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22Jul 2020 by admin No Comments

Equity and AI Delusions

[vidseo id="13696" width="100%" excerpt="15" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!"Tech Companies and their role on inclusion."Will Hayes CEO of Lucidworks is working to create a more engaging world in the digital space. As a black founder, Will Hayes believes Tech Companies don’t need to focus on being inclusive because of some social responsibility, they should do because it’s good economics. Will joined Lucidworks in 2013 as our Chief Product Officer and was appointed CEO in 2014. He has over 15 years of product, marketing, and business development experience. Prior to Lucidworks, he was head of technical business development for Splunk, where he was responsible for defining the company’s market category and key product feature sets. He created and led the company’s global partner program, building an ecosystem of consultants, developers, resellers,…

22Jul 2020 by admin No Comments

Come As You Are, Change the Game

Community, Disrupt, Disruption Now, Entrepreneurship

[vidseo id="13708" width="100%" excerpt="15" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!"Come As You Are, Change The Game."Phylicia Fant is the Co-head of Urban at Columbia Records. “You have to honor who you are and show up in that space,” said Fant. “To thrive and survive, you have to be comfortable with you. Be okay with celebrating your uniqueness. That’s your superpower.” As a music executive, the Spelman College graduate has conceived and executed campaigns for a myriad of multi-platinum, award-winning artists including Drake’s OVO Sound, Prince, Jason Derulo, Swizz Beatz, Common, Andra Day, Amy Winehouse, Raphael Saadiq, Kid Cudi, and Lil Nas X to name a few. Fant is also known also creating opportunities for others to succeed. Whenever Fant meets a new artist for the first time, she always asks about…

22Jul 2020 by admin No Comments

Theo Dumont, Seeking Representation in Hollywood

Disrupt, Disruption Now, Entrepreneurship

[vidseo id="13720" width="100%" excerpt="15" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!"Hollywood, Baby."Theo Dumont is the co-founder and co-director of the Oscar-Qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival, Hollywood Comedy Festival and co-founder of the Mammoth Film Festival. At Alta Global Media, Dumont spearheads media relations, publicity and strategic marketing communications campaigns for entertainment industry clients. Dumont’s clients include Spike Lee, The Netflix Original Series She’s Gotta Have It, BlacKkKlansman for Focus Features, Actor/Director Roger Guenveur Smith and many others. Follow Theo on Instagram @iamtheodumont CONNECT WITH THE HOSTROB RICHARDSONEntrepreneur & Keynote SpeakerRob Richardson is the host of disruption Now Podcast and the owner of DN Media Agency, a full-service digital marketing and research company. He has appeared on MSNBC, America this Week, and is a weekly contributor to Roland Martin Unfiltered.BOOK ROB AS A KEYNOTE…

22Jul 2020 by admin No Comments

Rabbi Barr: Racism and Anti-semitism

Disruption Now, Leadership

[vidseo id="13731" width="100%" excerpt="15" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!"DeSean Jackson’s Hitler moment."DeSean Jackson’s Hitler moment—and Nick Cannon's anti-Semitic comments —showed that Black Americans’ experience of racism doesn’t automatically immunize us toward other forms of hate. Many African Americans online went to defend Cannon and Deshwn Jackson. Deshawn and Nick have both gone on to apologize. My conversation with Rabbi Barr of Beth Adam explores the complicated relationship between Jewish and African Americans and how we can learn and grow together from this moment.CONNECT WITH THE HOSTROB RICHARDSONEntrepreneur & Keynote SpeakerRob Richardson is the host of disruption Now Podcast and the owner of DN Media Agency, a full-service digital marketing and research company. He has appeared on MSNBC, America this Week, and is a weekly contributor to Roland Martin Unfiltered.BOOK ROB…

21Jul 2020 by admin No Comments

Shawn Wooden: Changing the narrative & Playing the Long Game.

Disruption Now, Entrepreneurship

[vidseo id="13743" width="100%" excerpt="15" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!"Changing the Narrative and Playing the Long Game."Shawn is an athlete but that does not define him. Wooden had a nine-year career in the NFL as a safety with the Miami Dolphins and the Chicago Bears, but he is trained as an engineer and now is a financial advisor. Wooden was also the class representative for the NFL class-action concussion lawsuit. Learn how he became successful by using athletics as a pathway to greater opportunities. Learn how you can play the long game and win in this moment.CONNECT WITH THE HOSTROB RICHARDSONEntrepreneur & Keynote SpeakerRob Richardson is the host of disruption Now Podcast and the owner of DN Media Agency, a full-service digital marketing and research company. He has appeared on MSNBC,…

21Jul 2020 by admin No Comments

COVID-19 is the symptom the virus is our system.

Community, Disrupt, Disruption Now, Politics

[vidseo id="13754" width="100%" excerpt="15" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!"COVID-19 is the symptom. The virus is our system."Tyrel Ventura and Ameisha Cross discuss the failure of the American system in response to COVID-19. In this episode we discussThe US pattern of failures in response to crisesHow does this keep happening? Corruption, stupidity, or both?What will the new normal be?CONNECT WITH THE HOSTROB RICHARDSONEntrepreneur & Keynote SpeakerRob Richardson is the host of disruption Now Podcast and the owner of DN Media Agency, a full-service digital marketing and research company. He has appeared on MSNBC, America this Week, and is a weekly contributor to Roland Martin Unfiltered.BOOK ROB AS A KEYNOTE SPEAKERMORE WAYS TO WATCH

19Jul 2020 by admin No Comments

Bennet Allen: The Future of Labor

Disrupt, Disruption Now, Politics

HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This! This was taped three years ago but with all the talk of "essential workers" its time for us to thank them through better pay not just commercials. CONNECT WITH THE HOSTRob RichardsonEntrepreneur & Keynote SpeakerRob Richardson is the host of disruption Now Podcast and the owner of DN Media Agency, a full-service digital marketing and research company. He has appeared on MSNBC, America this Week, and is a weekly contributor to Roland Martin Unfiltered.BOOK ROB AS A KEYNOTE SPEAKERMORE WAYS TO WATCH

18Jul 2020 by admin No Comments

LISNR Rodney Williams the billion dollar threat.

Disrupt, Disruption Now, Featured, Featured, Leadership

[vidseo id="13765" width="100%" excerpt="15" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!"A full-time disruptor." CONNECT WITH THE HOSTRob RichardsonEntrepreneur & Keynote SpeakerRob Richardson is the host of disruption Now Podcast and the owner of DN Media Agency, a full-service digital marketing and research company. He has appeared on MSNBC, America this Week, and is a weekly contributor to Roland Martin Unfiltered.BOOK ROB AS A KEYNOTE SPEAKERMORE WAYS TO WATCH

14Jul 2020 by admin No Comments

How Eric Thomas went from homeless to the First motivational speaker in the world.

Community, Disrupt, Disruption Now, Featured, Featured, Leadership

[vidseo id="13776" width="100%" excerpt="15" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!"Envision the life you want." CONNECT WITH THE HOSTRob RichardsonEntrepreneur & Keynote SpeakerRob Richardson is the host of disruption Now Podcast and the owner of DN Media Agency, a full-service digital marketing and research company. He has appeared on MSNBC, America this Week, and is a weekly contributor to Roland Martin Unfiltered.BOOK ROB AS A KEYNOTE SPEAKERMORE WAYS TO WATCH

14Jul 2020 by admin No Comments

Kaepernick and the Right to Protest

Disruption Now, Politics, Pop Culture

HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!"Take a knee." Colin Kaepernick last played NFL football on January 1, 2017. He was excluded from the NFL despite his talent because he dared to peacefully protest the unjustified killings of African Americans by kneeling during the National anthem. Hypocrites who claim to love the flag forgot what the flag symbolizes or why he was protesting. Now with protests some peacefully, some violent it looks like most of America is saying Kaepernick was right. Even the NFL apologized. Racism is so ingrained in America that some see protesting racism as protesting America.CONNECT WITH THE HOSTRob RichardsonEntrepreneur & Keynote SpeakerRob Richardson is the host of disruption Now Podcast and the owner of DN Media Agency, a full-service digital marketing and research company. He has appeared on…