197- How Monique Greenwood Grew the Akwaaba Bed & Breakfast Inns Empire
Today in the Side Hustle Pro guest chair, we welcome Monique Greenwood, owner and CEO (Chief Enjoyment Officer) of Akwaaba Bed & Breakfast Inns, a collection of upscale B&Bs in Brooklyn, NY; Washington, DC; Cape May, NJ; Philadelphia, PA and a boutique resort in Pennsylvania\u2019s Pocono Mountains.\xa0
After graduating from Howard University, Greenwood became a fashion journalist, eventually becoming an intrapreneur while working for Women\u2019s Wear Daily by launching her own magazine about children\u2019s fashion. And after a six-year stretch at Essence, leading her to Editor-in-Chief, Monique took on her side hustle, Akwaaba Bed & Breakfast Inns, and made it her main source of income. After 25 years, she\u2019s expanded, now, with five locations, and hasn\u2019t looked back since. In addition to talking about her journey to being a successful entrepreneur, we also talk about her journey from experiencing early professional success in magazine publishing and overcoming difficult moments like opening a Bed & Breakfast property in New Orleans right before Hurricane Katrina hit, how she\u2019s tackling the COVID-19 crisis of 2020, and more.
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