Originally Posted on NecoleBitchie.com

Back in 2007, I had a dream and I decided that I was going to go for it! In my mind, I was going to move to New York and I was going to find a job at a music label, assisting with the marketing and branding of various artists and their projects. Just before I left, I had dinner with someone in the music industry and he crushed my dreams by telling me I would never make it. ‘You are pretty, you are too nice and people will run all over you…but you can be someone’s secretary’ was his exact words. How sexist and rude!
Now that I look back on my journey, that path may not have been meant for me. As soon as I came to New York, doors were slamming in my face left and right, I was being told “No” more times than “Yes” and it left my spirit broken. Not to mention I was dead broke. I felt worthless.

There is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction – Oprah

Thanks to the Internet, I eventually was able to create an opportunity for myself when those doors were closing, so I am extremely grateful that Hello Beautiful decided to include me on their ‘25 Women You Need To Know: Media Maven Edition‘ list. I am in great company with amazing women who have also created opportunities for themselves by way of the Internet, as well as super publicists, radio and TV personalities.
I find inspiration and some of these ladies’ stories every day and I hope you will too.
Thank you so much for the continued support!
Catch my story plus the full list below:

Necole’s job title, “Celebrity Blogger,” didn’t actually exist until she came along. The popular blogger and now businesswoman known for posting entertainment news started NecoleBitchie.com in 2007 not knowing that it would catapult her to stardom, but believing that one day she would find success.
Some of her biggest career highlights include being featured in a two page spread in Ebony Magazine and winning the Soul Train Music Award for Best Soul Site.
“With Ebony, I really felt as though they told my story well. It has always been important to me to tell my story to young girls, especially those who are struggling because I am proof that you can definitely make something out of nothing,” says Necole, who was near homeless and sleeping on her aunt’s couch at the time she began blogging. The Soul Train Music Award meant a lot because I never in a million years thought that I would receive an award of that caliber for being a blogger.”
Necole continues expanding her empire with projects that she’s mum about for now but in the meantime, let her story be a true testament to why it’s best to never say never, as the saying goes.

 
The list
Alicia Quarles
Danielle Belton
Patrice Grell Yursik
Tiffany Lea Williams
Janell Snowden
Angela Yee
Devi Dev
Egypt Sherrod
Simone Smalls
Shante Bacon
Saptosa Foster
Ashley Madekwe
Tasha Stoute
Tai Beauchamp
Necole Bitchie
Lovette “Luvvie” Ajayi
Claire Sulmers
Bevy Smith
Franchesca “Chescaleigh” Ramsey
Robyn Greene-Arrington
Amber Raspberry
Lisa Sorensen
Kirsten Magwood
Christen Rochon
Arielle Loren
Congrats ladies!
Check each lady’s amazing story over at HelloBeautiful.com

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