In this episode, Taylor discusses growing up in Boston, working for the federal government, raising a daughter, balancing family life with his startup, and how Doculingo intends to change how intellgence is gained from analyzing documents.

In this episode, we sit down with Wadnes Castelly, a product marketing professional who breaks down what product marketing actually is and how he broke into the field by skipping class to network his way into an internship with a VP of Marketing — a move that taught him everything about creating your own opportunities. The conversation goes deep on the art and science of product marketing, how product differentiation works in practice, and why mastering the discipline makes you a sharper entrepreneur overall. Wadnes also unpacks Joel Embiid's marketing presence as a masterclass in personal brand before shifting into how he uses ChatGPT prompts to level up his workflow. From there, we dig into his philosophy on growth and accountability — the 12 Week Year principle, the real difference between having a sponsor versus a mentor, why mentorship circles matter, and how something as simple as remembering people's names can set you apart in any room. He closes by sharing the speakers and luminaries who have shaped his thinking the most.

Anderson Douglas is many things. He is a first-generation American, an experienced real estate wholesaler, an entrepreneur, and a currency trader. Listen as he walks through his time at Howard University, becoming an Alpha, and later starting Scale House.

Indyana discusses her entry into the cannabis industry, working as a mediator for the Georgia Supreme Court, working at Yelp, and where she sees the future of recruiting and the tech industry changing with AI.

Khalil discusses how he made it through the pandemic, joining Meta, moving from Oakland to Oklahoma, his entrepreneurial journey, and launching Khalab.

D’Jaris going to a HBCU and how it made her love her blackness, tonality impacting your peoples’ perception, code switching, geechie dialect and culture, reverse code switching, transitioning into DEI from a recruiting background, future of DEI, the gut controlling the recruiting process, the property brothers effect, how hiring managers can be better, salary pay bands, and how to properly negotiate your compensation.

In this interview, Fred discuss how he was able to move from Houston, Texas to San Francisco, California, work at AT&T, he broke into tech, going to IronYard, coding BootCamp, learning from technical interviews, investing in African-based startups, and his wife's supporting his dream.

Dr. Kike discusses what the "African Diaspora" means, transitioning into American culture, American misconceptions of Nigeria, why medical school is so hard, medical doctor burnout, over demand in healthcare, Pandemic and Baby Boomer generations’ aging problem causing strain on healthcare, pandemic spurring faster digitalization in healthcare, importance of microbial, top 3 best and worst foods for gut health, how to leverage multi-vitamins to limit micro vitamin deficiencies, using food as a preventative medicine, founding Wellness Wits, how she avoided thyroid removal surgery by making huge lifestyle changes.

Nick Soman discusses his inspiration for creating Decent, an insurance marketplace platform, compassionate patient care, cybersecurity, United Healthcare Group’s hack, the future of Social Security, and balancing marriage and parenting with his career.

We discussed chop and screwed music, learning business tactics from Jay-Z lyrics, importance of confidence with networking, life experiences giving him high self-awareness, importance of delegation, Tech Fest Live’s vision for empowering Black and Brown children into technology space, switching his non-profits strategy to the Covid pandemic, using Clubhouse during the pandemic, treating event planning as a music album release, Magna Carter and Samsung partnership key learnings, importance of parents’ in children’s future aspirations, changing the connotation around bing a nerd.