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03Jan 2022 by cibuilder No Comments

A Higher Calling with Kern Alexander

Disrupt, Disruption Now, Entrepreneurship, Finance

[vidseo id="28349" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!"In the military, you’re taught to do more with less, so within my business model, I pretty much did the same thing."Kern Alexander is a veteran turned business mogul. Learn about his unexpected Cannabis journey and how his passion for helping veterans lead to a multi million dollar business. US Military Veteran Kern Alexander discusses how he founded and scaled The Higher Collection, an Oakland-based cannabis distribution and delivery company. What you will learnWhy must you ignore people who have a fear of taking risks? How to get started in the Cannabis business 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…

04Dec 2021 by admin No Comments

Karim Hutson: Building For The Future

Disrupt, Disruption Now, Entrepreneurship, Finance

[vidseo id="28255" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!"In competitive places, if you don’t really have a passion for something, it’s easy to get outcompeted."As Founder and Managing Member of Genesis Companies, Karim Hutson oversees the firm and its strategic direction. Karim enjoys focusing on forging new partnerships and pushing innovation in our operations and investment approach. Karim’s experience as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs and a private equity investor at General Atlantic Partners, allowed Karim to develop the investment acumen he now devotes to Genesis’ financial strategies.Karim holds several advisory seats in local organizations, including his roles as Trustee of the Randall’s Island Park Alliance and a Member of the Reform Leadership Council for Vera Institute of Justice. Karim earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and…

11Nov 2021 by cibuilder No Comments

CEO Alexys Feaster: Athletes & the Power of Voice

Disrupt, Disruption Now, Entrepreneurship

[vidseo id="28025" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!A former Senior Director of Player Development at the NBA, Feaster focused on helping over 450 NBA players create programs and initiatives to enhance their life skills and leadership development, from financial literacy programs to engage with their communities on a national level. During the 2018 summer off-season, Alexys executed the league’s first-ever voter registration drives, registering over 40 eligible players and incoming rookies during NBA Summer League and the NBA’s Rookie Transition Program. In the past, she’s also worked as the National Regional Surrogate Director for Obama’s reelection campaign, where she led strategy behind some of the biggest names speaking and performing during the campaign trail including JAY-Z, Mariah Carey and Jon Bon Jovi. She was also the mastermind behind the creation of…

21Oct 2021 by admin No Comments

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins: Promise and The Power of Humanization

Disrupt, Disruption Now, Entrepreneurship

[vidseo id="27087" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This! "In order to build something really magical, it requires that you be your best self."Phaedra Eliis Lamkins is the CEO of Promise, a payment technology platform that simplifies how people manage government payments like utilities, child support, parking tickets and more by offering customizable plans and providing digital payment options. The organization has secured funding from a wide array of investors including Roc Nation, Starbucks, Bumble, Kapor Capital, XYZ, First Round, and many more. Promise secured 20 million dollars in its Series A collectively raising 50 million dollars overall which is one of the largest funding rounds for a Black, women-led startup with investors like Kapor Capital, Bronze, First Round, and Y Combinator.Phaedra herself is a rockstar in the world of social justice and…

23Sep 2021 by admin No Comments

Nick Hamilton: Race and Media Narratives

Disrupt, Disruption Now, Entrepreneurship

[vidseo id="26934" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!"You just look at the maturation of people and that’s very inspiring."Nick Hamilton is the founder of Nitecast Media and a single father raising a young autistic son. He is an expert in balancing work and parenting, especially in maintaining a strong bond with your child. Nick founded Nitecast Media during the pandemic and has been in the journalism industry for over 10 years. He has all the tips on how to build your business during the pandemic and staying in touch with current Entertainment demands. Nick's dedication in empowering BIPOC journalists into action gives him the motivation and tools to handle the blockage of being a black entrepreneur in the media industry. Nick Hamilton is a dynamic media personality best known for his work on…

20Sep 2021 by cibuilder No Comments

Disrupting Education with Rebecca Wolfe and Ryan MacDonald

Disrupt, Disruption Now, Education

[vidseo id="26870" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!"It exposed the inequities within our system to everyone and really forced everyone to look at how we're doing school and see the challenges that the model has taken."Ryan MacDonald - He serves as Senior Program Associate on the Student-Centered Learning team at the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). Ryan joined CCSSO in 2015 as part of the now Student-Centered Learning team and Education Data and Information Systems team. As part of the Student-Centered Learning team, he manages the programmatic and technical support to the previous Innovation Lab Network (ILN) and now CCSSO’s Student-Centered Learning Collaborative. He is committed to supporting the implementation and scaling of student-centered learning especially for historically underserved students. He received a B.A. in Politics from the Catholic…

01Aug 2021 by cibuilder No Comments

John Rogers Disrupting Wall Street

Disruption Now, Finance, Technology

[vidseo id="26317" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!"I do believe it’s important to stay within a circle of competence but I should have learned earlier how important it is to diversify around your core values."John W. Rogers, Jr. is the Co-CEO of Ariel Investments, the global value-based asset management firm he founded in 1983. His professional accomplishments extend to the boardroom where he is a member of the board of directors of McDonald’s, NIKE and The New York Times Company. Mr. Rogers has one of the longest track records in the business. His flagship fund, Ariel Fund, is the only mid-cap value fund in the U.S. that dates back to 1986. He has been highlighted alongside legendary investors Warren Buffett, Sir John Templeton and Ben Graham as one of the world’s…

19Jul 2021 by cibuilder No Comments

Yaya Mbaoua – Pan African Technology

Technology

[vidseo id="26077" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!"People still think that these are really impossible tasks that we are attempting to do."Former VP of Sales & Business Development a Med1 Healthcare Group, where Yaya was instrumental in building a solid company footprint in several African and Caribbean countries. Prior to Med1, he worked as VP of Product at Rally Health (formerly known as Audax Health). As a relatively early member of the product group, Yaya defined the strategy, definition, execution and optimization of the wellness platform for major payers. Yaya also held the Director of Product role at IAC Advertising, where he helped build, launch and roll out a revolutionary direct navigation service for ISPs in 10 countries. Prior to IAC, Yaya held product management roles at Jumptap and AOL with…

07Jul 2021 by cibuilder No Comments

MAC Conwell: A Rarebreed

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[vidseo id="25868" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!"Being able to give those founders the opportunity to create amazing companies when everyone else says no."RareBreed Ventures is a pre-seed fund that invests in exceptional founders outside of large tech ecosystems, earlier than everyone else. Unlike other pre-seed funds, RareBreed takes a concentrated portfolio approach by writing checks of up to $250K as the first or one of the first investors. McKeever "Mac" Conwell II is the founder and managing partner of RareBreed Ventures. We speak with Mac about the path that led him from founder to Venture Captial. Mac is a former software engineer and a two-time founder. One of Mac's companies failed, the other went on to a successful exit. What you will learn Why it's important to lead from conviction…

30Jun 2021 by cibuilder No Comments

Clarence Wooten

Technology

[vidseo id="25765" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!"Success for me is having the complexion of tech change, so there are more black and brown CEOs because I think diversity starts at the top and it starts from the onset."Clarence Wooten is a Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur with a track record of success spanning back to 1999 when his debut Internet startup, ImageCafe.com, was acquired for $23 million by Network Solutions (Nasdaq: NSOL) just 7-months after it launched. Wooten has now started Revitalize Ventures Studio whose mission is to change the complexion of tech by building breakout software startups with black founders and diverse teams. Learn moreCONNECT 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…