Jenifer Daniels designs, builds, and invests in people, places, and purpose.Jenifer consultseconomic development nonprofits on how to build sustainable and scalablebrand strategies and organizational systems design.She builtColorstock, the first diverse stock photography marketplace, and Detroit Human Capital, a micro-investment vehicle for Detroit’s placemaking efforts. Jenifer advises The PLUG: data-driven reporting on the Black innovation economy, andan angel investor of underestimated startup founders.
Jenifer’s words and photos have been featured in SiriusXM Progress, The New York Times, Mashable, HuffPost Live, BBC News, Essence, BELT Magazine/Publishing, andDetroit Stock City. She is a subject-matter expert for the Women’s Media Center’s She Source database and has delivered talks at TEDxCharlotte, Netroots Nation, and Net Impact.
Jenifer is a certified design thinker and has a master of arts in public relations/organizational communication from Wayne State University, a research university in the heart of Detroit, MI.
She believes in the collective impact of communities as a New Leaders Council Fellow alum and an Impact100 Metro Detroit giving circle member.
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How Jenifer Daniels gives nontraditional founders a leg up in the tech industry
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3 Black Startups On Why They Failed And How They Came Back Stronger
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Charlotte’s Leading Black Woman Entrepreneurs are Leaving the City
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Bringing Black And Brown Faces To Stock Photography
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The true colors of stock photography
Slack HQ [March 29, 2017] -
Diversifying Stock Photography: An Interview with Jenifer Daniels, Founder and CEO of Colorstock
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Stock Photos Show There's More To The Story
WFAE 90.7 [August 15, 2016] -
TEDxCharlotte: Jenifer Daniels challenges you to take a #DigitalDiet
TEDx [October 23, 2015] -
Uber offers a ride & business feedback from CLT business women
The Charlotte Observer [March 26, 2015] -
Young, Gifted, and Black: What I've Learned While Raising a Gifted Child
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Blacks find home in the Twitterverse
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