Disruption Now

• Nick Hamilton, founder of Nitecast Media, as a guest speaker for your podcast Disruption Now!

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 SIRIUS XM, SB Nation, NBC, AXS.com, Associated Press, and iHeartMedia. With an AA in Journalism and Communications from El Camino College, Nick quickly made a name for himself as a reporter and content creator.

Along with being in the field conducting interviews, filing stories, and exclusive video content, Nick worked to create his own media empire to expand coverage of stories mainstream news platforms refused to cover.

From covering the CFB National Championship, Super Bowl LIII, ESPY Awards to Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards to becoming a member of Pro Football Writers of America and National Association of Black Journalists, Nick Hamilton is a media maven in sports and entertainment.

Changing the narratives of what our kids learn is not only disruptive, but it's a long overdue change.   On top of that, changing the system to adapt to the individual needs of kids is the way to guarantee that future generations can move forward.   Ryan MacDonald and Rebecca Wolfe are working hard to change how things are being done for the better. 

We interviewed John Rogers, Founder, and Co-CEO of Ariel Investments about his journey and his recommendations to close the racial income gap in America. 

What You will learn
-Why long-term investors and corporate leaders should view addressing economic inequality and improving diversity as critical forms of risk management.
-John’s family connection to the Tulsa massacre and how we can close the racial economic gap.
-Why we must change the narrative from Supplier Diversity to Business Diversity
-How John Rodgers beat Michael Jordan in one on one. 
-The playbook for corporate America to expand opportunities for black Americans. 

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Former VP of Sales & Business Development at 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 strong focus on mobile, search and advertising. He spent a few years with Orange North America as a Regional Sales and Carrier Relations Manager for the West Africa region

In this episode you will learn:
- How Blockchain technology is the future fir medical record keeping
- The opportunities for growth and investment in Africa
- How AI is being used to promote better healthcare results

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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 in business 00:17:49
• Why many VCS miss profitable opportunities with founders from nontraditional backgrounds 00:15:17
• Why the culture of Venture must change 00:23:41

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 more https://revitalizeventures.com/the-story

In this Episode you will learn:

• Clarence advises his younger self. 01:44:17
• How you deal with different approaches: entrepreneur and not an investor for overall business. 03:10:05
• The most important essential skill set for a founder to have to become scalable. 07:40:21
• How self-awareness is so important in understanding a business. 09:53:23
• Clarence's mission and success look like for Revitalize Studio five years from now. 11:25:16
• How you balance being a black person and figuring out a way to move your company forward, knowing the systemic challenges. 14:01:20
• What opportunities in this moment at this time and now, how should people of color, black and brown folks, in the tech world should they take in this moment, that’s maybe different from prior moments. 15:52:03
• Opportunities for what we call “Internet 3.0”. 20:31:18
• Who are these three people that Clarence takes advice on in life? 25:11:23
• What Clarence billboard or google ad in the 21st century says. 39:11:23

The barriers for diverse artists are real but so are the opportunities. Learn how to create opportunities outside of traditional models. Fireside Chat from the Art and Equity Summit with artists Mark Phi and Jay Kalagayan.

Jay B. Kalagayan (MeSseD creator, writer and publisher) has been a writer of plays, cartoon strips, reviews, articles, humorous event calendars, promotional materials, fundraising appeals and grants. A Xavier University graduate from Erie, PA, Jay is founder of Know Theatre of Cincinnati, and one of the founders of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival. His major influences are his wife Jan and daughters Meggie and Fi. His comic book influences are works by Warren Ellis, Neil Gaiman, John Ostrander, Mike Baron & Steve Rude, Keith Giffen, Matt Wagner, Matt Fraction and Brian K. Vaughn just to name a few.  

Mark Phi is an international ARTtivist, creator and an ideology rooted in the belief that we all have the ability to create and make an impact on our world.  Mark demonstrates this through Art Philanthropy and Art Wealth Generation.

In this Episode you will learn:

• What do you think new opportunities has been created for emerging artists that may not be able to at least not initially get into the traditional paths of galleries of exhibition at least as you’re just starting off. 00:04:22
• How is your virtual persona so important to really getting you more opportunities, how will you build your virtual persona? 00:09:45
• How you can be intentional about what you are representing and what you’re doing on social media if you’re an artist or entrepreneur or anything. 00:15:15
• How Jay Kalayan, an artist, talks about his experience with MessedComics and how it reflects his authenticity or how he expresses something about himself. 00:23:34

What advice Jay and Mark can give to their younger self or people when they were just starting off or a mistake or view they had wrong about the process of art, knowing all the knowledge now. 00:26:58

Reed has nearly 30 years of experience in the film and TV industry — and over 50 movies under her belt — as an Emmy-winning casting director and producer.  She is behind the breakout movie roles for some of Hollywood's brightest stars, including Halle Berry, Samuel J. Jackson, and Jamie Foxx.  Her credits include School Daze, Poetic Justice, Malcolm X, and 125 episodes of In Living Color. 

In this episode you will learn:

• Learn How Robi decides to become a casting director at the age of 15. 00:2:58
• Learn What are Robi’s advice and what to ignore her younger self. 00:4:24
• Learn How this Pandemic did anything to kind of high clarity of purpose in terms of not only who you hang around but what you’re doing in any way? 00:08:37
• Learn What Robi thinks is the next normal for this moment, specifically with movies and entertainment. 00:10:41
• Learn How Robi sees all these streaming services such as Netflix, Prime, HBO, Disney, etc. could limit opportunities or expand opportunities to tell more stories. 00:12:29
• Learn How Robi advises an actor, who has a core belief but there might be a director that wants to perpetuate a stereotype? As we still kind of fight these narratives. 00:18:56
• Learn How Robi can think about a time when it was a really tough moment, maybe she failed or had a setback but later on ended up being a great opportunity. 00:21:00
• Learn How Robi sees potential to a talent, cast big stars such as Jamie Foxx, how he sees potential. 00:24:47
• Learn Who are the 3 People that have impacted Robi Reed in her life and why. 00:31:54

We believe that black art should mean black equity. Art has always been an effective tool for social change, but black and brown artists haven’t always gotten the equity they deserve. For too long, equity has gone through black and brown artists, but not to them. We seek to disrupt that trend and in doing so disrupt the trend of black and brown wealth creation.  This is a summit for black and brown artists, art collectors and allies to connect, network, expose their art to potential investors. 

Rob Richardson: CEO Of Disruption Now Media 
 Richardson is the host of Disruption Now Podcast and owner of Disruption Now Media an interactive media platform focused on connecting, empowering and funding black and brown artists, entrepreneurs and leaders. 

Karla Ferguson CEO of the Yeelen Group. Yeelen Gallery is an incubator and art space dedicated to the development and promotion of contemporary culture and its contribution to the canon of art history.

Since its inception in 2006, the gallery has produced dynamic exhibitions by emerging and established artists from around the world, with a curatorial aim to reflect and expand our understanding of history,  culture and contemporary society. 

Rico Grant is the CEO of Paloozanoire and Curator of Black & Brown Faces, a guest exhibition featuring artwork by each of ten artists of color. The paintings, mixed media works, drawings and photographs on view explore struggle and uplift by focusing on the facial expressions of people of color during the extremes of 2020. Black & Brown Faces responds to the need for creative expression and dialogue to promote openness, health and wellness in communities of color and in our society.

Gee Horton is a Cincinnati-based self-trained Hyperrealist visual artist who has recently transitioned from a career in the corporate world to focus primarily on making art and building communities. Using graphite and charcoal pencils, Gee's drawings capture a heightened sense of realism, but it is important to note that the Hyperrealist style is only one facet of comprehending his work. Having earned a master’s in social work from the University of Louisville, he often incorporates his education and life experiences into his art to achieve a kind of power that for many triggers' emotional associations. With this in mind, his current work makes a connection between his African roots and their juxtaposition to American attitudes on the social and emotional development of the African American male experience.

In this episode you will learn:
How to scale your work as an artists
What collectors and curators look for from artists
the opportunities for diverse artists and collectors

Noelle Silver is a technical evangelist at heart and enjoys spreading the good news about what it’s like to work in the field of emerging technology.  She is passionate about Mindful Leadership, work-life harmony and empowering people to achieve their potential through technology. She empowers and inspires minorities to be successful in the technology industry and AI through career coaching and workshops. She also specializes in helping brands develop skills for Amazon Alexa. She has spent many years as a trainer, architect, and evangelist for IBM, RedHat, EMC, Amazon and Microsoft. She is now the VP of Digital Technology at NPR.  She has taught thousands of people the value and importance of voice technology, Democratizing AI, and mindful leadership and has delivered keynotes, workshops and conferences around the world.