HCC Small Business Alumni Success Story & Update
HCC Business Plan Competition
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Kim Roxie and LAMIK Beauty are Soaring | |
Kim Roxie,
Founder and CEO
LAMIK Beauty
LAMIK Beauty is a vegan makeup line made with natural and organic ingredients for multicultural women. LAMIK stands for Love and Makeup in Kindness. The brand is the first black-owned clean, and cruelty-free brand on Ulta.com. https://lamikbeauty.com/
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Kim has grown into a business icon & role model all while having an amazing bond to HCC. She is a lifelong learner who gives back. | |
She earned her Aesthetician License in 2006 at HCC while launching LAMIK Beauty. Years later, in 2012, she graduated from Cohort 3 of the HCC Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program. | |
In 2014, Kim applied for and got accepted into the HCC Business Plan Competition to create a plan to grow further. Since then she has come back often to speak at HCC classes and entrepreneurial events. | |
She has also served as an advisor in the HCC Business Plan Competition. In 2023, Kim is serving as an advisor again and she is also an alumni sponsor of our competition in 2023.
Thank you Kim!
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Hear From Kim Roxie Who Inspired All in a Power Interview at HCC for Junior Achievement Teens
Kim was featured at our annual Ignite the Spark event in Fall 2022 where HCC and Junior Achievement kicked off the JA Company program for 55 high schools from around Houston. She shared her entrepreneurial journey from her high school years onward. Kim gave advice to the teens about how to keep finding your courage pursuing your dreams. Her troubles were as inspiring as her triumphs.
She grew up in Houston, had a rough time in high school and was considered "at risk." Her mom believed in community service and Kim volunteered assisting the elderly and feeding the homeless.
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Kim had relatives in Atlanta where there was a cluster of historically black colleges. She went there to get her degree, while also working part-time at the mall in a makeup store. Her employer saw she excelled at her job selling more makeup than her peers. Kim had fallen in love with making women feel good about themselves.
Upon graduation, she decided to "go for it" and moved back to Houston to get started. She went from selling others' products and doing eyebrows to making her own products. She recounted her journey which has led to many ups & downs and also to great success!
Hear from Kim Now - Audio of Kim’s Power Interview at HCC: https://www.kaltura.com/index.php/extwidget/preview/partner_id/124722/uiconf_id/24998082/entry_id/1_hn3jblah/embed/dynamic?
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Kim Roxie & LAMIK Beauty Featured on Home Shopping Network
During the last week of 2022, after flight cancellations, and given that she’d been preparing since 2021, Kim drove 17 hours so she would not miss her first appearance on the Home Shopping Network (HSN) on December 28, 2022.
She met her sales goals, which is great for a first time appearance and was nominated for the “GUEST EXCELLENCE” category in the Vendor Excellence Awards by HSN. That led to another appearance on HSN on February 8, 2023. Congratulations Kim!
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Gayle King Interviews Kim Roxie & LAMIK Beauty on CBS Mornings for her “Changing the Game” Series
On March 8, 2023, Kim Roxie appeared on CBS Mornings, interviewed by Gayle King, Nate Burleson and Tony Dokoupil in their “Changing the Game”, series highlighting extraordinary women making a difference now and for future generations. She was simply phenomenal!
Kim we celebrate your successes, wish you more and thank you for staying involved with HCC as we continue empowering and inspiring entrepreneurs together!
Watch the CBS Mornings Interview Now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTYyJJy4wPM&ab_channel=CBSMornings
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About the Glenda & David Regenbaum Center for Entrepreneurship
HCC Northwest
OUR MISSION: To help entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses.
We do this by offering workshops, seminars, summits, classes and competitive training and advising, while also providing practical knowledge, resources and connections. We are also known for three Signature Programs: the Annual HCC Business Plan Competition, now in its 16th year; the Small Business Success Series by by HCC©; and the HCC Mattress Mack School of Selling©
Contact us at c4e@hccs.edu or 713-718-6650
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Houston Community College Wins 2022 Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers Award for Excellence in Specialty Entrepreneurship Education
Houston-based academic group called out top universities and programs from around the world — including one in Houston and another in Texas — that are excelling in educating future entrepreneurs at the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers Conference in October.
The GCEC is a consortium of more than 250 university entrepreneurship programs that is headquartered at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business, which has been named a top entrepreneurship program itself time and time again. Houston Community College's Office of Entrepreneurial Initiatives (led by Dr. Maya Durnovo) won in the Excellence in Specialty Entrepreneurship Education category. The office is known for signature programs like its annual business plan competition, which has been running since 2008. It is also home to the Minority Business Development Agency, created by a grant from the Department of Commerce in 2013, and the MBDA Pandemic Recovery Center. Additionally, the HCC Alief Hayes Campus is in partnership with the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program, providing 100 hours of instruction and advising and access to capital and an alumni network.
GCEC Award-Innovation Map Article
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Houston Community College Wins 2022 Bellwether Award for Entrepreneurial Initiatives
Houston Community College has won the 2022 Bellwether Award for its outstanding and innovative workforce development program: HCC’s Entrepreneurial Initiatives. The Bellwether Awards are widely regarded as one of the nation’s most competitive and prestigious recognitions for community colleges. Dr. Maya Durnovo, HCC’s chief entrepreneurial initiatives officer leads HCC’s mission of helping entrepreneurs start and grow businesses to bolster the local economy, create jobs and build Houston’s ecosystem by starting and growing small businesses, including minority-, veteran- and women-owned businesses. Dr. Durnovo said. “I am so fortunate to have a highly motivated and passionate team that strives for excellence in everything they do.”
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Houston Community College Receives 2021 Diversity In Business Award from the Houston Business Journal!
Congratulations to all students, faculty, staff, entrepreneurs (aspiring & existing); and to all our community participants, supporters, volunteers, partners and sponsors who collaborate with us to make awards like this possible! Congratulations also to all of the other honorees and awardees!
#WeAreHCC # HoustonStrong #HBJDiversity
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Houston Community College
2020 Entrepreneurial College of the Year
October. 6, 2020: The Houston Community College System was selected as the winner of the 2020 Entrepreneurial College of the Year award by the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) at NACCE's annual conference, where entrepreneurial colleges from across the U.S. gather to share best practices. On behalf of all of our entrepreneurial programs and staff, we thank all of the entrepreneurs, partners, sponsors, volunteers, students, and HCC faculty and staff who have contributed to our efforts! Without your support and dedication to our programs, this wouldn't have been possible!
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