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Simone Castillo

Simone Castillo

@simonec.bsky.social

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Believer ✨ Advisor 🔑💰Champion 🏆 I equip BI&POC entrepreneurs and change-makers with financial resilience tools, saving them time and money. 🌱💰9/10 in NYC “Financial Agility for Founders”, 🎟️: https://tinyurl.com/fin-agility

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Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · Sep 4

🌱📈 Financial Agility isn’t optional—it’s the key to lasting growth.

Join us Sept 10 at Handcraft Kitchen & Cocktails in NYC for bold convos, clarity + connections with founders & builders.

🎟 RSVP: tinyurl.com/fin-agility

#VCABuilds #FinancialAgility

Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · Jul 16

Thank you!!

Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · Jul 14

My main areas of interest were around SDG Goals 5, 8 & 10 = small biz, startups, womenpreneurs, youth in biz, etc.

Tons of yummy brainfood, private sector presence in some sessions fostered more direct talk. I was surprised & still understand folks are exasperated with the pace and said so. 🙊🗣️

Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · Jul 14

Nice to hear, I need to take a page from your wind down era ways, my bday is next month, a mini break is a must! A slow staycation or unplug elsewhere? 🧐 🤔

Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · Jul 14

Ha ha ha 🤣

Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · Jul 14

Glad you could cut up in the comfort of your home; yes CFC owes us nothing, consistent and top tier performance 🙌🏾🙌🏾

Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · Jul 14

The steamy heatwave was cooking in NYC before I left, ♨️ then was in the south of Spain where we cooked in the dry heat instead 🍳🍳🍳. The trip was fantastic, I moderated and attended at FfD4. Lots of brilliant Black women at all levels advocating for financing for women, youth & communities. 💥

Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · Jul 14

📠📠📠📠…we Stateside Chelsea fans were equally offended 🤢

Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · Jul 14

There are a lot of snobby #PSG fans here in the NYC area 😒. Go Blues! Nice to see us continuing winning ways

How is your summer so far friend 🤗?
@emmessenn.com

Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · Jul 14

Miyanda!! I have been thinking of you as I was on your side of the pond at the beginning of this month for work and during the Club World Cup of
course. #CFC 💙🤍

Where did you watch today?
Watched today’s final while helping family at an event. We were making a whole lotta noise before half time 🤣🤣

Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · Jun 2

🌳👟 Excited to join the #NYTechWeek Angel TechWalk with fellow founders, angels & ecosystem builders! Let’s walk, talk & spark real connections in Central Park. 🤝✨ RSVP: lu.ma/1cbpm7yp #startups #tech #networking

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We invite you to join our Angel TechWalk. This TechWalk is focused on folks advising, supporting and investing in startups in their earliest stages. Meet…

Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · May 17

GOOD MORNING!! NYK fans to the front 📣📣!

The #NYK brought it back to the real Garden for a proper series victory celebration 🔥🏀🔥

We cuttin up ALL weekend!! #OrangeAndBlueSkies 🧡💙🌅🌌

Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · May 13

Amtrak tried to hold me hostage however the Most High always keeps safe 🙌🏾 🔐 and the motherfu🤬king KNICKS played their hearts out last night! LFG!!

Good morning NYK fans and NYK fans ONLY! 🔶🔷🔥🏀 Shout to the Yankees and Mets for the Ws as well 😤😤😤

#OrangeandBlueSkies 🌅🌃

Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · May 10

🙌🏾🔥🙌🏾🔥🙌🏾 LFG!!!

Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · May 8

Hi friend! You always send us morning positivity in the skyline so we had to include you too 🤗

Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · May 8

The type of time we are always on! 🤣🤣

Way to put on for your city @rudyfraser.com 🔶🔷🔶🔷🔥

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The Athletic @theathletic.com · May 8

The New York Knicks are the only team in the last 25 years to pull off back-to-back 20+ point road comebacks (regular season OR playoffs).

They did it against the defending champs and return to New York up 2-0 on the Celtics.

H/T @optastats.optajoe.com

Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · May 8

Good morning NY Knicks Fans and @emmessenn.com only!!!

#OrangeAndBlueSkies 🌅🌌 , all of NYC’s teams showed out last night

#NYK 🟠🔵🏀 win
#NYY 🔵⚪️⚾️ win
#NYM 🔵🟠⚾️ win

And it’s gorgeous today, can’t tell NYC sports fans NOTHIN today!!

Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · May 4

🎯🎯🎯…very happy for #CFCW especially for Naomi Girma; nice to see the men’s side beat top of the table today 🔥🔥

Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · May 4

Hi Miyanda! 👋🏾 How about those Blues?! #CFC

Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · May 2

Good morning NY Knicks fans!! 📣🏀🟠🔵

Wishing you a joyous #OrangeAndBlueSkies weekend!! 🌅🌌🧡💙

Simone and the homies attending the NYK v DET Game 6 #PlayoffPonderosa hosted by Adrianna at Cobblestone’s Pub.

Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · Apr 18

Good morning Miyanda!! 🌅🌅

Miyanda Nehwati 🇿🇼 @emmessenn.com · Apr 17

Good morning skyline ✨

Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · Apr 4

& I will keep keep putting out the bat signal to folks in the Universe wrkng on similar goals. 🔊

On 4/30, I will be hosting our nxt networking mixer mastermind. tinyurl.com/iwb-bbbt

I will be coaching startups and facilitating 101 workshops at SelectUSA in May 2025. Holler at your girl 📧 💬

Innovative Women in Business: Building, Balancing & Breaking Through

Engage in interactive sessions and curated introductions that empower you to transform today’s challenges into tomorrow’s opportunities.

Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · Apr 4

In February, I hosted a meetup to gather aligned folks however the biggest take away was joy in meeting despite all that is going around and leveraging other folks to stay in a generative mindset.

Sometimes the dreaming and doing feels solitary. We are more alike than we think. We are not alone

Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · Apr 4

My theme for 2025 is COMMUNITY. I have challenged myself to seek out new environments as well as host events & gatherings IRL.

In January I joined a new gym, tried some new cardio classes. 🏃🏾‍♀️

Last month I visited a new city, ✈️attend BHF25, joined an ATRS book club. 📚 🤓