Disruption Now

By Rob RichardsonBusiness Entrepreneurship Education Self-Improvement

Disruption Now episodes

February 05, 2020 EP:59 - Dr. Lawrence Drake on The Myth of Absent Black Fathers
On this episode we sit down with Dr. Lawrence Drake author of Color Him Father. Color Him Father is book about love and loss and what it means to be a black father in America. It disrupts the common narratives that black men aren't committed fathers.
1 hr 14 min
January 29, 2020 EP:58 - Charles 'Mark Phi' Smart
Episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYHoX1hROsk
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50 min
January 22, 2020 EP: 57 - Coach Cass - Developing a Growth Mindset for Relationships
Coach Cass is a professional love and relationship coach for women. Coach Cass is effective because she is open and vulnerable about her own journey. Learn from Coach Cass how to find, keep and nurture a healthy relationship. On this episode we keep it all the way real discussing, sex, money and what it means to have a growth mindset in relationships.
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47 min
December 11, 2019 EP: 56 - Creating Wakanda with Brian Brackeen
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.
42 min
December 04, 2019EP: 55 - Rianka Dorsainvil - How to be Bold, Black and Thrive in Business
Rianka's 3 brands:
Your Greatest Contribution (firm)
2050 TrailBlazers (podcast)
RRD Consulting (speaking/consulting)
Open Letter Questions FP/Identity politics
Don't let someone else insecurity take away your confidence. How to navigate in a world that is still uncomfortable or not accustomed to black and brown leaders.
Hair and dress
Avoiding and overcoming stereotypes. Angry black woman etc
How many people aren’t even aware of the behind-the-scenes discrimination that goes on in the financial service industry which trickles down to the financial planning profession.
Enterpuership Journey
How and why Rianka became an entrepreneur. (shares her story about leaving corporate America.)
Time failed and how you grew.
The mindset of an entrepreneur. Differences between employee entrepreneur.
Social media vs what is below the surface, mental capacity to be an entrepreneur, different validations, rollercoaster.
In a podcast, you state how connecting with your natural market can be a fantastic way to ignite your fire and love your career. What advice do you have for finding your natural market?
Ways you can market yourself to a community that may not have assets to invest right now, but still, find financial literacy valuable. How do you go about that?
How can you be your authentic self and still bring in revenue? Most people especially people of color believe we need to put on a mask to survive.
How being yourself in this profession will positively impact all of the women who come after you
What financial planning looks like in the world of #MeToo, female empowerment among business owners (especially women of color)
Personal/Leadership development
Selecting your team. How do you choose the right team for your business?
Overcoming being the first in your family to succeed? The pressure that puts on business and family?Out of earning your parents. The mental anguish of earning more, survivor's remorse.
The desire to help your community, but you need to take care of yourself first - put your own financial oxygen mask on first.
Overcoming generational mindsets.
The world of Financial Planning & CFPs:
AUM models and younger generations, alternative fee structures.
Why planners should get a CFP.
Educate listeners on the different type of advisors, commission, this is a great profession, there needs to be more of us to help us. Quad-A scholarship, Zahn scholarships, etc. Find your tribe, there is an organization out there for you.
1 hr
November 23, 2019 EP: 54 - Karla Ferguson - Black Art & Activism
Karla Gibson is a black art activist and believes in the power of art to challenge the status quo and tell stories of the marginalized. Karla is the founder of the Yeelen Group is a global private sales firm specialized in the brokerage of Fine Art, and high-value items. Karla describes her journey as one of the few successful black female curators and how others other black and brown girls can leave their imprint on art.
49 min
November 13, 2019 EP: 53 - Derrick Artis - From Modest to Millions
Derrick Artis never expected to be in private equity, but the opportunity transformed his options and trajectory. Most African Americans aren't exposed to private equity or know how to leverage private equity opportunities when they occur. Learn how to turn your skill into a business. He went from being an optometrist making a good living to making millions and never having to work again. Listen to learn how he did it.
33 min
November 07, 2019 EP:52 - Ronne Brown is Unashamed from Mopping floors to Millions on Instagram.
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51 min
November 04, 2019 EP:51 - Lauren Maillian - Author & CEO of LMB Group
Full Episode - https://bit.ly/2PL680w
Lauren Maillian is the Founder and CEO of LMB Group, a strategic marketing and brand advisory company; was a Founding Partner at Gen Y Capital Partners, an early-stage venture firm focused on investments in mobile and consumer-facing technology-enabled companies; and is the author of the instant bestselling business memoir, The Path Redefined: Getting To the Top On Your Own Terms. Lauren’s passion for innovation-through-entrepreneurship and her unique ability to story-tell, brought her talents as an expert onto television as the Master Marketer and co-star of the startup focused docu-series, Quit Your Day Job, on Oxygen (NBCU). At age 19, Lauren co-founded a boutique winery that quickly became an internationally recognized award-winning wine brand, making her the youngest self-made winery owner in the country. She served as the Chief Operating Officer of the company from inception through the brand’s acquisition in 2011.
1 hr 23 min
October 30, 2019 EP:50 - The Great Hack - Big Data is a Danger to Democracy
Ever wonder why everything is free on Facebook, Google, and many other platforms? Nothing is free and if it's free you are not the customer you are the product. How dangerous is big data to democracy? The Great Hack shows there is a steep price for your “free data” and it might be your own freedom.
42 min