My Story

In 2009, I began building my first company, Solid Ground Innovations (SGI), to encompass all areas of service that charitable organizations and individuals seeking to do incredible deeds of kindness would need. As demand increased, SGI expanded to expertise in branding, PR, and digital marketing, eventually landing a multimillion-dollar government contract. Within its first few years, at only 22 years old, I had bootstrapped SGI to a 7-figure company.

Still on a mission to ensure nonprofit growth and development, I went on to eventually transform SGI’s nonprofit service into a technology platform, birthing my second company, Resilia. Resilia is a tech start-up I launched in 2016 to revolutionize how socially-conscious leaders develop, maintain, and grow the nonprofits, corporations, cities, and other enterprises they lead. A New Orleans-based company, which has a second office in New York, was named to Venture Beat’s Top Startups to Watch Out For in 2019. As of 2020, I have raised over $11M for Resilia and am humbly known as the first Black founder in New Orleans to close a 7-figure round of funding.

Having (1) bootstrapped my first company to millions with no capital and (2) raised millions in venture capital for my second company, I now commit to taking my vast experience in building wealth and business to empower other business owners and entrepreneurs from all backgrounds.

“Your biggest problem of the day should be how you are going to bridge the gap between where you are and where you want to be.”

– Me

 

Whether delivering a keynote, seminar, workshop or one-on-one consultation, I aim to ultimately inspire, uplift and progress audiences to get to where they know they should be! This is my personal resounding theme and focus. Over the years my work has been featured in national publications such as USA Today, Time Magazine and CNN, and I provide a voice for communities as a Forbes contributor and Medium blogger.

In 2019, I released my first book Solid Ground: How I Built a 7-Figure Company with Zero Capital, which spent six weeks at No. 1 on Amazon’s Startup category. In 2021, my second book Resilient: How to Overcome Anything and Build a Million Dollar Business With or Without Capital was released. Learn more about and order my books here.

Today, I continue to cultivate a community of support, resources, tools, and conversation that help our leaders of today and tomorrow conquer their next level in life and business.

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Giving Back

I am heavily involved in the community and serve on the board of directors for UNCF-NOLA, Downtown Development District, YWCA, LSU AP Tureaud Black Alumni, and an active member of New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, New Orleans Black Chamber of Commerce and Alpha Kappa Alpha, Sorority, Inc.
Additionally, Deputy Mayor Judy Reese Morse selected me to serve on the City’s Equity in Business Community Roundtable, a partnership with WKKF Kellogg, to advance diversity and equity work throughout the city.
Inspired by and dedicated to my mother Shirley M. Wilson, I’ve instantiated The S.M. Wilson Memorial Scholarship Fund endowment scholarship at my alma mater, LSU. My mother was a firm believer in providing opportunities to all and giving everyone a chance for a seat at the table.
In her honor, this endowment will provide a financial backbone for students to rely upon, just like my mother was that backbone for me.

Award-Winning

  • Honored as one of Inc. Magazine’s (2019) 100 Female Founders Building World-Changing Companies
  • Included on PitchBook’s 27 Leading Black Founders and Investors list
  • Recipient of the 2010 Jefferson Award
  • Recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize for Public Service
  • Work featured in the U.S. Senate report to the White House on Volunteerism in the U.S.
  • Resilia named to 2020 Forbes Cloud 100 list

Companies

Resilia

Spend more time focusing on your mission. Resilia is a technology platform with a human touch. We help nonprofit organizations increase capacity and enable enterprises that deploy billions of dollars to scale impact. Learn more about Resilia here.

SGI-LOGO

Acts of greatness since 2009. SGI is helping entrepreneurs and small businesses grow and diversify their revenue across social networks. Follow us to learn about and discuss government contracting and wealth creation. Connect with SGI here.

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