Our podcast for today is someone who has a vision, motivation, dream, and work which has defied the odds, and I am truly honored to be able to chat with him in this episode. He is a young black entrepreneur who is extremely passionate about fighting for and helping black businesses survive and win. He is no other than Mr. David Cabello, the owner of “Black and Mobile”. It is the country's first Black Owned food delivery service that exclusively partners with Black-Owned restaurants to give them more exposure and customers.

His early days are much like most of the young people in our community, he even says he felt he was dumbed until he is 21. That's because he did not really do well in school, he’s been expelled and has a been a college dropout. He did not have a man model figure growing, since his father was jailed when he was a young boy. So, he pretty much did everything by himself without mentorship from anyone aside from accepting advice and criticism from the elders or people who cares for him. The creation of Black and Mobile started when his twin brother was starting to become interested in black history and culture. They were skipping classes to learn more about it. After some time, they dropped out of college with the vision of helping black businesses in any way they can.

When they got out of college, David started working delivering for Postmates, Uber Eats, and eventually for Caviar where he was making $1,100 for 30 hours of work. That’s when an idea popped that if he’s making this money delivering food on a bicycle, how much more if he owned the company. Partnered with his desire to highlight underrepresented businesses, came Black and Mobile business. Be prepared to blaze your own path as we dive into David’s wisdom and experience about how he bootstrapped his way, how he was able to turn his dream into reality, and what his struggles are and how he overcame them. If you are someone who is looking to dive into the culture and find your own concept and to find your own way and path, this episode is definitely for you. Take heed and take a lot of notes!

Here’s What You Missed

• Why David felt he was dumbed until he’s 21

Knowledge Nuggets

[7:19] The richest people don't go to college.

[11:31] Response to not black-owned business wanting to partner with Black and Mobile: "At this time, we are only focusing on underrepresented businesses that need help. In the future, once we have every black owned restaurant across the country on our platform, and they're able to be represented the right way, then we'll be able to do business with you."

[12:49] I knew money would come. I still know more money's coming. So money is not the motivation. And that's what I want to tell anybody that's watching. If you have a business, do not do it for money. I felt that no one can duplicate what I'm doing because it's coming from the soul.

[20:57] If some are where to start and be successful. And as big as us, I will literally applaud them. It's not like a competition thing, to help black businesses. If you want to go help black people and black businesses and put dollars in our community, please go do that.

[22:46] Vision for the future: "Hiring our people, getting our business on there, going maybe it's a ride share and then funding these other businesses that want to start up, whether it's grocery stores or other restaurants, that way they could start up and, serve as the community."

[24:00] "We need to step up and be the warrior class. You need to step up and defend our people and defend our community. And that's really a hundred percent what motivates. We know that they're fighting every day to keep us down. So I'm going to fight every day to keep us up."

[24:52] You have to believe yourself. No one else is going to care or see your worth until you believe in yourself. Respect, love yourself more and start your business.

[26:35] Don't worry about anybody else in your field.  Worry about what you got going on. And then from there, people will gravitate towards your business and support you more than other services.

Important Reads and Links

Black and Mobile Website:                                      https://www.blackandmobile.com/

Black and Mobile Instagram:                                    https://www.instagram.com/blackandmobile

Black and Mobile Facebook:                                    https://www.facebook.com/theculturedelivered/

Black and Mobile Twitter:                                                         https://twitter.com/BlackandMobile1

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