Join Kim & Tim Lewis of CurlMix and the Black & Brown Founders team for an Ask-Me-Anything session on June 18th 6PM Eastern / 3PM Pacific!

Get the low down from entrepreneurs who have been there and done that building a haircare brand from scratch.

Kimberly Lewis is the co-founder of CurlMix, a clean beauty brand for curly hair. Her innovative take on clean beauty hair products has won her praise from top industry publications such as Refinery29, Essence Magazine, Ebony Magazine, and ABC TV. Kimberly can also be seen on Season 10 of Shark Tank, a critically acclaimed and multi-Emmy Award-winning reality show. With a Bachelor’s Degree in Logistics & Marketing from the University of Illinois and a relentless drive, Kim has taken CurlMix to over a million in sales in just one year.

Kim started her journey into entrepreneurship after quitting her first job with no savings and no job lined up. She had the bright idea of signing her husband up for “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire” because what better way to make money than game show trivia? He went on to win $100,00 and invested it in their first business. After their first failed startup of a niche social network, Kim vowed to succeed at her next venture. She and her husband, Tim, launched CurlMix in 2019 which started as a Do-It-Yourself box – think Blue Apron for curly hair.

In 2018, after two years of stagnation, Kim sought advisors and pivoted CurlMix with a newborn on her hip and with a small investment, turned their best-selling boxes into a hair care line. Now, Kim operates a manufacturing facility in Chicago and maintains a full-time staff, employing people of color from her community while enjoying her growing family.

Tim attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign double majoring in Economics & Psychology. Leaving college without a job, and a new wife, Tim was forced to work at Starbucks. Knowing his talent for trivia, his wife Kim signed him up to be on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” where he put his knowledge of random facts to good use by winning $100,000.  He then invested $25,000 into Kim’s first business and has been her biggest supporter ever since. He is now the co-founder of CurlMix, his wife's second business, and CurlMix's Chief Operations Officer.

Tim is charismatic and quick witted, with a keen eye towards efficient business development. Tim is also well versed in human behavior and Psychology having conducted research in behavioral science at University of Illinois and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. With a career in Information Technology, and expertise in trivia, it is clear that he is a jack of all trades.

The Road to $10 Million: AMA with Kim and Tim Lewis from CurlMix