🎙️ Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges: Nikoa Milton Gulstone's Mission to Close the Racial Wealth Gap

In this powerful and deeply personal episode, Nikoa Milton Gulstone, founder of Level, shares her extraordinary journey of creating an angel investing community focused on closing the racial wealth gap. Through vulnerable stories about launching her business during COVID while her father was one of the first confirmed cases, fighting for his life against medical discrimination, and managing four children including a four-month-old baby while sheltering with her ex-husband, Nikoa demonstrates incredible resilience and purpose. She reveals how Level's unique model brings together 50% Black women and 50% non-Black women to invest in Black women-owned businesses, while also expanding into real estate investing and political advocacy. From overcoming depression and ADHD through structured routines to building a community that has funded 19 Black women entrepreneurs, Nikoa's story is a testament to the power of relationships, advocacy, and unwavering determination.

✨ Key Insights You'll Learn:

• Level's innovative model: 50% Black and 50% non-Black women working together to close racial wealth gaps

• Using platforms like Pigeon Loans to enable non-accredited investors to participate in funding

• The power of relationships in accessing capital and life-saving healthcare advocacy

• Launching a business during peak COVID while managing personal family crises

• Fighting medical discrimination through persistent advocacy and community networks

• Building revenue through courses, events, and services rather than traditional management fees

• Expanding from angel investing into real estate and political candidate support

• Managing depression, anxiety, and ADHD through structured routines and brain dumps

• The importance of vulnerability and authenticity in leadership

• Creating pro bono support systems for funded entrepreneurs through community expertise

🌟 Nikoa's Leadership Highlights:

• Founder of Level, angel investing community focused on Black women entrepreneurs

• Invested in 19 Black women-owned businesses through 19 funding cycles

• Background in commercial real estate and finance

• Courses expanding into real estate investing and political advocacy

• Corporate partnerships with Google, Morgan Stanley, and law firms

• Mother of four children while building multiple businesses

• Advocate for healthcare equity and systematic change

  
  

👉 Don't miss this inspiring conversation about turning personal adversity into fuel for systematic change, building bridges across racial divides, and the critical importance of advocacy in every aspect of life.

🔗 Connect with Nikoa Milton Gulstone:

• LinkedIn: Nikoa Milton Gulstone

• Website: levelleaders.com

• Instagram: @letslevel

• Level Leaders on LinkedIn

  
  

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