Khadijah has experience both bootstrapping a startup from inception to acquisition, and also running a high-growth company with millions of dollars in investment. She is passionate about equipping more women, and Black and brown founders and business leaders to grow with success.

Over the course of her career, Khadijah has interfaced with and partnered with hundreds of Black entrepreneurs operating in various fields. She aims to help Black entrepreneurs secure needed funding, gather resources to grow and scale their businesses, and gain much-needed exposure in order to close the gap created by racist institutions aimed to limit Black wealth.

Khadijah’s area of focus has always been ecommerce and brands that are digital-first. She has background in digital marketing strategies, creating omni-channel experiences, branching out into retail, building partnerships to scale, and other aspects of growth for ecommerce brands and practices.

Khadijah has raised millions of dollars in her career for early-stage ventures, and also angel invests in young Black-owned companies. She brings her experience as an investor and operator to help underrepresented founders secure much-needed capital for their businesses.

Khadijah has built 2 startups from the ground-up, and serves as a Fractional COO and consultant to multiple ventures, from early-stage startups to business accelerator programs. She has deep expertise in implementing and streamlining processes to help a business grow efficiently.

As an angel investor, professional investor, and someone who has raised venture capital, Khadijah spends a lot of her time educating people on the field of venture capital and how to break into it. She has partnered with wealth management firms, angel syndicates, and others to speak about venture capital.

As a Black woman who has succesfully built and exited 2 startups, Khadijah speaks to audiences from the breadth of her experience and expertise to focus on topics that impact how underinvested and underrepresented entrepreneurs and founders build. Whether that is the capital journey, team building, partnerships, or beyond.

As a mentor and advisor to dozens of startups, and the leader of startup programming for the Center for Black Entrepreneurship, Khadijah has worked with businesses across the United States to scale more efficiently in the early and growth stages. She has worked with startup founders on go-to-market strategy, fundraising, team-building, product, customer acquisition, and other areas to effectively build businesses that truly scale - and she has spoken on these topics to audiences around the country.

Khadijah regularly moderates discussions on a variety of topics for audiences that range from professionals to investors to entrepreneurs. She draws on her far-ranging experiences as an attorney, investor, advisor, entrepreneur, and innovator to connect conversations and audiences.