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Our Story · OneKind Co · New York City

Built with intention.
For the woman in the room.

OneKind Co exists because the rooms that Black women founders needed didn't. So we built them — seven properties, one ecosystem, and a deliberate refusal to make anything generic.

The founder
Photo — Markita
Markita · Founder
Markita
Founder · OneKind Co + Mark Maker Studio · New York City

Markita has spent nearly a decade producing large-scale events and activations — the kind that require precision, relationships, and the ability to hold a room together when everything is happening at once. That work built the infrastructure that OneKind Co runs on.

OneKind Co grew out of a simple observation: the rooms that Black women founders needed — where they could be specific, unguarded, and taken seriously — mostly didn't exist. The ones that did were either too expensive to be accessible or too broad to feel like they were for anyone in particular.

So Markita built them. Seven properties. One ecosystem. A deliberate, sequenced build designed to meet Black women at every stage — from the first time they find the newsletter to the evening the community decides their name should be honored.

Also: Mark Maker Studio
Markita also runs Mark Maker Studio — a NYC-based entertainment and production company producing character-driven shows, competition formats, and street content for Black audiences. The two companies share one founder. The production discipline of MMS is the infrastructure OneKind Co events run on.
The mission

The room that
remembers you.

OneKind Co is a media and experiences company for Black women who are building something real. Not the ones who are thinking about it. Not the ones who need convincing they can. The ones who are already doing it — and need a room that's built at their level.


Every property is built around one question: does this meet her where she actually is? The answer has to be yes before anything gets built. That's why the newsletter is free. The community founding rate is $10. And Table Talk is invitation-only, not because it's exclusive, but because the room only works if everyone in it has earned it.

"Built for women who are already doing the work — and need the room that proves it."
What we stand on

Three things that don't move.

01
People-First
Clear language. Empathy that doesn't sugarcoat. We name what's real. If something is a problem, we call it a problem — not a "challenge." The woman reading this has been talked down to enough.
02
Bold Confidence
Punchy headlines. Active verbs. Statements that challenge the status quo without announcing that they're doing it. OneKind Co does not hedge. We say the thing we mean on the first try.
03
Accessible
Accessibility is a hard filter on every pricing, format, and partnership decision. The newsletter is free. The community founding rate is $10. We will never build something that contradicts the mission to fund it.
The ecosystem

Seven properties.
One connected system.

Each property is designed to meet Black women founders at a different moment. They connect, they feed each other, and together they form something that no single event or newsletter could be on its own.

Newsletter · Launching May 2026
Un/Read
Top of funnel. The first place most people encounter OneKind Co. One founder, every two weeks. Free to subscribe.
Quarterly Dinner · Summer 2026
Table Talk
The highest-trust touchpoint. Invitation only. 12 to 15 guests. Where the brand proves its curation.
Creative Slam · Sept 2026
Un/Said
The most open, expressive entry point in the ecosystem. Free to attend. Winner featured in Un/Read. Feeds the creative pipeline.
On the horizon
Annual Retreat · Fall 2027
Un/Wind
The deepest expression of the brand promise — rest as a radical act. Upstate NY. 20–25 guests. All-inclusive.
Annual Gala · December 2027
The OneKind Affair
The capstone event of the OneKind year. A seated dinner honoring the founders who moved through the ecosystem this year.
Makers Market · Spring 2028
Un/Boxed
The brand's largest public moment. One day. Free admission. Every category of Black women-owned business — makers, services, art, food, wellness.
What we believe

A few things we
won't compromise on.

Specificity
We say "Black women entrepreneurs" — not "diverse business owners." We name 12 guests, not "an intimate group." Specificity is kindness. Vagueness is a way of avoiding commitment to anyone in particular.
Editorial independence
Sponsors do not influence which founders we feature. A brand can put its name in the room. It cannot change what happens inside it. This is written into every partnership agreement before anything is signed.
Accessibility as a hard filter
Every revenue decision is evaluated against this question: does this create a barrier for the woman we built this for? If yes, we find a different model. The founding community rate is $10. That's not a discount — it's the mission made concrete.
Sequencing over scaling
Seven properties, launched across five years — not all at once. Each property earns the right to exist by succeeding at its own goal first. We build what the community is ready for, not what looks impressive on a pitch deck.

The room is being built.
Come help fill it.

Start with Un/Read — it's free, it's biweekly, and it's the first place most people find us. Everything else follows.

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