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26May 2021 by admin No Comments

Nina Turner: Courage and Conviction

[vidseo id="24534" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!"We just have to get out there and really talk to the people and hear their voices."Nina Turner grew up the oldest of seven children to working class parents in Northeast Ohio. Turner has dedicated her life to fighting for the underserved, working class and working poor. In 2020, as national co-chair of Bernie Sanders presidential campaign Nina built support nationwide for progressive policies like the Green New Deal and health care as a human right in the form of Medicare for All. Nina is now running for Congress for Ohio’s 11th Congressional District.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…

19May 2021 by admin No Comments

David Bianchi NFTs And Social Impact

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[vidseo id="24158" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!"He was a maverick. He was a massive disruptor. He was a massive social activist. He was fundamentally fearless and he carried the weight of changing a global culture." Actor, Filmmaker and Poet David Bianchi created the first spoken word NFT. The NFT focused on the continuing injustice of police brutality in America. His piece was sold for over $12,000 and all funds went to the George Floyd Memorial fund. David was interviewed on Forbes regarding his spoken word NFT. 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…

03Mar 2021 by admin No Comments

Roland Martin: The Legacy of Roland Martin and the Future of Roland Martin Unfiltered

Disrupt, Disruption Now, Education, Featured, Featured, Technology

[vidseo id="20450" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!We explore the life and journey of a great disruptor and innovator, Roland Martin.We explore the life and journey of a great disruptor and innovator, Roland Martin. Martin is the host and managing editor of #RolandMartinUnfiltered, the first daily online show in history focused on news and analysis of politics, entertainment, sports, and culture from an explicitly African American perspective. Over the course of a journalistic career that has seen him interview multiple U.S. presidents to the top athletes and entertainers in Hollywood, Roland S. Martin is a journalist who has always maintained a clear sense of his calling in this world. This is part three of a three part series.CONNECT WITH THE HOSTROB RICHARDSONEntrepreneur & Keynote SpeakerRob Richardson is the host of disruption…

13Jan 2021 by admin No Comments

Sherrell Dorsey is Changing the Narrative

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[vidseo id="13149" width="100%" excerpt="15" disable_title="true" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!"Dorsey is disrupting the field of journalism."Dorsey has focused on the black innovation economy, highlighting the data and changing the narrative on who is called a genius or entrepreneur. Dorsey's work has been featured in VICE, The Washington Post, Axios, The Information, and more. Sherrell has been a contributing writer for notable publications like Columbia Journalism Review, Fast Company, Black Enterprise, and others. In 2018, she was named an inspiring woman in tech by CNet. We discuss the launch of her new podcast the Clark Street project dedicated to the original address of the Associated Negro Press at 312 Clark Street Chicago. In this Episode you will learnThe history and impact of black media in techHow to anchor yourself in a post Covid-19…

04Nov 2020 by admin No Comments

On-Air with Special Guest Sevetri Wilson

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[vidseo id="13445" width="100%" excerpt="15" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This! "She Founded 2 Companies!"Sevetri Wilson is the founder of Solid Ground Innovations, LLC (SGI), a strategic communications and management firm with offices in Baton Rouge and New Orleans that she founded in 2009. Sevetri possesses expertise in strategic communications, brand marketing, technology, public affairs and project management. In her role at Resilia , Sevetri sets the vision for the company, builds and manages the team, and leads the company’s execution against its strategy. Additionally, Sevetri provides strategic oversight for client project execution while facilitating new market entry and client cultivation. Her technical strengths include business development, communications strategy, market analytics and trends, advocacy and community outreach, team building and coaching, process analysis and project management. Some of Sevetri’s clientele over the years have included Fortune 100 and 500 companies, small businesses,…

07Oct 2020 by admin No Comments

Jewel Burks-Solomon on Google Startups

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[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…

18Jul 2020 by admin No Comments

LISNR Rodney Williams the billion dollar threat.

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[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.

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[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

11Dec 2019 by admin No Comments

Creating Wakanda with Brian Brackeen

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[vidseo id="17560" width="100%" excerpt="15" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!"Creating A Real Wakanda."Brian Mackeen is creating a real Wakanda by investing in black and brown entrepreneurs all across the country. As a successful founder of an AI company, Kairos, Brian knows what it takes to be a successful start-up while black.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

07Nov 2019 by admin No Comments

Ronne Brown – Unashamed and Unapologetic

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[vidseo id="17654" width="100%" excerpt="15" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!"From Mopping Floors to Making Millions on Instagram."CEO and Founder of GirlCEO© and author of From Mopping Floors to Making Millions on Instagram. Ronne Brown is a branding expert, Ted X speaker, author, mentor, wife, and mother of four. She has made her mark internationally in the online and social media business with her revolutionizing branding techniques. She went from being a statistic to a success story and turned minimum wage income into a seven-figure salary within a few short years. Now, Ronne is equipping women nationwide on how to be the CEO in their business’, lives and homes via her Girl CEO community. Ronne Brown is one of social media's most influential entrepreneurs inspiring and teaching people around the world how to create six-figure incomes,…