Afro Alternatives Team

Build · Innovate · Empower · Together

Damion Nunley — Founder Curtisa Taylor-Nunley — COO

Who We Are

A great place
to work for all

"Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity."

Psalm 133:1

Afro Alternatives was founded by technologists, innovators, beauty industry experts, and social entrepreneurs who understand every struggle, coil, wave, and kink.

We are a multi-generation global tech team that has transformed decades of hands-on experience into a powerful tech-driven reality.

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Integrated Platforms

$109M

Funding Target

2024

Founded

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Community Legacy

Our Commitment

We Believe in
Social Entrepreneurship.

We measure success not by profit alone, but by the impact we have on our people, our planet, and our prosperity — together. This is the triple bottom line we build on.

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People

Our community is our foundation. We exist to serve, celebrate, and economically empower the textured hair community — barbers, stylists, entrepreneurs, and consumers alike.

  • Employee ownership & equity
  • Community wealth creation
  • Intergenerational legacy
Triple Bottom Line
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Planet

Taking care of our crowns means taking care of the earth that sustains us. Natural, clean, and conscious beauty is at the heart of everything we create — embodied in Mother Nature Drip, our proprietary in-house line of health, hair, and hygiene products.

  • Clean & natural ingredients
  • Sustainable sourcing & packaging
  • Conscious commerce
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Profit

Sustainable profit powers our mission. When Afro Alternatives wins financially, our franchise partners, employees, and community stakeholders all share in that prosperity.

  • 65/35 franchise profit split
  • Employee equity & profit sharing
  • Community wealth reinvestment

The Foundation

"Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them."

Genesis 11:6  ·  NKJV

"We are not just building a business. We are building a better world — one coil, one community, one conscious decision at a time."

People · Planet · Profit

Core Values

What we
stand for

Underpromise and over deliver. We exceed customer and employee expectations with fresh digital experiences.

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Understanding

We listen closely to our community — parents, professionals, elders, and youth alike — because your voice shapes every innovation we create. We don't just sell products; we solve problems.

02

Collaboration

We take a deeply collaborative approach to building technology and services, working in direct dialogue with the people we serve through continuous feedback and ongoing partnership.

03

Community Wealth

Rooted in Ubuntu philosophy and intergenerational legacy thinking, we build not for quick exits but for lasting economic empowerment across our communities.

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Excellence

We play a vital role in changing the world for the better. Black excellence is not aspirational for us — it's our operating standard, every single day.

Leadership Team

The people
behind the vision

Damion Nunley
Damion Nunley
Founder & Chief Visionary Officer
Curtisa Taylor-Nunley
Curtisa Taylor-Nunley
Chief Operating Officer
Bryan Cotton
Bryan Cotton
Co-Founder & Director of Technology
Martin Jones
Martin Jones
Advisor & Beauty Supply Store Owner
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Our Global Team

Red Apple Technologies

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Our Team
Our Global Team
Multi-Generation Tech Builders

Our Culture & Ownership

Celebrated.
Not Tolerated.

At Afro Alternatives, you don't just work here. You own it — a genuine stake in its growth, its success, and its legacy. This is a place where every person who walks through our doors is not merely accommodated. They are celebrated.

African Renaissance Monument — Dakar, Senegal

Celebrated for Who You Are

Your culture, your creativity, your perspective, your lived experience — these are not things we tolerate at Afro Alternatives. They are the very things we were built to amplify. You bring something no one else can. We know it. We honor it.

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Own a Piece of the Company

Inspired by Steve Jobs' belief that the best companies are the ones where employees feel it's theirs — we have built equity ownership into the foundation of Afro Alternatives. Our team members hold a real stake in the company's growth and its future.

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Legacy for Our Posterity

"A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children."

Proverbs 13:22

We are not building a startup. We are building an inheritance. Every share held, every option earned, every profit distributed is a brick in a foundation that our children and their children will stand on. This is ownership across generations.

How We Build Owners

Your voice shapes the product.
Your vision shapes the company.

Jobs didn't just give employees a paycheck — he gave them a stake. Before Apple went public, over 80% of the company was employee-owned. That loyalty wasn't purchased. It was earned through shared belief and genuine ownership.

At Afro Alternatives, we operate with that same philosophy. Our employee equity program ensures that the people building this company share in its success — not just through salary, but through ownership that compounds over time.

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Equity Ownership

Employee stock options that vest over time — rewarding long-term commitment with real ownership stakes.

2

Profit Participation

When Afro Alternatives wins, everyone wins. Profit sharing that circulates wealth inside the community we serve.

3

Generational Wealth

Ownership that can be passed down. A legacy built not just for today's team but for our posterity.

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Voice & Mission Alignment

You work for Afro Alternatives first. Your ideas shape our direction. Owners think differently than employees — and we need owners.

"This is not just a job. This is your seat at the table, your name on the deed, your chapter in a story that will outlast all of us."

✨   Join the Family — Build the Legacy