Shell LiveWire Entrepreneurship Program

Title: Shell LiveWIRE USA Impact

Duration: 02:38 minutes

Description: Shell Livewire empowers young entrepreneurs around the world to grow businesses, create jobs, and drive sustainable community development. The U.S. was one of the countries that took part in the call.

Shell Livewire supports entrepreneurs by providing them with the skills and confidence to grow their business and create job growth. By empowering youth, Shell Livewire contributes to community growth and sustainable solutions.

In this video, entrepreneurs from the U.S. share how their ventures are creating positive local impact and explain how the program was a turning point for their businesses. Shell LiveWire representatives also reaffirm their commitment to fostering business creation and employment worldwide.

Shell LiveWire Transcript

[Background music plays] Warm, uplifting music.

[Visuals] Landscapes of the different environments where the entrepreneurs develop, such as a

community by the ocean, the city, and the countryside. [Visuals] Shell LiveWire institutional logo, red, blue and yellow.

LaDarby Landry

I believe that what Shell is doing is breaking the barrier between small businesses and large corporations.

[Visuals] The speaker walks through their work environment in a small community settled on the ocean’s shore.

Latasha Glass

Founder, Phoenix Prodigy [Text displays]

Shell LiveWire really opened up that door for me because I was able to grow systemically, have

like-minded individuals and have a support team. I have seen a significant growth after rebranding. I've been able to reach my target audience..

[On-screen interview]

Latasha Glass

..so I've been able to grow tremendously, over 50% of revenue and clientele.

[Visuals] Latasha walks through her work environment and interacts with her colleagues.

[Background music plays] Upbeat music.

Marsharae Cage

Founder, The H.E.A.R.T. Academy [Text displays]

It is definitely necessary to help entrepreneurs like myself and others who really didn't have a lot of direction and guidance.

[Visuals] Intercut footage between the on-screen interview and Marsharae in her medical work environment.

Emma Lewis

EVP, Shell Chemicals [Text displays]

Shell liveWire it's really about how we support entrepreneurial minority, uh, small businesses and

allow them to, you know, we kind of give them the skills that they need to develop and become successful.

[Visuals] Shell LiveWire event where recognitions are presented to the participating women.

Emma Lewis

It helps us with innovation, it helps us with creativity, and it's just a really great two-way learning experience.

[On-screen interview]

[Background music plays] Inspirational quiet violin music.

[Scene transition] From the ceremony to a small seaside community.

Rick Tallant

EVP, Shell Supply Chain [Text displays]

Building communities and building the ecosystems that we have in Shell, it's a team sport to bring together people from the community to give them skills to be entrepreneurs.

[On-screen interview]

Rick Tallant

We have great people, have great ideas. [Visuals] LaDarby in her work environment.

LaDarby Landry

So having community, it's about support, it's about, you know, getting the love that you need to be able to go forward, that encouragement.

[Visuals] Intercut footage between the on-screen interview and LaDarby in her work environment.

Marsharae Cage

That program kind of gave me, step by step, this is what you do week by week, we had instruction. [Visuals] Intercut footage between the on-screen interview and Marsharae in her medical work environment, along with her colleagues working in the hospital.

Tatiana Alanis

Founder, A1 Nola Notary [Text displays]

They help you with branding, marketing. They help you think about things that you probably would not have thought of as a first time entrepreneur.

[Visuals] Collage of activities.

Charles Daniel

LiveWire was not only the classroom setting, but also the networking and also having…

[Visuals] Intercut footage between the on-screen interview and Charles on the street tending to his bicycle business.

Charles Daniel Founder, Geaux Ride [Text displays]

…someone there to answer my questions. [Visuals] On screen Interview.

[Background music plays] Inspirational epic music.

Bart Folse

Founder of Folse Alarm Fire Co. [Text displays]

I would absolutely recommend this program to somebody who doesn't know where to start because all the resources are there for you, all the expertise and all the value of the network.

[Visuals] On-screen interview, her recognitions, and a meeting with her colleagues.

Latasha Glass

They really impact the community. They impact small businesses. [Visuals] On-screen interview and Latasha in her work environment.

LaDarby Landry

For the branding, the marketing, but more importantly the community. [Visuals] On-screen interview and LaDarby in her work environment.

[Background music plays] Inspirational music

Charles Daniel

For any entrepreneur that's out there looking to grow, they're looking to scale, but they don't know where to turn I would suggest Shell LiveWire.

[Visuals] On-screen interview and footage of Daniel with his daughter and working at his business.

LaDarby Landry

Shell liveWire it’s been amazing. [Visuals] Final portraits.

Rick Tallant

It is an amazing opportunity.

Emma Lewis

Shell, Livewire is inspirational.

[Animated sequence]

[Visuals] Over a city landscape, the Shell LiveWire logo.