THE
CHIEF POPSICLE
Look past your circumstances and get creative!
Felecia Hatcher
Felecia is an author, social entrepreneur and the Chief Popsicle of Feverish Ice Cream & Gourmet Pops. For the past decade Felecia has dedicated her life to inspiring a new generation of leaders through her conversational talks on Entrepreneurship, Tech Innovation, College Funding and Personal Branding.
A globally sought after speaker, Hatcher has been honored at the White House as one of the Empact Top 100 Entrepreneurs under 30, 2014 White House Champion of Change for STEM Access and Diversity, Featured on the NBC Today Show-Grio’s 100 African American’s Making History, a TEDxMiami and TedxJamaica Presenter and featured on the Cooking Channel, Inc Magazine, Wall Street Journal Japan, Forbes Travel, Entrepreneur, Essence Magazine and Black Enterprise.
As a “C” student in high school Hatcher beat the odds and won over $100,000 in scholarships to attend college by getting creative. She used her experience and knack for personal marketability to start her first business called Urban Excellence as a freshman in college.
She built and ran innovative college prep programs for companies like DeVry University, MECA, AMPS Institute, the YMCA,TED Center, Mount Olive Baptist Church and the Urban League.
Yes it's true...
I fell down chasing an ice cream truck in heels...
After falling flat on her face while attempting to chase an ice cream truck in heels, Hatcher started a gourmet popsicle and ice cream catering company in 2008 with her husband Derick Pearson. The company specializes in vegan friendly and spiked popsicles for events and retail. Again tapping into her knack for marketing Hatcher formed many strategic partnerships through her company Feverish Ice Cream using popsicles to help companies like Procter and Gamble, Paypal, Google, Trump, Universal Music, Adidas, West Elm, Jamison Whiskey, Whole Foods, Live Nation, Bacardi, JCrew, Capitol Records, Maker’s Mark, The US Census Bureau, The W Hotel, Playboy, Tom Cruise, and Vitamin Water promote their new products through her trucks, carts, social media networks and sponsored ice cream give-a-ways of private label and custom pops. In 2012 the couple raised major VC funding opened a Retail Store and manufactiuring. The company is dedicated to sustainability and innovation donating a portion of each Popsicle sold to charity as well as founding a youth entrepreneurship program called PopPreneurs in 2010 where Hatcher and her partner Derick Pearson taught kids in urban areas how to become entrepreneurs through ice cream carts and in 2012 Code Fever which teaches teens and their parents how to become creators of technology.
I was a horrible student in high school who created her own luck...
It took me 10 years to write my first book and 6 months to write the 2nd smh...
Hatcher travels the world speaking to students and adults about Personal Marketability, Building a business with limited funding and overcoming failure! Hatcher is the author of 2 books The “C” Students Guide to Scholarships,and How to Start a business on a Ramen Noodle Budget, FOCUSED Strategic Planner, PopPreneurs and her upcomging book titled FAILURE as Success Story.
After leaving college early, Hatcher went on to a successful career spearheading experiential marketing and social media campaigns around the country for tech companies like Nintendo, Sony, Stage Coach Island (Wells Fargo's 2nd life video game), Microsoft and food giant Little Debbie.
Hatcher also worked for the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves as the Front Office Marketing Manager for the Minnesota Lynx and spearheaded their 10th anniversary re- branding campaign.
Worked for some cool companies...
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