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DNewTech-May 2024
May 8 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
**Hello DNT community!**
Join us for our DNT ONSITE meetup!! (Wednesdays; 7-8:30p EST)
Hope to see you soon! **Please RSVP** – Let’s *get inspired and get going!*
**Special shout out to our sponsors** **[VELN](https://www.velnlegal.com/)** | **[Collider](https://collider.altimetrik.com/)** and our **community supporter** **[1Million Cups Metro Detroit](1millioncups.com/metrodetroit)**!
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***We welcome our featured entrepreneurs for an evening of pitch presentations, community conversation, and networking.***
1. **Larry Gaynor | Founder/CEO | TNG Worldwide™**: *Michigan-based entrepreneur Larry Gaynor serves as the Founder and CEO of TNG Worldwide. Since establishing TNG Worldwide in 1985 as a distributor of beauty products, he has shifted the company to a manufacturing role, and it is now recognized as among the top-selling names in the beauty industry. Under the leadership of Larry Gaynor, TNG manufactures more than 2,000 beauty products in over 75 factories, including the best-selling brands Ginger Lily Farms, EMMA BEAUTY, and the ForPro Professional Collection.* >([https://www.tngworldwide.com/](https://www.tngworldwide.com/)) .
2. **Drake Phifer | Business Forward Consultant | Oakland Thrive™**: *Public Relations, Event Management, Sales professional with experience conceptualizing, producing, and promoting multi-media events. Place strong emphasis on bringing non-conventional strategic approaches to event PR and product marketing campaigns. I believe in the utilization of long existing methodologies and emerging technologies to accomplish the extraordinary in a tailor made fashion. Whether self-produced or client-produced, my goal is always to create an end product of high-quality.*. >([https://oaklandthrive.org/](https://oaklandthrive.org/)) .
3. **Matthew Williams | Regional Manager | TEALS™**: *I inspire and create community, education and industry partnerships that increase diversity in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)*. >([https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewrwilliams89/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewrwilliams89/)) .
