Quick Episode Summary

:00 Sponsor highlight - ReCity

:15 Intro!

1:00 Personal Checkin

Jes is trying to sell her car while not getting taken advantage of.

Rob is also in the market for a car and offers to help Jes buy a new car.

3:55 Rob and Jes Introduce Geraud

4:30 Is entrepreneurship just?

Afrotech regional ranking for blacks in tech.

MDC stats on social mobility in Durham and Wake counties

Monopoly study and how the system is rigged.

8:45 Necessity driven entrepreneurs

What makes someone a necessity driven entrepreneur, and what makes them different from other entrepreneurs?

How learned helplessness contributes to the hurdles entrepreneurs face.

Changing from scarcity to abundance mindsets

12:20 Dr. Seligman's studies on learned helplessness

14:44 Sponsor Highlight - Coastal Credit Union

14:45 Finding hope in injustice

Why do you have hope?

16:30 What does The Helius Foundation tangibly do?

10-week cohort model & training

Monthly personal mentorship and business training

19:00 How can we show up?

donate

mentoring

supporting Helius entrepreneurs

21:30 Episode debrief

26:00 Outro

26:30 Next episode preview

Our Guest

Geraud Staton - The Helius Foundation

Thank you to DJ Pdogg and Producer Lo Key for our awesome music throughout the show!

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Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Jes

Capitol Broadcasting Podcast Network

Bryan Stevenson - Just Mercy

MDC on social mobility in North Carolina

Dr. Muktha Jost - Monopoly Study - When the rules are fair, but the game isn't.

Dr. Martin Seligman - Learned Helplessness

Our sponsors:

ReCity Network

Coastal Credit Union

Our hosts:

Jes Averhart, cofounder of Black Wallstreet Homecoming

Rob Shields, executive director of the Recity Network.

Our Producer:

Michael Baylor