In this episode of Entrepreneur Head to Head, we put two entrepreneurs from radically different eras face to face: Madam C.J. Walker, America’s first self-made female millionaire, and MrBeast, the modern king of the attention economy.

We break down how Walker built a beauty empire from necessity in early 20th century America overcoming segregation, lack of capital, and systemic barriers while MrBeast engineered virality in the digital age, turning attention into one of the largest independent media businesses in the world.