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Caress IFundWomen COVID-19 Grant Recipient

IFundWomen of Color was created with Caress to help diverse female founders bring their dreams into reality through raising capital via crowdfunding and providing grants, coaching, and the connections needed to launch and grow successful businesses. Caress was saddened by the severe impact that COVID-19 is wreaking on communities and on small businesses and entrepreneurs. They recognize that in this critical time, small businesses are struggling immensely and the disadvantages that women of color entrepreneurs face are only growing.  As a founding partner of IFundWomen of Color, Caress is proud to...

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The Model Entrepreneur

Chekesha Van Putten was featured in Vegas SEVEN'S Most Intriguing people. Van Putten got an early start in the entertainment industry, dancing and acting professionally beginning at age 15. She formerly danced and choreographed for the Los Angeles Laker Girls, and her film credits include the first two Austin Powers movies, Last Vegas and American Beauty, for which she won a SAG Award. She moved from Los Angeles to Las Vegas in 2010, “knowing that I wanted to start something entrepreneurial.” ...

The Model Entrepreneur

Former Southern Californian Now Chasing the Las Vegas Entrepreneurial Dream

Featured on the cover page of the business section of the Las Vegas Review Journal in an interview by Richard Velotta Chekesha talks about the beginning of her journey as an entrepreneur. Growing up in Southern California, Chekesha Van Putten chased the Hollywood dream, appearing in the 1999 Academy Awards Best Picture “American Beauty” and dancing as a Los Angeles Laker girl. Now a Las Vegan, she’s chasing an entrepreneurial dream.  ...