AI for Success: Build, Scale, and Simplify Your Business ✨

Queens, it’s time to work smarter, not harder 👑✨

Join us for our April Women for Success Quarterly Meetup, where we’re diving into one of the most powerful tools in business right now… AI 🤖💡

This month’s theme is all about helping you simplify, streamline, and scale your business using AI for branding, operations, and content. Whether you’re just getting started or ready to level up, this conversation is designed to give you real, practical ways to grow.

This is not just another networking event…
This is a room where women come to learn, connect, and elevate together 💖

✨ High-impact networking with ambitious, supportive women
🎤 Panel discussion on using AI for business growth
💡 Real strategies for content, branding, and automation
🤝 Genuine connections that can turn into collaborations and clients
🥂 Complimentary light bites, snacks, and bubbly

Expect real conversations, actionable insights, and a space where you can show up exactly as you are and leave with clarity and confidence.

✔ Using AI for branding, content, and visibility
✔ Automation tools to save time and increase efficiency
✔ Streamlining operations so you can scale with ease
✔ Leveraging AI to support your business growth

🗓 Date: April 28, 2026
⏰ Time: 6:30 PM
📍 Location: Birdie Bistro, 2001 Granada Blvd, Coral Gables, FL

Come ready to connect, learn something new, and walk away inspired 👑✨

Because the right room doesn’t just motivate you…
it moves you forward 💖

👑 Hosted by:
Erika Rodriguez, Founder, Shinieshears, LLC.

This event is perfect for:
• Women entrepreneurs and small business owners
• Creatives, founders, and service providers
• Women ready to grow their business smarter
• Queens who want real connections, not awkward networking

No matter where you are in your journey… you belong in this room 💖

Women for Success hosts this quarterly series in partnership with local venues and businesses. Thank you to our past partners Gardens of Weber Manor, B THREE ZERO FIVE, Capital One Cafe and more!
Interested in hosting? Please email [email protected] to discuss further.

OVERVIEW:
WFS Quarterly Meetup: AI for Success is designed to bring women together for real connection, real support, and real growth. This experience blends networking, strategy, and education, all in a fun and welcoming space where you can show up as you are and leave feeling more empowered, aligned, and ready to take your next step.

PURPOSE:
This event exists to help women entrepreneurs work smarter by leveraging AI to simplify their business, strengthen their brand, and scale with intention. Our goal is for every attendee to walk away with:

• New connections that feel genuine (and actually lead somewhere)
• Practical tools to use AI for content, branding, and operations
• Clear strategies to streamline and grow your business with confidence
• A supportive community that reminds you that you don’t have to build alone

Vivian Olodun is an author, serial entrepreneur, and mom. She is the CEO of Flourish Media, a marketing membership based in Miami, Florida. She and her husband are angel investors in a breast cancer pre-screening device called Pink Luminous Breast. Her nonprofit received a proclamation from Miami-Dade County naming Behind The Leaf Day Feb 21st. Her work has been seen in USA Today, Forbes Magazine, The Miami Herald, and more. Vivian has a passion for helping women get to the money faster. Years ago Vivian and her co-founder raised over $15million to support women in business through an annual conference called the Flourish Media Conference. This two-day matchmaking event connects minority women business owners with angel investors, banks, and alternative funding solutions.

Emily Cabrera is Associate General Counsel at IRG Ventures, where she leads legal strategy for AI-enabled products across insurance, fintech, and emerging technology businesses. She specializes in translating complex AI governance and regulatory risk into practical decision frameworks for executive teams and boards. She holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law, is licensed by the Florida Bar, and speaks and advises on AI governance, data security, privacy, and legal risk.

Brittany Valdes is an AI Transformation Specialist, MBA, and fourth-generation entrepreneur with 13 years of experience helping leaders and organizations navigate the adoption and change management demands of the AI era. Her human-first, outcomes-first diagnostic approach challenges the “shiny object” culture of AI adoption - rooting transformation in mindset, systems, and real-life implementation that lasts. She is the founder of The Mom Economy, a nonprofit dedicated to resourcing female founders, and the creator of Mother of AI Academy, an education platform redefining how small businesses think and operate in a new era of work.

Shinieshears is the professional brand of Erika Rodriguez, a Coral Gables-based hairstylist specializing in healthy hair, balayage, and lived-in color. She’s known for her personalized approach and commitment to maintaining the integrity of her clients’ hair. Erika also serves as the Southern Florida Regional Educator for Redken, where she trains and inspires fellow stylists across the region. You can follow her education work at @chikaredken and her artistry at @shinieshears.

📍2001 Granada Boulevard, Coral Gables, Florida 33134

Located in the heart of Coral Gables, Birdie Bistro offers the perfect blend of charm, comfort, and community. Nestled beside the scenic Granada Golf Course, this cozy, welcoming space is known for its warm hospitality and inviting atmosphere.

With its relaxed yet elevated vibe, Birdie Bistro creates the ideal setting for meaningful conversations, genuine connections, and unforgettable moments. Whether you're meeting new faces or reconnecting with fellow Queens, this space makes it easy to feel at home while you grow your network 💖

Women for Success nonprofit launched in direct response to the global pandemic and its impact on women. It is estimated that within the first 3 months of the pandemic women were set back a decade in economic advancement. 40 percent of female entrepreneurs launched their businesses as a direct result of the pandemic, with the U.S. Census Bureau receiving more than 1.5 million new business applications as of mid-December 2020; however, many lack the tools, resources, and support to build and scale a successful business. We launched in May 2020 to lift women up when we were being pushed down the most, and we are looking to create generational impact!

Supporting women-owned and led businesses is not just the right thing to do. Female-led companies outperformed their all-male counterparts by 63%, and women-led teams generated a 35% higher return for their investors. Women are also more likely than men to establish a business that doubles as a social venture. Clearly, it’s an economically smart strategy for governments, corporations, and the philanthropic and finance communities to invest in women-led ventures.

But the odds can be stacked against a new business. Despite women founders outperforming and outpacing their male peers, in 2021, companies founded solely by women garnered merely 2.4% of the total capital invested in venture-backed startups in the US. It’s also estimated that approximately 20 percent of small businesses fail within the first year. By the end of the second year, 30 percent of businesses will have failed. And by the end of the decade, only 30 percent of these businesses will remain — a 70 percent failure rate.

With a mission to bring professional and entrepreneurial women together to combat the odds against women in business and get more funding in the hands of female founders, Women for Success has been able to invest in thousands of self-identifying women business owners in our community. And now, we're asking YOU to join our movement and create generational impact one BUSINESS SHOWER at a time!

VISION: Creating Generational Impact for Self-Identifying Women.

MISSION: Women for Success provides self-identifying women with a supportive community where they can receive free workshops, tools, resources, ementorship, small business grants, and Business Showers to ensure every woman has a chance to define success on her own terms.

OUR CORE PILLARS:

Collaboration over competition

Community support and mentorship

Small business grants + Business Showers

Free workshops tools and resources

* Please note that as this is a nonprofit event, no refunds will be provided. Thank you for your support!*

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