Black & woman-owned business defies expectations in global market

Building An Empire, One Wing At A Time

It is not uncommon to find Greg Tillery hanging with and cooking for celebrities like Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade, but he never forgets how it all started - going from a food truck in New Orleans to owning brick and mortar restaurants around the country. This serial entrepreneur has become a national sensation with his popular wing shack, We Dats Chicken & Shrimp. He shares, with us, his journey to success. Plus, the single millennial talks about what it is like to date an entrepreneur, and how being robbed and nearly killed at gunpoint changed his perspective on business and life.

Black & woman-owned business defies expectations in global market

How did a little Black girl from Selma, Alabama evolve from serving children as a classroom teacher to running an international education and management consulting firm working with clients like Apple and Amazon? In Krystal Allen’s case, it took dedication, trusting the process, and pure passion for wanting to help others in the face of very real adversities. Before founding K. Allen Consulting™ (KAC) in 2017, Allen spent 10 years as a K-12 teacher and well-respected school leader in Baton Rouge and New Orleans serving children and families. The firm she would go on to found has now become a global education and management consulting firm that is becoming widely recognized for the professional development services it provides to nonprofits, schools, and businesses. KAC builds custom workshops, provides coaching, designs strategic plans, and creates frameworks and programs for clients in 5 countries to date.