#NBBM

[monriatitans]

August 2024 Cause of the Month Quotes

August was National Black Business Month. Quotes regarding the black business and black business owners were shared, along with a resource, the National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA), whose mission "is to lead in the creation of educational, wealth building, and growth opportunities for those historically underrepresented throughout their careers as students, entrepreneurs and professionals."

Join the movement!

—

Below are the links to Tumblr's posts.

National Black Business Month Quotes of 2024

QUOTE 1: National Black MBA Association®

QUOTE 2: BoomElixirs

QUOTE 3: ELRShop

QUOTE 4: CharmedBathBody

QUOTE 5: Crafted Glory

QUOTE 6: Henry's Daughter Decor

QUOTE 7: Cadash & Co.™

QUOTE 8: Smitten, Darling

QUOTE 9: Heritage Apothecary

QUOTE 10: Morning Joy Co.

QUOTE 11: Enarmoured

QUOTE 12: That Artist Lauren

Struggling professionally? Check out the National Black MBA Association® (NBMBAA®), whose mission "is to lead in the creation of educational, wealth building, and growth opportunities for those historically underrepresented throughout their careers as students, entrepreneurs and professionals."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To expand the Opinions & Truth (O&T) blog, MonriaTitans started The Weekend Game Show (WGS) to educate on and discuss different aspects of game development, and to show why video games can take years to make, to prevent another Cyberpunk 2077 launch scenario. Watch MonriaTitans on Twitch, YouTube, and Rumble! In addition, she shares educational quotes to promote literacy, the legitimacy of video games as an artistic medium, and regarding a Cause of the Month to raise awareness, while giving Artist Shout-Outs to human artists to combat AI art theft. Want to learn more about the Artist Shout-Outs? Click here! #createdontscrape The Artists Shout-Out posts can be seen on Tumblr, Discord, and more! She is also an artist under the handle TitansMonriArt. — Like what you see and want to know when there's more? Click here to subscribe for updates and/or hit the Follow button! Enjoy what I do? Please consider supporting via the WGS Ko-fi! Lastly, posts may contain affiliate links.

[endless-vall]

Not Born, But Made - TCATF fanfic, Chapter Nine - What Kind Of A Leader Will I Be?

Summary: Finally able to kick their plan into motion, Kenna and her allies start their journey. First stop, Fydoria.

Author’s note: Okay, I think from now on, although the recruiting will be present in the story, every chapter will have an additional dimention to it. Flashing out Kenna’s progression, her relationships with her allies, and so on.

With all of her allies on her side, the plot could finally move into motion.

The plan, for now, was to recruit every ruler who was still alive, and kick late Queen Adriana’s original plan into motion.

With an allience between all of the kindoms, they could bring Luther down.

Yes, it sounded like they were in over their head. But the longer you thought about it, the less crazy it seemed.

With Leon Stirling, Gabriel Amarne and Annalyse Adair on her side, reaching those rulers didn’t seem like a dream anymore. It seemed like something they could actually achive.

And the longer Kenna served as their leader, the clearer she saw it.

This is what she was meant for.

“First stop, Fydoria.”

The group was standing in Leon’s tent. A map of the five kingdoms laid unfolded across the table. 

Leon pointed on a certain spot on the map, where Fydoria laid.

“What are we waiting for, then?” Kenna stood by his side. “Lead the way.”

“Fydoria took a hit, too, in Luther’s attack. Luther killed Amanth Drammir, their former king. His son Tevan survived the first attack. I gave him a hand when the first wave attack, so he should’ve been able to escape, and should owe us a favor. But you’d still have a lot of convincing to do, even if he survived his way back to Fydoria.

Fydoria is a great kingdom, a gracious one with a high intellectual value. But their army isn’t much of a strong one, and they already lost once.

Convincing Tevan might raise a challange, although I’m sorry I have no more advice on that matter, right now.” Gabriel gave her a rundown of everything Kenna needed to know, on their way to Fydoria.

Leon left one of his men in charge of the merchenaries while he joined Kenna and her group. That big, bulky one Kenna saw when they first arrived with Jackson and Val to the camp.

They will call on them when time comes, but they can’t be traveling with such a large group. It’ll definitely catch the eye of Luther and his army.

“What about something personal about King Tevan. Any personal details, preference I could use to gain his favor?” Kenna nodded, as the carriage rolled them their way.

“She learns fast.” Leon commented, throwing her and Gabriel a look.

“She sure does.” Gabriel, on the other hand, was giving her a proud smile.

“King Tevan is arrogant. He’s flirty, a hit with the ladies, really. But don’t let that fool you. If he flirts with you it doesn’t necessarily mean he’s fond of you. 

After losing his father... His arrogance balanced, a bit. Gain his favor... And he’ll be loyal to a fault.” Gabriel explained what he knew.

“So... You’re saying I shouldn’t let him flirt with me? Show him I’m serious, and worth it. And if he deems it actually worth it, we’ll have his undying loyalty?” 

“Something like that.” Gabriel nodded.

“Okay. I can definitely do that.” Kenna nodded, partly to herself.

“We’re here.” A voice called from outside the carriage, getting everyone’s attention. Jackson brought the carriage to a stop, and one by one everyone shuffled out of the carriage.

Fydoria’s gates stood in front of them. 

“From here, I’m afraid you’ll have to continue by foot. Fydoria is very cautious of who she lets in these days, I’m sure you understand.” 

“Absolutely.” 

Part of the group made camp outside of Fydoria’s wall. Part of the group went in to gather supplies.

And part of group accompanied Kenna to the Kingdom’s center.

Leon, Gabriel, Annelyse, Withlock and Raydan accompanied Kenna to Fydoria’s castle.

“I’ve sent word for our arrival to King Tevan. I kept it short, and vauge in case anyone caught wind of it before him. He’s expecting us... But he’s not sure what to expect.” Gabriel explained.

“Did you tell him you were coming?” Kenna asked.

“My royal sigil’s ring probably did, but no, I did not sign my name. It would be too dangerous is Luther’s men found that letter.”

“Of course. So he’s probably intrigued by our arrival.” Kenna concluded.

“And Fydoria sure loves solving a riddle.” Raydan commented.

A short walk later, and the guards ushered them into the castle.

“Make yourself comfortable. King Tevan will shortly see you.”

While most of her group sat down patiently, Kenna let herself wander. 

She passed the main hall, and entered a gallery. The doors were open wide, so Kenna guessed she wasn’t intruding. 

Pacing a little, Kenna stood infront a statue of a noble man. The caption bellow read ‘Amanth Drammir’.

So this was the former king. Kenna wondered what kind of a man he was. What kind of a king, a leader.

So far she only knew what kind of a king Luther Nevrakis was (a ruthless one), and Annelyse (gracious, but cunning). She heard about queen Adriana. She lived under her rule. Adriana was wise, compassionate, merciful. 

She let herself wonder what Tevan was going to be like.

“A great work of art, isn’t it?” A man approached her. He was wearing purple noble clothes, and he hit Kenna with an all-too-charming smile. “We comminisioned the best sculpture in the land, back in the time.” He added.

“Yes, it’s beautiful. The detailing on his features looks so real. The artist did a marvelous job.” Kenna agreed, before turning to face the man in front of her.

“King Tevan, I suppose?” She asked, with half a smile.

Tevan offered her a hand, and she placed her hand in his. He bowed down and planted a kiss over the back of her hand, before rising to face her again.

“Ah, I hoped I’d have more time to study you before you figured it out, but I did give it away, didn’t I?” He asked rethorically. He exited the gallery, and Kenna followed him.

“I bet you’re eager to talk to me, or else you wouldn’t have come so far.” He told her. They passed through the main hall, motioning the rest of the group to join them and into his throne room.

“I bet you’re just as eager to hear us out,” Kenna matched his wits. This earned her a surprised look from Tevan, followed by a satiesfied smile.

“I admit I’m intrigued. Gabriel wouldn’t have seeked me if it wasn’t important.” Tevan agreed, and sat across from the group at a table.

Everyone took their seats, leaving Kenna one on the middle. Gabriel sat to her right.

“Let’s talk business.” Tevan leaned his chin over his hands, all ears.

Tevan was the easiest to recruit, so far. He admitted he didn’t have much to contribute at this point, his army wasn’t one of the strongest, and Fydoria took a hard blow from the Nevrakis army, but Tevan wanted Luther out of the picture just as much as they did, and their plan sounded more and more like it might actually work.

Before saying their goodbyes, Tevan planted another kiss on Kenna’s hand. “When we win, my lady, I hope you remember I was one of your first allies.” He told her.

“Of course, Tevan. Thank you for your support.” Kenna batted her eyes at him.

Did she just win against him in his own game? Possibly.

“Bellmere is our next stop. The kingdom of Thronegate.”

“Lead the way.”

[psygull]

nbbms is a great blog to run because the nature of how it works inevitably leads to people just stumbling across it sometimes and i think that's beautiful

[c-h-pictures]

So,

One of my friends asked what ‘nbf’ meant when she saw it on one of my scripts. It was in the column stage that I have for all of my scripts. They are arranged: Name Gender Age

and then have each character on one line each. I told her that ‘nbf’ meant this character was like me...

She preceeded to ask

Why didn’t you just write female, then?

Do you know what I mean by ‘nbf’? Here’s some clues:

It should technically be ‘nbbf’ but I only use one b because I and most of my friends still know what that means

There are also ‘nbm/nbbm’ characters

It is under the gender column

You probably knew what nbf meant before all of these clues

The second b (the one I cut out) stands for Biologically or Born

Said friend knows that I’m non binary

Noramlly, when talking about a friend, I wouldn’t specify their gender. But this friend doesn’t deserve that care

[amuyotomoko]

at Citè Book Garden 城邦閱讀花園 https://www.instagram.com/p/BniKeW-nbBm/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1v032acifrwhz

[boricuatuits]

Es tu momento para reinventarte a través de NBBM. Ven y orientate! Historia de NBBM Y Alternativas para Reinventars… http://bit.ly/2lLAqz8 | February 27, 2017 at 12:30AM

[monriatitans]

NATIONAL BLACK BUSINESS MONTH QUOTE 12

Wednesday, August 21, 2024

"Hello, beautiful person! Thank you for visiting my shop. I’m a part-time artist growing my listings every day. I’m inspired by women of color and the nature all around us. Most of my creations begin on my iPad while I’m home or road tripping somewhere in California." – That Artist Lauren, "Hi! I’m Lauren, an artist and graphic designer based in Los Angeles, CA."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Interested in checking out their shop? If so, click here! For the curious, the purpose of this series of quotes can be found here! Like what you see and want to know when there's more? Click here to subscribe for updates and/or hit the Follow button! Enjoy what I do? Please consider supporting via the WGS Ko-fi!

For more about MonriaTitans, click here! Watch MonriaTitans on Twitch, YouTube, and Rumble! The first image was made with the Quotes Creator App!

[monriatitans]

NATIONAL BLACK BUSINESS MONTH QUOTE 11

Wednesday, August 21, 2024

"I’m Jordan Clarke the founder, designer and maker behind Enarmoured. … I naively jumped head first into the world of jewellery making with passion, excitement and creativity. Over the years I have built a brand that I am very proud of. I make every single piece of jewellery by hand in my basement studio in Scarborough, ON. My designs are inspired by ancient armour and the idea of protective adornment as wearable art. My pieces are bold, strong, feminine and timeless." – Enarmoured, "Each piece of Enarmoured jewellery, from the initial sketch to completion, is formed lovingly by hand."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Interested in checking out their shop? If so, click here! For the curious, the purpose of this series of quotes can be found here! Like what you see and want to know when there's more? Click here to subscribe for updates and/or hit the Follow button! Enjoy what I do? Please consider supporting via the WGS Ko-fi!

For more about MonriaTitans, click here! Watch MonriaTitans on Twitch, YouTube, and Rumble! The first image was made with the Quotes Creator App!

[monriatitans]

NATIONAL BLACK BUSINESS MONTH QUOTE 10

Wednesday, August 21, 2024

"We’re Justin & Jasmine, husband and wife team, and co-founders of Morning Joy Co.! After learning that we couldn’t have birth children, we had a deep desire to make something beautiful, together. Our desire at Morning Joy Co. is to make precious and meaningful gifts that bring to life special memories from you to your loved ones. Thank you for letting us be part of it!" – Morning Joy Co., "‘Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.’ Psalm 30:5"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Interested in checking out their shop? If so, click here! For the curious, the purpose of this series of quotes can be found here! Like what you see and want to know when there's more? Click here to subscribe for updates and/or hit the Follow button! Enjoy what I do? Please consider supporting via the WGS Ko-fi!

For more about MonriaTitans, click here! Watch MonriaTitans on Twitch, YouTube, and Rumble! The first image was made with the Quotes Creator App!

[monriatitans]

NATIONAL BLACK BUSINESS MONTH QUOTE 9

Wednesday, August 14, 2024

"Paying homage to ancient healing modalities, Heritage products harness the sensorial power of active phytobotanicals. Always formulated to nurture, encourage peaceful balance and rooted in loving intention." – Heritage Apothecary, "About the shop"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Interested in checking out their shop? If so, click here! For the curious, the purpose of this series of quotes can be found here! Like what you see and want to know when there's more? Click here to subscribe for updates and/or hit the Follow button! Enjoy what I do? Please consider supporting via the WGS Ko-fi!

For more about MonriaTitans, click here! Watch MonriaTitans on Twitch, YouTube, and Rumble! The image was made with the Quotes Creator App!

[monriatitans]

NATIONAL BLACK BUSINESS MONTH QUOTE 8

Wednesday, August 14, 2024

"Hi I'm Teneisha, the face and heart behind Smitten, Darling studios, based in Montreal, Canada! Ever since I was a child, I have been a crafter and a creator who is passionate about making beautiful pieces. Smitten, Darling was born from that passion, and those crafts and art pieces have evolved into this online art boutique selling handmade home décor pieces, perfect for gifts (for others, and gifts for yourself.)" – Smitten, Darling, "Darling, you should be smitten with every part of your life!"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Interested in checking out their shop? If so, click here! For the curious, the purpose of this series of quotes can be found here! Like what you see and want to know when there's more? Click here to subscribe for updates and/or hit the Follow button! Enjoy what I do? Please consider supporting via the WGS Ko-fi!

For more about MonriaTitans, click here! Watch MonriaTitans on Twitch, YouTube, and Rumble! The image was made with the Quotes Creator App!

[monriatitans]

NATIONAL BLACK BUSINESS MONTH QUOTE 7

Wednesday, August 14, 2024

"Sisters supporting sisters. This was the foundation of Cadash & Co.™ from the creative mind of our Graphic Designer, Shenequa, came the idea for a creative planner built around strong beautiful images of women and what they represent. Showing a diverse mix of strong women was the goal. Sisters, Teisha and Rochelle, wanted to foster this idea; being strong women in their own right and creatively motivated. For the three sisters, this was an opportunity to build something together. They often inspire and encourage each other and thought ‘Here we have an opportunity to build a brand that will extend that inspiration to women entrepreneurs, moms, students, and strong women who want to take charge of their lives and plan creatively’." – Cadash & Co.™, "Thinking of a Master Plan!"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Interested in checking out their shop? If so, click here! For the curious, the purpose of this series of quotes can be found here! Like what you see and want to know when there's more? Click here to subscribe for updates and/or hit the Follow button! Enjoy what I do? Please consider supporting via the WGS Ko-fi!

For more about MonriaTitans, click here! Watch MonriaTitans on Twitch, YouTube, and Rumble! The image was made with the Quotes Creator App!

[monriatitans]

NATIONAL BLACK BUSINESS MONTH QUOTE 6

Wednesday, August 7, 2024

"Traveling the world and drinking good wine are huge inspirations behind our candles. For us it's about creating that luxurious getaway feeling and sparking happy memories that you can get from traveling or enjoying your favorite red. The perfect scent can bring those feelings and take you there. That's what we want to evoke with our candles. High quality, clean candles that will fill your space with scent. Hand poured into recycled wine and glass bottle vessels that we create by hand." – Henry’s Daughter Decor, "Inspired by good wine & traveling the world"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Interested in checking out their shop? If so, click here! For the curious, the purpose of this series of quotes can be found here! Like what you see and want to know when there's more? Click here to subscribe for updates and/or hit the Follow button! Enjoy what I do? Please consider supporting via the WGS Ko-fi!

For more about MonriaTitans, click here! Watch MonriaTitans on Twitch, YouTube, and Rumble! The image was made with the Quotes Creator App!

[monriatitans]

NATIONAL BLACK BUSINESS MONTH QUOTE 5

Wednesday, August 7, 2024

"Crafted Glory is a high end hand-made wooden furniture company. We craft heirloom quality wooden furniture inspired by my and my wife’s West African culture as well as Scandinavian design. The pieces we make are collectible, intended to be kept for generations and passed down within families." – Crafted Glory, "We create with our hearts"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Interested in checking out their shop? If so, click here! For the curious, the purpose of this series of quotes can be found here! Like what you see and want to know when there's more? Click here to subscribe for updates and/or hit the Follow button! Enjoy what I do? Please consider supporting via the WGS Ko-fi!

For more about MonriaTitans, click here! Watch MonriaTitans on Twitch, YouTube, and Rumble! The image was made with the Quotes Creator App!

[monriatitans]

NATIONAL BLACK BUSINESS MONTH QUOTE 4

Wednesday, August 7, 2024

"I initially started soap making as a hobby, but as I did my research, I found that so many of the popular bath and body products we use are harmful to the skin. All of our products are handmade in Greenville, SC in small batches. We sell various products including bath salts, bath bombs, cold process soap, liquid soap, vegan lip balm, and body butters." – CharmedBathBody, "About CharmedBathBody"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Interested in checking out their shop? If so, click here! For the curious, the purpose of this series of quotes can be found here! Like what you see and want to know when there's more? Click here to subscribe for updates and/or hit the Follow button! Enjoy what I do? Please consider supporting via the WGS Ko-fi!

For more about MonriaTitans, click here! Watch MonriaTitans on Twitch, YouTube, and Rumble! The first image was made with the Quotes Creator App!

[monriatitans]

NATIONAL BLACK BUSINESS MONTH QUOTE 3

Thursday, August 1, 2024

"Our mission is simple: To provide you with a great selection of Digital Items for unbeatable prices. ELRSHOP makes it easy and fun to shop for everyone no matter what group of age. Like coloring books for your children and greeting Cards for You. Visit our friendly Etsy Shop and browse collections curated by our own Digital-loving staff. Then, order more Items without breaking your budget… and don’t worry about the shipping because you get your purchase(s) instantly. All products are instant download." – ELRShop, "Creativity is Nothing but a Mind Set is Free!"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Interested in checking out their shop? If so, click here! For the curious, the purpose of this series of quotes can be found here! Like what you see and want to know when there's more? Click here to subscribe for updates and/or hit the Follow button! Enjoy what I do? Please consider supporting via the WGS Ko-fi!

For more about MonriaTitans, click here! Watch MonriaTitans on Twitch, YouTube, and Rumble! The image was made with the Quotes Creator App!