GAZELLE MAGAZINE Volume 2, Issue 1 | Page 63

CAREER & MONEY ENTREPRENEUR SPOTLIGHT NARETHA HOPSON Naretha Hopson is an impressive lady, especially when it comes to etiquette. She is the founder and Executive Director of Ever-Appropriate Etiquette Institute (EAEI), which offers leadership, dining etiquette, business etiquette and impression management programming for youth and professionals. And her brand is rapidly expanding. In just four years, she has instructed around 1,000 people, utilizing her dynamic, interactive and contemporary style of professional soft skills refinement. ENTREPRENEURSHIP I have always been entrepreneurial in nature. I grew up working in multiple family businesses. The flexibility that entrepreneurship provides is alluring. I enjoy defying the odds by setting what to many,