You’re invited to join us for a revolutionary event that will inspire your creativity and take your business to the next level. Tickets are now on SALE for the 2025 Business Connect Brunch. The Business Connect Brunch is the ultimate business brunch designed for aspiring entrepreneurs, business owners, and leaders. Join us to expand your network, learn from industry experts, and take your business to the next level.
JW MARRIOTT NASHVILLE January 25, 2025
The 2025 Business Connect Brunch proudly introduces EntreSchool powered by Nashville Business Incubation Center, an exclusive educational track designed for serious entrepreneurs, particularly minority business owners. This year’s program emphasizes the importance of forging vital connections through comprehensive educational resources, expert mentorship, and robust accountability partnerships. Our goal is to ensure participants leave with essential knowledge and networks to succeed in their entrepreneurial endeavors.
- Exclusive Educational Track
- Expert Mentorship
- Educations Resources
- Accountability Partnerships
2025 Business Connect KEY NOTE SPEAKER
We are excited to announce we will have renowned speaker Dr. Sonja Stribling as our 2025 guest speaker. A retired U.S Army Major, Dr. Sonja Stribling is now the successful chairwoman of a nine-figure business entitled, P3University. She offers support and training to business owners, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders, teaching her followers how to scale 6-figures and beyond. From her one-on-one coaching, group training events to online seminars, thousands shift their life, career and business from her teachings.
Having overcome a series of life changing experiences at a young age, a 21-year military career and highly decorated combat veteran with a harrowing divorce that left her financially and emotionally bankrupt, Dr. Sonja has drawn upon her past pain to connect her closer to her purpose. Her mission is to use her leadership skills and own journey as a means to help others ignite their inner strength and realize their true potential as human beings, business owners and world changers. As the Chairwoman of the P3 University®, her firm’s courses, events, and results-based coaching & consulting programs equips emerging and established women, thought leaders, influencers, entrepreneurs, and game changers to use find their POWER to have a fulfilled life, booming business and live life on their own terms.
2025 Business Connect Brunch HOST
Bishop Joseph Warren Walker, III, is the senior leader of the historic Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Nashville, Tennessee. He was born in Shreveport, Louisiana to Deacon Joseph and Mrs. Rosa Walker.
Bishop Walker received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Southern University in Baton Rouge Louisiana; a Master of Divinity degree from Vanderbilt University and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Princeton Theological Seminary. He holds three honorary Doctorates from Meharry Medical College, Southern University, Kentucky State University, respectively.
Dr. Walker currently serves on the Board of Directors for Meharry Medical College and Citizens Savings Bank & Trust. In October 2016, he was appointed by former TN Governor Bill Haslam to serve as Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Tennessee State University, where he has since been unanimously re-elected in 2019. He is also a member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and the Kappa Kappa Psi Band Fraternity.
FEATURED SPEAKERS
BRENTWOOD CAMPUS
1724-B GENERAL GEORGE PATTON DR.
ANTIOCH CAMPUS
2261 MURFREESBORO PIKE
OLD HICKORY CAMPUS
7594 OLD HICKORY BLVD.
JEFFERSON ST. CAMPUS
1112 JEFFERSON ST.