Driven Society Podcast

As the founder of My Home Pathway, Castleigh Johnson possesses a burning desire and passion to help communities of color gain access to the opportunity to create wealth through homeownership. With a background in business and finance, Castleigh is an alumnus of both Penn State and NYU. Having worked at companies such as AIG, Ernst & Young, and Goldman Sachs, Castleigh not only understands the rules of the game as it pertains to finance, but he also understands that wealth is a long-term mindset.

In this episode of our Driven Minds Podcast, Castleigh chats with us about the importance of understanding the rules of personal finance, how we might want to go about maximizing our time, and investing in our future through the acquisition and application of knowledge.

In this episode we speak with Paulana Lamonier, the Founder of Black People Will Swim. B.P.W.S is organization dedicated to teaching people of color the valuable life skill of swimming. Travis and Franz discover Paulana's motives for founding such an organization, overcoming inequities and  challenges and her plans to teach black and brown men and women how to swim in 2021 and beyond.

In this episode, we spoke to media & talent relation strategist and author Christina Hammond, about her career and latest book release, Dear Little Black Girl. Christina talks about the purpose and importance of the affirmations for young black girls and designing a legacy her daughter can be proud of.

In this episode TJ Stouder talks to us about his company HOLISTIK Wellness, a CBD Wellness company. He talks about FDA regulations, and his approach to clean product and responsibility to consumers, Tj also touts the opportunity and level playing field available in the CBD industry and his plan to make CBD a household product.

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Brandon N. Gibson is the CEO of Light Rock Holdings LLC. a real estate investment, development, and consulting firm focuses on acquiring undervalued and underutilized assets in NYC and Northern New Jersey. In this episode  Brandon talks the concepts of chasing success, ego and avoiding failure through your purpose. He also discusses the real estate investment landscape and FLUME his latest endeavor providing high speed internet to low income households across NYC.

Mae Abdelrahman is the founder of Nour, a skin care line that seeks to empower minority and marginalized groups to create equity where it does not currently exist, she is also an MBA candidate at Harvard Business School.  In this episode, Mae talks about representation in the skin and beauty vertical as well and the importance of relationships and the access afforded therein .

Sylvia K. Alston is the Founder and CEO of Momentum risk management an insurance brokerage firm that provides consultative risk management advice and insurance products for individuals, businesses and organizations. She is also the host of Sirius XM's NeXt Nation. A show highlighting the new school of burgeoning thought leaders, social business disruptors, tastemakers.

In this episode Sylvia talks about her entry into the risk management industry, Momentum's mandate to promote inclusion in the insurance field. She also touches on keys for entrepreneurs looking to start businesses in the post Co-vid 19 climate and how she became an on air talent with her own show on Sirius XM.

In this episode, Travis and Franz speak with Tazin Khan, founder of the Cyber Collective, a community-centered organization dedicated to educating people on the ways data and privacy impact consumers.  Taz talks about her start and transition from sales to cyber security,  the risk small to mid level business face in a digital marketplace, the difference between privacy and security and creating tech with consumer ethics in mind.

Azeem Khan is the Head of Growth at Aglet. Aglet is a sneaker app that aims to solve sneakerheads’ frustrations of not being able to buy limited and grail-level sneakers by giving them a chance to do so digitally. In this episode, Azeem talks about his professional path from medical student to tech magnate, his formula for career pivoting and recognizing opportunity in the simple things.

On July 26th Driven Society produced it's first ever online virtual marketplace experience with over 20 vendors and 200+ attendees.

We kicked off this experience with an entrepreneur panel discussing everything from brand development to client management with guest speakers Keenan WilliamsCo-Founder & President of Resi, Pauleanna Reid Senior contributor at Forbes, Keenan Beasley Founder & CEO of Supply Factory Brands, and Tatianna Illa Jewlery Designer and Founder of ILLA.