Arian Simone

Arian Simone showed other businesses that there was something to fear when she founded her organization, The Fearless Fund, to address and challenge the funding gap for businesses owned by women of color (WOC). With over 17 years of serial entrepreneurial experience on her hip and her humbling journey of homelessness to Hollywood, Arian expresses the importance of lifting up other Black-owned businesses when others aren't quick to give entrepreneurs who resemble her an easy path, including the parties who caused a federal court to block The Fearless Fund from granting funds to those businesses. Despite the loss, however, the fearless entrepreneur said, "Activism is in our DNA. We are not scared." She promises to continue her fight to assist and fund WOC businesses throughout the country.