A 6-Week Brand & Business Accelerator for Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurs

CLASS IS IN SESSION MARCH 2026

Your ancestors have already left you the blueprint. 

Now it’s time to transform your ideas, gifts, and story into a thriving brand that protects, nourishes, and sustains you.

The YUME Brand Accelerator is a six-week hybrid program designed for artists, makers, and creative entrepreneurs who are ready to move from scattered ideas to a clear, sustainable business foundation.

This accelerator blends brand strategy, systems building, and wellness-centered practices to help you design a business that honors where you come from and supports where you’re going.

Whether you are refining an existing practice or preparing for your next phase of growth, YUME helps you build with intention — not hustle.

Who This Accelerator Is For:

The YUME Brand Accelerator is for creatives who:

You do not need to have everything figured out.
You do need to be willing to show up, reflect, and implement.

What Makes Y.U.M.E. Different?

YUME is not a traditional business bootcamp.

We don’t separate strategy from identity.
We don’t treat wellness as an afterthought.
We don’t ask you to flatten your story to fit the market.

Instead, we treat entrepreneurship as:

✅ a creative practice

✅ a cultural act

✅ and a long-term stewardship of your energy, ideas, and labor

Week 1: Root to Revenue

Understanding ancestral inheritance as intellectual and creative capital

You’ll identify the skills, stories, symbols, and values you already carry — and learn how to translate them into clear business foundations.

Outcome: A cultural + creative asset map and core brand thesis.

Week 2: Story as Strategy

Crafting brand narratives rooted in personal and cultural authenticity

Learn how to shape your story into strategic messaging without over-sharing, trauma marketing, or dilution.

Outcome: A grounded brand narrative and messaging pillars you can use consistently.

Week 3: Designing with Purpose

Aligning creative direction, pricing, and offerings with lineage-informed values

We clarify what you offer, why it matters, and how to price it sustainably — without guilt or guesswork.

Outcome: One clearly defined, values-aligned core offer.

Week 4: Systems for Sustainability

Implementing simple tools for financial health, marketing, and client care

You’ll install lightweight systems that reduce chaos and support consistency.

Outcome: Foundational systems for money tracking, marketing rhythm, and client management.

Week 5: Wellness as Wealth

Integrating rest, ritual, and resilience into entrepreneurship

We address capacity, boundaries, and burnout — and design a business that your body can actually sustain.

Outcome: A personalized sustainability and energy plan connected to your business operations.

Week 6: Showcase & Reflection

Presenting final projects and reflecting on community impact

You’ll present your final “Business Altar” — a visual and strategic representation of your brand, offers, systems, and next steps.

Outcome: Integration, confidence, and clarity about what comes next.

OPTION 1: Paid Enrollment

Investment: $1333

This option is ideal for creatives ready to invest in clarity, structure, and momentum.

OPTION 2: Hyattsville Creatives Mini-Grant

The funded community cohort of the from Ancestors to Assets Y.U.M.E. Brand Accelerator, offered in partnership with the City of Hyattsville, MD.

Through public funding, a limited number of seats are reserved for Hyattsville-based minority and women creative entrepreneurs to participate in the full six-week accelerator at no or low cost.

This cohort is designed to strengthen the local creative corridor by supporting culturally grounded businesses that contribute to community vitality and economic inclusion.

Funded seats are application-based

to ensure readiness, alignment, and commitment.

Meet Your Guide

I am Imani K Brown® (Ọ̀sunyoyin)
Tattoo priestess, educator, cultural entrepreneur
Founder of Little INKPLAY Shop® and Y.U.M.E. Create Club®

— your Weird to Wealth coach.

For over two decades, I’ve lived at the intersection of creativity, spirituality, and entrepreneurship. As a master tattoo artist and cultural steward, I’ve studied how our skin, our style, and our stories carry the wisdom of our ancestors. 

As a Weird to Wealth coach, I help magic-filled, multi-passionate creatives like you turn those inherited gifts into clarity, confidence, and wealth. Supporting creatives in building sustainable businesses that honor lineage, creativity, and long-term care, my work bridges brand strategy, cultural storytelling, and wellness-centered entrepreneurship.

This accelerator is not about branding yourself into a box. 
It’s about remembering who TF you are, honoring where you come from, and aligning your creativity with wealth — so you can build the life you see in your dreams and in the mirror.