular industries.

Eligible applicants consist of founders who are members of a group that has been traditionally underrepresented in the receipt of startup funding.

Up to 10 finalists will be selected to move forward to Round 2 and participate in a live pitch competition on March 2nd at Sip & Sonder, where each finalist will pitch their business to a panel of expert judges in front of a live audience. Judges will award a total of $5,000 to three prize winners!

For more information about the Competition, click HERE.

We hope you can join us! Buy tickets to attend the live competition at the link below.

General Admission | $10

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The Learning Series by Sonder Impact | How to Pitch
Feb
23

The Learning Series by Sonder Impact | How to Pitch

Join award winning pitch coach, Amiah Sheppard of Sheppard Consulting Group, aka Thee Pitch Coach, for Sonder Impact’s next installment of The Learning Series! Sonder Impact’s The Learning Series is geared toward equipping entrepreneurs with practical skills as they navigate their businesses.

This time, we’ll be covering HOW TO PITCH your startup!

Amiah will share tips for effectively describing the problem your venture seeks to solve as well as the solution, target market, competition, consumer experience, and business model. Attendees will leave the session with a clear, concise and compelling pitch framework that highlights your company’s value proposition.

This Learning Series is part of Sonder Impact’s Black Business Pitch Competition cycle, which provides an opportunity for entrepreneurs who have historically been disproportionately excluded from access to growth capital to showcase their innovative products, technologies, or services in particular industries. Learn more HERE.

Suggested Donation: $10

Register below!

Amiah Sheppard

Amiah is an impact enhancer. As an organizational and industrial consultant and internationally sought out pitch coach, Sheppard combines transformational leadership, holistic self-confidence training, and strategic development with tested methodology that position her clients' companies for funding immediately through her firm, Sheppard Consulting Group.

Sheppard Consulting Group focuses on leveraging creative, unique and cultural knowledge to drive founder innovation. As entrepreneurial ecosystem builders, they provide unique solutions for visionary leaders to tell their stories and use their own voice for the funding they need to change the world.

Amiah brings with her years of experience in venture capital, executive coaching and leadership, and talent and performance management. After joining Backstage Capital, Amiah leveraged her skills bridging the digital divide, focusing on startup customer acquisition, strategy, and capital efficiency strategies for diverse founders. While there, she led investments and accelerated 24 underrepresented founders internationally, as well as helped invest and support 100 other underrepresented founders across the US.

Afterwards, she went on to run a pro-bono accelerator at Watts Labor Community Action Committee for 6 local startups and small businesses, be featured on HBCU.vc’s 2019 30 under 30 The Future of Venture Capital, be voted Visionary Investor of the Year 2019 via VentureFuel, become a founding member of The Gathering Spot Los Angeles, as well as be a board member of the American Red Cross Northern Valley Chapter Board.

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The Learning Series by Sonder Impact | Marketing 101
Feb
16

The Learning Series by Sonder Impact | Marketing 101

Join Justin Turner and Miklos Raibon of Palm & Broadway Strategy for Sonder Impact’s next installment of The Learning Series! Sonder Impact’s The Learning Series is geared toward equipping entrepreneurs with practical skills as they navigate their businesses.

This time, we’ll be covering MARKETING for startups!

Palm & Broadway Strategy is a boutique marketing and strategy firm that blends traditional Fortune 500 brand management with the latest in digital performance marketing and analytics! Come out to hear Justin and Miklos drop knowledge across strategic brand planning, consumer segmentation, and email marketing for early stage startups.

This Learning Series is part of Sonder Impact’s Black Business Pitch Competition cycle, which provides an opportunity for entrepreneurs who have historically been disproportionately excluded from access to growth capital to showcase their innovative products, technologies, or services in particular industries. Learn more HERE.

Suggested Donation: $10

Register below!

Justin Turner

Justin, Partner of Palm & Broadway Strategy, performance marketing leader who has spent the last 13 years working for the biggest names in tech including Google, Facebook and AT&T.  He has helped to drive successful results for hundreds of businesses ranging from e-commerce, retail, food services, real estate and various other disruptive technology brands.   With a results-oriented approach, Justin offers experience across multiple disciplines including digital advertising, influencer marketing, content marketing strategy, social media marketing, email marketing & marketing data and analytics.  His unique superpower is to help clients develop growth frameworks, launch new products, and find creative solutions for building an engaged audience. Justin holds a BA in Psychology and an MA in Sociology from Stanford, as well as an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Miklos Raibon

Miklos, Partner of Palm & Broadway Strategy, brings over 14 years of business experience as a digital transformation consultant and as a brand manager for some of the largest companies in the world. He has delivered growth for companies by uncovering actionable insights that lead to winning in the marketplace. Miklos specializes in brand identity formulation, innovation development, strategic positioning, retail selling stories, consumer segmentation and communication strategy. His unique superpower is making sense of ambiguity and finding creative yet straightforward solutions for complex problems. Miklos holds a BS in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

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Black Business Pitch Competition | Fireside Chat feat. Olamide Olowe of TOPICALS
Feb
9

Black Business Pitch Competition | Fireside Chat feat. Olamide Olowe of TOPICALS

Please join us at our next Fireside Chat on February 9th, 2023 featuring Olamide Olowe, Founder and CEO of Topicals!

Sonder Impact’s Fireside Chat Series features different speakers who will lead a discussion on various issues and topics of interest to entrepreneurs, from venture capital and fundraising to investing and marketing. 

This Fireside Chat is part of Sonder Impact’s Black Business Pitch Competition cycle, which provides an opportunity for entrepreneurs who have historically been disproportionately excluded from access to growth capital to showcase their innovative products, technologies, or services in particular industries. Learn more HERE.

Olamide Olowe of TOPICALS

For our first Fireside Chat of 2023, we’re honored to be sitting down with Olamide Olowe, past winner of Sonder Impact’s Black Business Pitch Competition, and Founder and CEO of Topicals, one of the fastest-growing skincare brand that is transforming the way we look at skincare through effective science-backed products and mental health advocacy.

During Sonder Impact’s 4Q 2018 Black Business Pitch Competition, Olamide, at the time a student at UCLA, pitched Topicals and came in first place. Two years later, Topicals officially launched.

Since then, Olamide has gone on to become the youngest Black woman ever to raise $10 million in funding, and was included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for 2002 for her previous fundraise of $2.6 million. With Topicals, not only is Olamide setting a new standard in beauty, but also destigmatizing the way consumers perceive their skin-related conditions.

This Chat will be moderated by fellow Sonder Impact Black Business Pitch past winner, Tulani Watkins. We are thrilled to have Olamide back with Sonder Impact to share her story and nuggets of success.

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"NO PRESSURE" Pitch Competition
Jan
26

"NO PRESSURE" Pitch Competition

CALLING ALL FOUNDERS, CREATIVES AND INNOVATORS!

🔑 Sonder Impact and Sip & Sonder are partnering with Black Ambition and ACT House to bring back the second “NO PRESSURE” PITCH COMPETITION, going down Thursday January 26th at Sip & Sonder Inglewood!

💡 Pitch competitions can be dry, overworked and overplayed. So, we're flipping the script to let y'all focus on what matters most: the IDEA. Whether you've been working on your pitch for months or you want to shoot off the cuff, pull up. It's NO PRESSURE.

Not pitching? Show up anyways if you want to…

  • Meet dope individuals making a difference in the community

  • Learn about new ways to get funding for your idea

  • Eat, drink and enjoy yourself

Details below:

🚀 Each competitor has 60 seconds to pitch

🥇 1st Prize: $5,000

🥈 2nd Prize: $3,000

🥉 3rd Prize: $1,500

Register today using the link below!

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Black Business Pitch Competition by Sonder Impact
Oct
27

Black Business Pitch Competition by Sonder Impact

We’re back for another Black Business Pitch Competition, going down Thursday, October 27th at Sip & Sonder, a coffee roastery and coffeehouse in Inglewood, CA!

The Black Business Pitch Competition by Sonder Impact is a prize competition that provides an opportunity for entrepreneurs to showcase their innovative products, technologies, or services in particular industries.

For Fall 2022, eligible applicants consist of founders who are members of a group that has been traditionally underrepresented in the receipt of startup funding, who are building specifically in the Consumer Products space.

Up to 10 finalists will be selected to move forward to Round 2 and participate in a live pitch competition on October 27th at Sip & Sonder, where each finalist will pitch their business to a panel of expert judges in front of a live audience. Judges will award a total of $5,000 to three prize winners!

For more information about the Competition, click HERE.

We hope you can join us! Buy tickets to attend the live competition at the link below.

General Admission | $10

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Autonomous LA | Hackathon for Tech Driven Liberation
Oct
20

Autonomous LA | Hackathon for Tech Driven Liberation

Join us THURSDAY 10/20 at Sip & Sonder Inglewood for the AutonomousLA Hackathon!

AutonomousLA was inspired by the groundbreaking work of BLD PWR and their liberation focused work challenging and opposing systemic harms. Technology has historically been leveraged against BIPOC communities but when incorporated in our own innovations possesses the force to create solutions for climate response, environmental justice, community action and safety.

This series was created as an Impact and Design Initiative to support the next generation of technical innovation as a tool to overcome systemic forces of oppression, environmental harm, and biases embedded in emerging technology.

By hosting community conversation and design driven hackathons, we seek to enable intersection of critical functions of the local ecosystem e.g. designers, technologists, activists, investors, big thinkers, and community members who are bullish about real change.

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Saturday Flow
Oct
1

Saturday Flow

🧘🏿‍♀️☀️ Enter your weekend grounded every Saturday morning with SATURDAY FLOW, a weekly meditation and yoga flow brought to you by Sonder Impact.

We'll start each session with an open, non-guided meditation at 7:45am and move into a yoga flow at 8am led by practitioner Bhreeyana, who will bring the connection back between our emotions and our bodies. ✨

RSVP below to let us know you’re coming!

$10 Suggested Donation

:

#SonderImpact #WellBeing #Inglewood #SipandSonder #FortheCommunity #FortheCulture

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Saturday Flow
Sep
24

Saturday Flow

🧘🏿‍♀️☀️ Enter your weekend grounded every Saturday morning with SATURDAY FLOW, a weekly meditation and yoga flow brought to you by Sonder Impact.

We'll start each session with an open, non-guided meditation at 7:45am and move into a yoga flow at 8am led by practitioner Bhreeyana, who will bring the connection back between our emotions and our bodies. ✨

RSVP below to let us know you’re coming!

$10 Suggested Donation

:

#SonderImpact #WellBeing #Inglewood #SipandSonder #FortheCommunity #FortheCulture

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Saturday Flow
Sep
17

Saturday Flow

🧘🏿‍♀️☀️ Enter your weekend grounded every Saturday morning with SATURDAY FLOW, a weekly meditation and yoga flow brought to you by Sonder Impact.

We'll start each session with an open, non-guided meditation at 7:45am and move into a yoga flow at 8am led by practitioner Bhreeyana, who will bring the connection back between our emotions and our bodies. ✨

RSVP below to let us know you’re coming!

$10 Suggested Donation

:

#SonderImpact #WellBeing #Inglewood #SipandSonder #FortheCommunity #FortheCulture

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Friday Flow
Aug
26

Friday Flow

🧘🏿‍♀️☀️ Enter your weekend grounded every Friday morning with FRIDAY FLOW, a weekly meditation and yoga flow brought to you by Sonder Impact.

We'll start each session with an open, non-guided meditation at 6:45am and move into a yoga flow at 7am led by practitioner Bhreeyana, who will bring the connection back between our emotions and our bodies. ✨

RSVP below to let us know you’re coming!

$10 Suggested Donation

:

#SonderImpact #WellBeing #Inglewood #SipandSonder #FortheCommunity #FortheCulture

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Culture, Community & Capital: Founder & Funder Roundtables
Aug
20

Culture, Community & Capital: Founder & Funder Roundtables

Do you have burning questions about launching or accelerating a business and raising Venture Capital? Join All Raise LA, Sonder Impact and UBS for informal networking with top LA VCs in Web3, Fintech, CPG, Health & Wellness, Deeptech, Startup PR experts, and more!

We'll share VC insights before launching into discussion groups with our special guests. We hope to see you there!

This event is a part of #LATechWeek - a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to celebrate the growing LA ecosystem!

RSVP below and be sure to enter SONDER IMPACT as your organization!

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Friday Flow
Aug
19

Friday Flow

🧘🏿‍♀️☀️ Enter your weekend grounded every Friday morning with FRIDAY FLOW, a weekly meditation and yoga flow brought to you by Sonder Impact.

We'll start each session with an open, non-guided meditation at 6:45am and move into a yoga flow at 7am led by practitioner Bhreeyana, who will bring the connection back between our emotions and our bodies. ✨

RSVP below to let us know you’re coming!

$10 Suggested Donation

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#SonderImpact #WellBeing #Inglewood #SipandSonder #FortheCommunity #FortheCulture

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Investor Ready Pitch Practice Sessions
Aug
16

Investor Ready Pitch Practice Sessions

Pitching startups to investors is no easy task. Securing capital is a process and while it can be overwhelming, it doesn’t have to be. ​Working with a pitch coach helps founders sharpen their pitch.

Sheppard Consulting Group and Sonder Impact are proud to host Investor Ready Pitch Practice Sessions for LA Tech Week to bring founders expert level pitch analysis before Demo Day. 

​These office hour style Pitch Practice Sessions give founders focused time to refine their 2 minute verbal pitch or receive a pitch deck analysis from award winning pitch coach, Amiah Sheppard, Thee Pitch Coach.

​These Pitch Practice Sessions are designed for entrepreneurs (1) preparing to pitch investors at Demo Day and/or during LA Tech Week and (2) who would like to establish a strong pitching foundation and (3) raise capital from an accredited investor, Venture Capital, accelerator programs, pitch competitions, and/or other funding institutions. 

This event is a part of #LATechWeek - a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to celebrate the growing LA ecosystem!

Space is limited! RSVP below to grab your slot now!

TIP: Write “SONDER IMPACT” or “SIP & SONDER” in response to “How did you hear about this event?”!

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