Entrepreneurship – Page 4

18Feb 2021 by admin No Comments

Chris Powell 3-Part Series

Disruption Now, Entrepreneurship, Leadership

[vidseo id="20143" width="560 px" excerpt="60" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!Watch Part 2 & 3![vidseo id="25628" ][vidseo id="25629" ]"You've got to be committed."Christopher “Chris” Powell is the Chief Executive Officer for Talmetrix (formerly BlackbookHR), a software company, that develops products to help organizations connect talent and workforce insights to business outcomes.Prior to joining Talmetrix, Chris was the Chief Human Resources Officer for Scripps Networks Interactive, a global media, and digital company. In that role, Chris had responsibility and oversight for Scripps’ HR and diversity functions.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…

27Jan 2021 by admin No Comments

Arlan Hamilton: It’s About Damn Time

Art, Community, Disrupt, Disruption Now, Education, Entrepreneurship, Featured, Politics

[vidseo id="19617" width="560 px" excerpt="61" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!Hamilton built a venture capital. While homeless. Arlan Hamilton is the founder and managing partner of Backstage Capital, a seed investment fund that backs overachieving, underrepresented startup founders. Hamilton built a venture capital fund from the ground up, while homeless. She is the Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, a fund that is dedicated to minimizing funding disparities in tech by investing in high-potential founders who are people of color, women, and/or LGBT. Started from scratch in 2015, Backstage has now raised more than $7 million and invested in more than 130 startup companies led by underestimated founders. In 2018 Arlan co-founded Backstage Studio which launched four accelerator programs for underestimated founders in Detroit, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and London.In this…

30Dec 2020 by admin No Comments

Securing Your Legacy

Disrupt, Disruption Now, Entrepreneurship, Leadership

[vidseo id="13182" width="100%" excerpt="15" disable_title="true" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!"Legacy is Forever."Planning to fail is failure when it comes to your finances. Start the year off right with your finances. Special guests Michael Dean and Tunde Ogunlana of Axial Family Advisors.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

16Dec 2020 by admin No Comments

Opportunities and Risks of Black Entrepreneurship

Disruption Now, Entrepreneurship, Leadership

[vidseo id="13267" width="100%" excerpt="15" disable_title="true" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This! "The entrepreneurship journey is different for everyone."What do the pitfalls and successes look like for black entrepreneurs in America? This was recorded as part of the black entrepreneurship week in Ohio.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

11Nov 2020 by admin No Comments

How To Get Funded in a Post-COVID Economy

Disrupt, Disruption Now, Entrepreneurship, Finance

[vidseo id="13361" width="100%" excerpt="15" disable_title="true" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This! "Times are Tough. They don't have to be."The opening session at the Disruption Now Summit with corporate leaders and entrepreneurs. From survey results, gathered from entrepreneurs we will explore the common questions, pitfalls, and struggles for entrepreneurs seeking access to capital. 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

07Oct 2020 by admin No Comments

Jewel Burks-Solomon on Google Startups

Disruption Now, Entrepreneurship, Featured, Featured, Finance, Technology

[vidseo id="13497" width="100%" excerpt="15" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This! "Get Funded."In this session from the Disruption Now Summit we discuss the best practices and approaches for getting funded as a start-up with Jewel Burks-Solomon. Burks is an advocate for representation and access in the technology industry. As co-founder of Partpic, a startup designed to streamline the purchase of maintenance and repair parts using computer vision, Jewel and her team built groundbreaking technology poised to change the way people everywhere locate products. Partpic raised over $2 million in seed funding from notable investors like AOL co-founder, Steve Case, and Comcast Ventures, and integrated its software into mobile apps/websites of large parts distributors and retailers. Partpic was acquired by Amazon in late 2016 and the technology now powers visual search for replacement…

23Sep 2020 by admin No Comments

Max Tuchman CEO Caribu

Disruption Now, Entrepreneurship

[vidseo id="13527" width="100%" excerpt="15" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This! "Maxeme Tuchman is the CEO + Co-Founder of Caribu, an interactive video-calling platform that allows parents and grandparents to read and draw with children when they’re not in the same location."Caribu made Fast Company’s list of World-Changing Ideas for 2019, was named one of the ‘Top Ten EdTech Companies to Watch’ in Forbes, and became one of the most innovative startups in the world by winning the 1776 Global Challenge Cup. Max has been the winner or finalist in 30+ pitch competitions, is the 59th Latina in the US to raise over $1M in venture funding and the first Latina to raise $1M in Equity Crowdfunding, and was recently named as one of INC Magazine’s top 100 Female Founders for 2019.…

22Jul 2020 by admin No Comments

Travis Holoway, Disrupting Payday Loans

Disrupt, Disruption Now, Entrepreneurship, Featured

[vidseo id="13630" width="100%" excerpt="15" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!"Disrupt the Outflow."Travis Holoway, CEO of SoLo Funds is disrupting the PayDay loan industry while empowering borrowers and new potential investors. Solo Funds is a peer-to-peer lending space that addresses the needs of the unbanked or underbanked. SoLo Funds connects lenders and borrowers for affordable access to loans under $1000. SoLo Funds facilitated $5 million in loans in 2019 and is projected to hit 12 million in 2020. Solo Funds is uniquely positioned to help Americans dealing with the additional pressures of the COVID-19 economy.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,…

22Jul 2020 by admin No Comments

COVID-19 Economic Interruptions and Insurance

Disruption Now, Entrepreneurship, Leadership

[vidseo id="13641" width="100%" excerpt="15" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!"COVID-19 Economic Interruptions."Rick Ellsley is a Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer and Former President of the Broward County Trial Lawyers Association. Your business may already have insurance to shield it from some of the financial losses of COVID-19. Business interruption coverage a/k/a business income loss coverage is fairly standard in Business Owners Policies and Commercial Property Policies. Most small businesses do not even realize that they have it and most insurance companies don't want you to know. Learn how you may be able to recover income due to COVID-19. 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…

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…