Ruben Harris is the co-founder and CEO at Career Karma, which bills itself as the easiest way to find a job training program online. Rachelle Olden is Lead at Google’s Tech Equity Collective, which creates energizing paths into tech for Black people. 

Together, they’re launching the Black Genius Academy — a software initiative to demystify fast-growing tech career fields and support Black talent in identifying technical education programs that prepare them to enter the industry with no prior experience required.

On this episode, Ruben and Rachelle speak with AfroTech's Will Lucas about the launch of the initiative.

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Derrick 'Moe' Moore, Clint Gray, and Emmanuel ‘EJ’ Reed are the founders of Slim & Huskey's Pizza Beeria, a fast-casual artisan pizza shop with a love for Hip Hop and R&B culture. The Nashville Based company now boasts restaurants in Antioch, Chattanooga, Memphis, Murfreesboro, TN as well as Atlanta, GA and Sacramento. CA.

On this episode, Clint and Moe talk with AfroTech's Will Lucas about the Italian History of pizza places and how their take on a pizza restaurant instead amplifies Black culture, and how that takes each slice and topping  to another level.

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Marcus Collins is Head of Strategy at Wieden+Kennedy and is a Clinical Marketing Professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan. He previously led iTunes + Nike sport music initiatives at Apple (iTunes Partner Marketing) before running digital strategy for Beyoncé.

On this episode, Marcus speaks with AfroTech's Will Lucas about the power behind what we buy, do, and who we want to be.

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Hailed “The New Einstein” by her fans and named the “Modern Day Hidden Figure” by People Magazine and Newsweek, Olympia LePoint is an award-winning rocket scientist and author.

On this episode, Olympia talks with AfroTech's Will Lucas about the myths of becoming a rocket scientist, why the US is near the bottom of math performance, and the value of a college degree.

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Morgan DeBaun is a serial entrepreneur, executive, and corporate advisor. She’s founder & CEO of Blavity Inc., the leading digital media company for Black culture and millennials.

On this episode, Morgan chats with AfroTech's Will Lucas about the entrance of Threads into the social networking conversation, how generative AI like ChatGPT changes the game for tech-enabled workers, and AfroTech 2023.

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Dr. Tiffany St. Bernard is the CEO and Founder of HairDays, a one-of-a-kind hair intelligence platform providing personalized hair, scalp, and holistic wellness insights.

On this episode, Dr. St. Bernard talks with AfroTech's Will Lucas about how AI has enhanced our ability to maintain healthy hair and scalp wellness, how important timing is when building a startup, and the classic inventors mistake.

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Derrick 'Moe' Moore, Clint Gray, and Emmanuel ‘EJ’ Reed are the founders of Slim & Huskey's Pizza Beeria, a fast-casual artisan pizza shop with a love for Hip Hop and R&B culture. The Nashville Based company now boasts restaurants in Antioch, Chattanooga, Memphis, Murfreesboro, TN as well as Atlanta, GA and Sacramento. CA.

On this episode, Clint and Moe talk with AfroTech's Will Lucas about the Italian History of pizza places and how their take on a pizza restaurant instead amplifies Black culture, and how that takes each slice and topping  to another level.

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Blakk Tatted is founder and CEO at Blakk Smoke, the world's #1 leader in no nicotine, no tobacco hookah products.

On this episode, Blakk talks with AfroTech's Will Lucas about million dollar sales days, how he formulated no nicotine hookah pens, and the difference between having followers vs. having influence.

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Ryan Leslie is a Grammy nominated musician and producer, and founder at SuperPhone which helps creatives and businesses increase engagement, drive revenue, and build better relationships with SMS / MMS marketing.

On this episode, Ryan talks with AfroTech's Will Lucas about the economics of the music industry, why artists are selling their catalogs, and how creatives get wealthy.

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Education has the power to show students a path they’d never considered before. In this episode of Smart Talks with IBM, Malcolm Gladwell and Dr. Laurie Santos take on tech education at HBCUs with Dr. Derrick Warren, associate dean at the Southern University College of Business. They talk about the partnership between IBM SkillsBuild and Southern University to co-create a cybersecurity leadership center for HBCU students and discuss how exposure to first-experiences inspires creativity.

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