I Am Black Success®

Tonya Rapley is a nationally recognized millennial money expert and founder of the award-winning site, My Fab Finance. She was deemed the "New Face of Wealth Building" by Black Enterprise magazine and was selected as a Modern History Maker by TV One. Her mission is to help millennial women break the cycle of living paycheck to paycheck and look fabulous while doing it.

Episode Outline

03:10 What are you most grateful for right now?
 03:30 What got you interested in Finance?
 04:15 What was the back story for putting this brand in place?
 06:25 What MyFabFinance does today?
 08:00 What steps did you take to build your personal brand over the past several years?
 11:25 What have you had to give up to grow up?
 14:00 The biggest misconceptions people have about their credit and finances?
 21:20 What's the best wisdom you'd like to impart to those willing to listen?
 23:20 Why black people struggle with investing for the next generation?
 33:20 What's one action we should take this week to blaze our trail? 

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All Black stories on this podcast are made available for free. Our ask - please listen, subscribe, rate and review our show, as it helps improve our ranking in the various podcast directories and helps other Black entrepreneurs, leaders and professionals find us more easily.  

Please help us by SHARING this podcast with others. We believe that listening to these inspiring stories are going to move other aspiring Black trailblazers to make significant changes that have generational impact for many others, both now and well into the future. 

Blazer Nation, go out today and find a way to rise above, go way beyond and keep blazing your trail.

Join our community at TBPod.com

And connect with Stephen A. Hart: Twitter | LinkedIn 

#BlackExcellence #BlackSuccess #BlackMen #BlackWomen #BlackEntrepreneur #BlackLeader #BlackPodcast

If someone Googled you today, would your LinkedIn help you or hurt you? 

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About I Am Black Success®
I Am Black Success® is a podcast featuring conversations with trailblazing Black leaders, entrepreneurs, creators, and changemakers. With 200+ episodes, the show documents Black stories and explores the strategies, lessons, and tools that fuel excellence, leadership, and legacy.

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Devin Robinson (known to many as Professor Devin) talks with us today about the plight of black-owned businesses and shares why he believes that the knowledge and resources needed to succeed are different for black entrepreneurs than for others.  Devin is a business and economics professor and author of eight self-help books. 

Devin's Episode Outline

02:16 What are you most grateful for right now?
 03:32 What ignited the desire to become an entrepreneur?
 08:00 Talk about Entrepreneurship being the 21st Century Civil Rights Movement
 10:33 What is the biggest barrier to business ownership?
 13:38 What were some challenges and failures along your path and what did you learn from them?
 19:35 Devin shares the 4 steps that any aspiring entrepreneur should take to lay the right foundation for success
 26:19 How do you go about finding the right people to bring into your organizations?
 29:57 What's one thing you wish you'd known before starting your entrepreneurial journey?
 34:25 Share one action our future trailblazers should commit to this week to help them blaze their trail?

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All Black stories on this podcast are made available for free. Our ask - please listen, subscribe, rate and review our show, as it helps improve our ranking in the various podcast directories and helps other Black entrepreneurs, leaders and professionals find us more easily.  

Please help us by SHARING this podcast with others. We believe that listening to these inspiring stories are going to move other aspiring Black trailblazers to make significant changes that have generational impact for many others, both now and well into the future. 

Blazer Nation, go out today and find a way to rise above, go way beyond and keep blazing your trail.

Join our community at TBPod.com

And connect with Stephen A. Hart: Twitter | LinkedIn 

#BlackExcellence #BlackSuccess #BlackMen #BlackWomen #BlackEntrepreneur #BlackLeader #BlackPodcast

If someone Googled you today, would your LinkedIn help you or hurt you? 

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About I Am Black Success®
I Am Black Success® is a podcast featuring conversations with trailblazing Black leaders, entrepreneurs, creators, and changemakers. With 200+ episodes, the show documents Black stories and explores the strategies, lessons, and tools that fuel excellence, leadership, and legacy.

Stay connected:
 Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts
 Watch full episodes on YouTube
Learn more at iamblacksuccess.com 

Wesley Lowery is a Pulitzer Prize–winning national reporter for the Washington Post who covers law enforcement and justice. He was the paper’s lead reporter in Ferguson, Missouri, covering the Black Lives Matter protest movement, and was a member of the team awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for coverage of police shootings. His reporting has previously appeared in the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, and the Wall Street Journal.

Wesley's Episode Outline:

05:06 Did growing up and attending Shaker Heights High School and Ohio University have an impact your decision to become a journalist?
 07:30 Why did you write this book [They Can't Kill Us All]?
 09:10 Why did you accept the request to go to Ferguson?
 12:10 What was it like for you, as a young reporter, trying to simply do your job and report on what had been happening, when those officers arrested you?
 13:40 Did you feel a greater sense of connection to the people in Ferguson and what they'd been experiencing then?
 16:00 What's been your biggest frustrations with the media, as it relates to racial justice movement?
 18:26 As best you can, could you explain why you believe the black lives matter movement was started?
 23:10 What good do you believe has come from this movement so far that might not have otherwise?
 26:30 What should we be doing collectively within not only the black community, but also as a nation, to improve the national reception to the social injustices we are seeing?
 28:00 Thoughts on how the Trump Administration will help or hurt this movement?
 29:42 Do you plan to remain as actively involved in the coming years?

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All Black stories on this podcast are made available for free. Our ask - please listen, subscribe, rate and review our show, as it helps improve our ranking in the various podcast directories and helps other Black entrepreneurs, leaders and professionals find us more easily.  

Please help us by SHARING this podcast with others. We believe that listening to these inspiring stories are going to move other aspiring Black trailblazers to make significant changes that have generational impact for many others, both now and well into the future. 

Blazer Nation, go out today and find a way to rise above, go way beyond and keep blazing your trail.

Join our community at TBPod.com

And connect with Stephen A. Hart: Twitter | LinkedIn 

#BlackExcellence #BlackSuccess #BlackMen #BlackWomen #BlackEntrepreneur #BlackLeader #BlackPodcast

If someone Googled you today, would your LinkedIn help you or hurt you? 

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About I Am Black Success®
I Am Black Success® is a podcast featuring conversations with trailblazing Black leaders, entrepreneurs, creators, and changemakers. With 200+ episodes, the show documents Black stories and explores the strategies, lessons, and tools that fuel excellence, leadership, and legacy.

Stay connected:
 Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts
 Watch full episodes on YouTube
Learn more at iamblacksuccess.com 

Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant is a large carnivore ecologist with the American Museum of Natural History. She is a pioneer among black women who have attained a Ph.D in her field, where she studies the American black bear, African lions in rural Kenya and Tanzania, and grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Dr. Wynn-Grant has attained 3 degrees, including a Masters degree from Yale University and a Ph.D from Columbia University. Don't miss this inspiring story from this extraordinary trailblazer.

Rae's Episode Outline:

02:00 What are you most grateful for?
 03:12 Growing up in California
 03:36 Was becoming a scientist a passion of yours as a kid?
 05:00 Why did you decide on becoming a wildlife biologist?
 08:21 Are you in danger with your work?
 11:34 How much of your time is spent doing actual field work?
 15:43 What's been one of the biggest lessons you've learned?
 17:42 Tell us about an amazing discovery within your research?
 20:45 What are some of the biggest hurdles preventing POC from pursuing careers in science?
 25:10 What would you suggest to young men, women and parents of youth, with an interest in science?
 35:30 What's one action we can all take this week to help us blaze our trail?

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All Black stories on this podcast are made available for free. Our ask - please listen, subscribe, rate and review our show, as it helps improve our ranking in the various podcast directories and helps other Black entrepreneurs, leaders and professionals find us more easily.  

Please help us by SHARING this podcast with others. We believe that listening to these inspiring stories are going to move other aspiring Black trailblazers to make significant changes that have generational impact for many others, both now and well into the future. 

Blazer Nation, go out today and find a way to rise above, go way beyond and keep blazing your trail.

Join our community at TBPod.com

And connect with Stephen A. Hart: Twitter | LinkedIn 

#BlackExcellence #BlackSuccess #BlackMen #BlackWomen #BlackEntrepreneur #BlackLeader #BlackPodcast

If someone Googled you today, would your LinkedIn help you or hurt you? 

Most decision makers search before reaching out, and LinkedIn is often the first result. If your profile is outdated or unclear, you are losing trust and opportunities. Our LinkedIn Profile Optimization rewrites and refreshes your profile with clear positioning, credibility markers, and stronger visuals. Book yours at ExpertsOnLinkedIn.com. Black History Month: $200 off with code BH200.

About I Am Black Success®
I Am Black Success® is a podcast featuring conversations with trailblazing Black leaders, entrepreneurs, creators, and changemakers. With 200+ episodes, the show documents Black stories and explores the strategies, lessons, and tools that fuel excellence, leadership, and legacy.

Stay connected:
 Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts
 Watch full episodes on YouTube
Learn more at iamblacksuccess.com 

Dre Baldwin teaches Mental Toughness, Self-Confidence and Self-Discipline to athletes, entrepreneurs and business professionals. On YouTube since 2006, Dre's content has been viewed overover 39 million times by 120,000 subscribers.

A Penn State alum, Dre coaches, speaks, blogs has a daily podcast, is writing several new books and programs, and still published to YouTube. Dre has appeared on 3 TED stages and written 11 top-selling books.

Dre's Episode Outline:

• What are you most grateful for in your life right now?
• What ignited this path for you and why that niche?
• Is there anything you wish you knew before you began this journey you're on?
• Tell us about a time when you fell short of a goal or objective of yours?
• Tell us what you're most passionate about doing in your day to day?
• How are you using social media today to empower others?
• How can we get started to share what we know?
• What advice would you give to the aspiring trailblazer wanting to rise above?
• How do you make decisions to separate the essential from the non-essentials?
• Five books that inspired Dre most?
• What is your why, what's pushing you?
• What's one action we should commit to this week to blaze our trail?

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All Black stories on this podcast are made available for free. Our ask - please listen, subscribe, rate and review our show, as it helps improve our ranking in the various podcast directories and helps other Black entrepreneurs, leaders and professionals find us more easily.  

Please help us by SHARING this podcast with others. We believe that listening to these inspiring stories are going to move other aspiring Black trailblazers to make significant changes that have generational impact for many others, both now and well into the future. 

Blazer Nation, go out today and find a way to rise above, go way beyond and keep blazing your trail.

Join our community at TBPod.com

And connect with Stephen A. Hart: Twitter | LinkedIn 

#BlackExcellence #BlackSuccess #BlackMen #BlackWomen #BlackEntrepreneur #BlackLeader #BlackPodcast

If someone Googled you today, would your LinkedIn help you or hurt you? 

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About I Am Black Success®
I Am Black Success® is a podcast featuring conversations with trailblazing Black leaders, entrepreneurs, creators, and changemakers. With 200+ episodes, the show documents Black stories and explores the strategies, lessons, and tools that fuel excellence, leadership, and legacy.

Stay connected:
 Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts
 Watch full episodes on YouTube
Learn more at iamblacksuccess.com 

Dr. Tiffany Stewart is national speaker, professional coach and mentor, trained licensed therapist and tenured associate professor of counseling.  She works with individuals, teaching them step-by-step, how to create the life they want and desire.

Her passion is to help individuals who may be stuck in some area of life, to tap into their power and give themselves permission to step into their purpose and create the create life they want to live. 

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All Black stories on this podcast are made available for free. Our ask - please listen, subscribe, rate and review our show, as it helps improve our ranking in the various podcast directories and helps other Black entrepreneurs, leaders and professionals find us more easily.  

Please help us by SHARING this podcast with others. We believe that listening to these inspiring stories are going to move other aspiring Black trailblazers to make significant changes that have generational impact for many others, both now and well into the future. 

Blazer Nation, go out today and find a way to rise above, go way beyond and keep blazing your trail.

Join our community at TBPod.com

And connect with Stephen A. Hart: Twitter | LinkedIn 

#BlackExcellence #BlackSuccess #BlackMen #BlackWomen #BlackEntrepreneur #BlackLeader #BlackPodcast

If someone Googled you today, would your LinkedIn help you or hurt you? 

Most decision makers search before reaching out, and LinkedIn is often the first result. If your profile is outdated or unclear, you are losing trust and opportunities. Our LinkedIn Profile Optimization rewrites and refreshes your profile with clear positioning, credibility markers, and stronger visuals. Book yours at ExpertsOnLinkedIn.com. Black History Month: $200 off with code BH200.

About I Am Black Success®
I Am Black Success® is a podcast featuring conversations with trailblazing Black leaders, entrepreneurs, creators, and changemakers. With 200+ episodes, the show documents Black stories and explores the strategies, lessons, and tools that fuel excellence, leadership, and legacy.

Stay connected:
 Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts
 Watch full episodes on YouTube
Learn more at iamblacksuccess.com 

Cheree Warrick writes business plans and creates financial forecasts for companies seeking funding from banks and angel investors. Cheree’s goal is to help 1,000 companies receive over $1 Billion in financing. She has helped clients from various industries (including dog daycare, restaurant, driving school, and catering company) raise the capital they need for growth. She has also coached or written business plans for close to 100 entrepreneurs.

Cheree’s Episode Outline:

- What are you most grateful for right now?
- What ignited your passion for business and finance?
- What happened in that experience that made you realize there was something more to it?
- What makes your heart sing in this work that you’re doing?
- What are the parts of a solid business plan?
- What are some of the obvious pitfalls that cause business plans to miss their mark and not be funded?

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All our stories on this podcast are made available for free.  Please listen, subscribe, rate and review our show, as it helps improve our ranking in the various podcast directories and helps others find us more easily.  

Please help us by SHARING this podcast with others. We believe that listening to these inspiring stories are going to move other aspiring Black trailblazers to make significant changes that have generational impact for many others, both now and well into the future. 

Blazer Nation, go out today and find a way to rise above, go way beyond and keep blazing your trail.

Join our community at TBPod.com

And connect with Stephen A. Hart: Twitter | LinkedIn 

If someone Googled you today, would your LinkedIn help you or hurt you? 

Most decision makers search before reaching out, and LinkedIn is often the first result. If your profile is outdated or unclear, you are losing trust and opportunities. Our LinkedIn Profile Optimization rewrites and refreshes your profile with clear positioning, credibility markers, and stronger visuals. Book yours at ExpertsOnLinkedIn.com. Black History Month: $200 off with code BH200.

About I Am Black Success®
I Am Black Success® is a podcast featuring conversations with trailblazing Black leaders, entrepreneurs, creators, and changemakers. With 200+ episodes, the show documents Black stories and explores the strategies, lessons, and tools that fuel excellence, leadership, and legacy.

Stay connected:
 Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts
 Watch full episodes on YouTube
Learn more at iamblacksuccess.com 

For over 20 years, Chef Bryce Fluellen has utilized his culinary skills to make a significant impact in the community. As Director of Operations for Magic Johnson Enterprises where he was responsible for the company’s growth in under-served, urban areas all across the country to present day as the first Chef hired by American Heart Association to run Kids/Teens Cook with Heart, a healthy cooking and nutrition program that has positively impacted over 1,000 children and adults throughout Los Angeles County. 

Bryce is also the founder of KIDS AT THE TABLE, a pop-up dinner that engages underserved teens in critical conversation that affects their everyday lives over a delicious wholesome meal. Since late 2015 the dinners have impacted over 300 teens!

Bryce's Episode Outline:

• What ignited the spark for you to become a chef?
• What were some of the lessons you learned from owning your own catering company?
• What's one thing you wish you knew or applied before starting your own business?
• Why is what you're doing fulfilling your passion and purpose as a chef?
• Was health and wellness always important to you?
• What inspired you to author a book?
• What would you tell someone wanting to author a book of their own?
• What's one action our aspiring trailblazers should take to help them blaze their trail this week?

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All our stories on this podcast are made available for free.  Please listen, subscribe, rate and review our show, as it helps improve our ranking in the various podcast directories and helps others find us more easily.  

Please help us by SHARING this podcast with others. We believe that listening to these inspiring stories are going to move other aspiring Black trailblazers to make significant changes that have generational impact for many others, both now and well into the future. 

Blazer Nation, go out today and find a way to rise above, go way beyond and keep blazing your trail.

Join our community at TBPod.com

And connect with Stephen A. Hart: Twitter | LinkedIn 

If someone Googled you today, would your LinkedIn help you or hurt you? 

Most decision makers search before reaching out, and LinkedIn is often the first result. If your profile is outdated or unclear, you are losing trust and opportunities. Our LinkedIn Profile Optimization rewrites and refreshes your profile with clear positioning, credibility markers, and stronger visuals. Book yours at ExpertsOnLinkedIn.com. Black History Month: $200 off with code BH200.

About I Am Black Success®
I Am Black Success® is a podcast featuring conversations with trailblazing Black leaders, entrepreneurs, creators, and changemakers. With 200+ episodes, the show documents Black stories and explores the strategies, lessons, and tools that fuel excellence, leadership, and legacy.

Stay connected:
 Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts
 Watch full episodes on YouTube
Learn more at iamblacksuccess.com 

Grace Tartaglia was one of Canada's beauty gurus, with a regular presence in millions of homes through her longstanding guest expert position on City TVs City Line. Grace was known for her ability to create a women's best self by allowing her natural beauty to shine through.

Grace was nominated for numerous prestigious awards within her profession, and she was honored as a spokes person for the Princess Margaret hospital #NoHairSelfie campaign that raised the largest amount ever for one haircut totaling $740,000!

UPDATE: It is with great sadness and heavy hearts, that the family of Grace Natalie Tartaglia must announce that on Thursday, November 22, 2018, Grace lost her fight after a long and courageous battle with cancer.
https://covenantfuneralhomes.com/tribute/details/19/Grace-Cargill-Tartaglia/obituary.html


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All our stories on this podcast are made available for free.  Please listen, subscribe, rate and review our show, as it helps improve our ranking in the various podcast directories and helps others find us more easily.  

Please help us by SHARING this podcast with others. We believe that listening to these inspiring stories are going to move other aspiring Black trailblazers to make significant changes that have generational impact for many others, both now and well into the future. 

Blazer Nation, go out today and find a way to rise above, go way beyond and keep blazing your trail.

Join our community at TBPod.com

And connect with Stephen A. Hart: Twitter | LinkedIn 

If someone Googled you today, would your LinkedIn help you or hurt you? 

Most decision makers search before reaching out, and LinkedIn is often the first result. If your profile is outdated or unclear, you are losing trust and opportunities. Our LinkedIn Profile Optimization rewrites and refreshes your profile with clear positioning, credibility markers, and stronger visuals. Book yours at ExpertsOnLinkedIn.com. Black History Month: $200 off with code BH200.

About I Am Black Success®
I Am Black Success® is a podcast featuring conversations with trailblazing Black leaders, entrepreneurs, creators, and changemakers. With 200+ episodes, the show documents Black stories and explores the strategies, lessons, and tools that fuel excellence, leadership, and legacy.

Stay connected:
 Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts
 Watch full episodes on YouTube
Learn more at iamblacksuccess.com 

Lucinda Cross is a Master Coach, best-selling author, award winning speaker, TV personality, spokesperson and energetic teacher of personal and professional development. Lucinda is the creator and founder of the popular brands Activate!™ and Activate Your Life Today!™ and is the President of Activate WorldWide Inc.  In today's episode we talk about creating and taking action on your vision and goals, using vision boards.

Lucinda's Episode Outline:

• What will it take for us to be able to rebuild, restore and reinvent?
• What is a vision board?
• How will a vision board actually help us achieve our goals?
• What do we need to begin creating a vision board?
• What strategy did you implement this year that helped you achieve your biggest goals?
• What will help us take action, despite that fear standing in our way?
• What tips or wisdom will help us get out of planning mode when the vision board is done, to begin to Activate the results we so badly desire?

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All our stories on this podcast are made available for free.  Please listen, subscribe, rate and review our show, as it helps improve our ranking in the various podcast directories and helps others find us more easily.  

Please help us by SHARING this podcast with others. We believe that listening to these inspiring stories are going to move other aspiring Black trailblazers to make significant changes that have generational impact for many others, both now and well into the future. 

Blazer Nation, go out today and find a way to rise above, go way beyond and keep blazing your trail.

Join our community at TBPod.com

And connect with Stephen A. Hart: Twitter | LinkedIn 

If someone Googled you today, would your LinkedIn help you or hurt you? 

Most decision makers search before reaching out, and LinkedIn is often the first result. If your profile is outdated or unclear, you are losing trust and opportunities. Our LinkedIn Profile Optimization rewrites and refreshes your profile with clear positioning, credibility markers, and stronger visuals. Book yours at ExpertsOnLinkedIn.com. Black History Month: $200 off with code BH200.

About I Am Black Success®
I Am Black Success® is a podcast featuring conversations with trailblazing Black leaders, entrepreneurs, creators, and changemakers. With 200+ episodes, the show documents Black stories and explores the strategies, lessons, and tools that fuel excellence, leadership, and legacy.

Stay connected:
 Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts
 Watch full episodes on YouTube
Learn more at iamblacksuccess.com