StartEdUp Podcast

Jamal weighs in on how to run a school- Good policy or driven by personality.

Kamaka Dias is a native-Hawaiian from Hilo, Hawai’i who gets along with everyone. His motto is “help me, help you” and loves to help out the community. He returned home in 2019 after three years in Peace Corps Madagascar and most recently completed a mission to pay off $50K of student loans in one year (January 6, 2020 -- December 6, 2020). He did it in 11 months! Check out The Race To $50k to learn more about Kamaka and follow him on his next adventure.

There was a lot of hype, and even some fun in last week's stock market. There is a lot of "us vs them" when it comes to hedge fund people & Robinhood. BUT- there will be a HUGE downside for people wanting to jump in & ride the wave. BE CAREFUL.

Laila Mickelwait is on a mission. Having seen countless violations of people's privacy and abuse exploited on video, Mickelwait dove into "who" Pornhub was, and start holding the company accountable for exploiting trafficking and abuse.

From the website: “Traffickinghub is a non-religious, non-partisan effort to hold the largest porn website in the world accountable for enabling and profiting off of the mass sex-trafficking and exploitation of women and minors.”

The campaign is supported by a broad spectrum of over 300 child protection, anti-trafficking and women’s rights organizations, as well as experts and trafficking survivors of all backgrounds.

Learn more at https://traffickinghub.com/

Jamal challenged me to a 3 Day water fast. Here is what happened:

Jamal and i discuss "putting in the work."

Today our guest is Robert L. Wallace who is an internationally known entrepreneur, author, business consultant and keynote speaker. In this episode, Jamal and Don discuss Mr. Wallace's past, how he achieved this "entrepreneur" mindset, the immigrant advantage, and why he pays kids to read books. They also go into his recent campaign to run for the mayor of Baltimore, as well as his current passion to help people achieve more.

From his website:

Growing up in the Baltimore projects amidst poverty and racial segregation, Bob overcame social and economic obstacles through his own rags-to-riches story to become a successful serial entrepreneur. After being groomed by innovative industry leaders like IBM, DuPont and Procter & Gamble, Bob leveraged his experience to establish three companies: BITHGROUP Technologies Inc., a cybersecurity and IT services provider; Bithenergy, Inc., an energy services and technology company; and through Robert Wallace Media which includes RobertWallace.com and EntreTeach Learning Systems LLC.

You can find more information and also his books at:https://www.robertwallace.com/

Rev. Charles R. Harrison is the Senior Pastor of Barnes United Methodist Church and has been in the ministry for 30 years. He is a native of Jeffersonville, Indiana. He graduated from Indiana University, where he earned a degree in Religious Studies and attended Methodist Theological School, where he received his Masters of Divinity.

Rev. Harrison began his career in 1984 at Wiley United Methodist Church in Springfield, Ohio, as a Student Associate Minister. He served as a Student Pastor of Lee Avenue United Methodist Church in Columbus, Ohio in 1985. He became the Pastor of Wiley United Methodist Church in New Castle, Indiana in 1986. In 1993 he became the pastor of Barnes United Methodist Church where he currently serves as the Senior Pastor.

Dr. Harrison is also one of the founder's of "Indy Ten Point Coalition," where they strive to create opportunities in their communities and also create solutions to make Indianapolis a safer place.

You can find more and support the coalition at: https://www.indytenpoint.org/

2021 is off to... a start. But Jamal and I go into why viewing thru the lens on what is going on in Washington is not good for your personal growth.

2020 has been tough, that is for sure. But Jamal and I are concerned that too many people have a mindset of "2021 help is coming," and why that can be a problem.