{"podcast":{"title":"Black Entrepreneur Experience","slug":"black-entrepreneur-experience-486479","podcast_index_feed_id":486479,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/97970/rss","website_url":"http://beepodcast.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/6/b/2/d/6b2d9d1260efcfc516c3140a3186d450/2026_Cover_Art_Black_EePodcast_.png","author":"Dr. Frances Arleen Ince","episode_count":561,"summary":"Black Entrepreneur Experience uncovers the brilliance, boldness and business acumen behind successful Black Entrepreneurs all over the globe. It is a show created for aspiring entrepreneurs, small business owners or startup founders. Black Entrepreneur Experience can be any strategy, wisdom, idea that will ignite, empower and provoke more African Americans (Blacks, African Diaspora) to join the entrepreneurial journey. Invoking a movement to stimulate our communities to move towards business ownership and the entrepreneurial mindset .","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T22:22:30.939190+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/black-entrepreneur-experience-486479"},"episode":{"title":"BEE 547 Building a Luxury Brand Later in Life: Eula Smith","slug":"bee-547-building-a-luxury-brand-later-in-life-eula-smith","published_at":"2026-05-13T10:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/black-entrepreneur-experience-486479/bee-547-building-a-luxury-brand-later-in-life-eula-smith","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/black-entrepreneur-experience-486479","url":"https://blackentrepreneurexperience.libsyn.com/bee-547-building-a-luxury-brand-later-in-life-eula-smith","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/blackentrepreneurexperience/BEE_547_Building_a_Luxury_Brand_Later_in_Life__Eula_Smith.mp3?dest-id=508964","summary":"Starting a business later in life can be your greatest advantage. Eula Smith , founder of EMarie Travel , launched her luxury travel accessories brand in her 50s after decades in fashion leadership and retail consulting. From Nordstrom leadership roles to advising retailers worldwide, Eula brought global expertise in private-label development, product strategy, and brand positioning to build EMarie Travel intentionally, without chasing trends. Her brand's signature travel blanket has been featured on Oprah's Favorite Things three years in a row and is sold directly to consumers, select retailers, and hotels. In this episode, she shares insights on entrepreneurship later in life, sustainable growth, and turning decades of experience into a thriving business.","meta_description":"Starting a business later in life can be your greatest advantage. Eula Smith , founder of EMarie Travel , launched her luxury travel accessories brand in…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2291,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/black-entrepreneur-experience-486479/episodes/bee-547-building-a-luxury-brand-later-in-life-eula-smith/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/black-entrepreneur-experience-486479/bee-547-building-a-luxury-brand-later-in-life-eula-smith.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}