EFOC 2024: Real Talk – Lessons from the Entrepreneurship Trenches

ESSENCEBy Jennifer Ford ·Updated July 6, 2024Chantel Powell, founder of Play Pits, shared her inspiring journey through entrepreneurship’s challenges at the Essence Festival’s Soko Mrkt panel “Real Talk – Lessons from the Entrepreneurship Trenches,” moderated by Arielle Brown. Reflecting on her early days, Powell recalled, “We started in 2018. Nobody was really looking for natural deodorant. Many people rejected our product, but we persevered.”Her