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Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/what-happens-when-you-stop-waiting-for-a-seat-at-the-table-
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Today, Carlos Benjamin, Founder of High Profile Lifestyle and The Assembly Global, joins A Black Executive Perspective Podcast for a powerful conversation about Black entrepreneurship, ownership, mindset, and the hidden infrastructure behind culture.
Carlos shares his journey from Selma, Alabama, to New York City, from corporate America to homelessness, from film production to experiential marketing, and from working inside someone else’s system to building his own.
This episode explores faith, fear, personal development, Black founder confidence, experiential marketing, and Carlos’s mission to build an ecosystem for independent professionals who deserve community, opportunity, protection, and support.
What you will learn
• How Carlos transformed setbacks into entrepreneurial clarity
• Why personal development helped him remove self-imposed limits
• How major brand activations depend on unseen cultural labor
• Why independent professionals need infrastructure, not just inspiration
▶︎ In This Episode00:00 Opening, mindset, faith, and vision
01:00 Welcome to A Black Executive Perspective
02:00 The hidden labor behind culture and major brands
06:30 From Selma to self-discovery
17:00 Speaking success into existence
22:00 Fear, faith, and the mindset shift
30:00 Leaving corporate ceilings behind
40:00 New York, film production, and reinvention
46:30 The pivot into experiential marketing
54:30 Building High Profile Lifestyle
58:00 Navigating success as a Black founder
01:02:00 Creating infrastructure for independent professionals
01:06:00 Final message, Tony’s Tidbit, and L.E.S.S.
01:15:00 Closing thoughts
🔗 ResourcesLinks and resources mentioned in this episode:
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subscribe to A Black Executive Perspective podcast onif you like what we're doing and would like to support us, here's some ways you can help us continue the uncomfortable conversations that drive change
This episode was produced by TonyTidbit ™ . Copyright © 2024 A BLACK EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVE LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this podcast may be reproduced without prior written permission. For permissions, email [email protected] .
By TonyTidbit ™Episode Title:
Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/what-happens-when-you-stop-waiting-for-a-seat-at-the-table-
Episode Video Link:
Today, Carlos Benjamin, Founder of High Profile Lifestyle and The Assembly Global, joins A Black Executive Perspective Podcast for a powerful conversation about Black entrepreneurship, ownership, mindset, and the hidden infrastructure behind culture.
Carlos shares his journey from Selma, Alabama, to New York City, from corporate America to homelessness, from film production to experiential marketing, and from working inside someone else’s system to building his own.
This episode explores faith, fear, personal development, Black founder confidence, experiential marketing, and Carlos’s mission to build an ecosystem for independent professionals who deserve community, opportunity, protection, and support.
What you will learn
• How Carlos transformed setbacks into entrepreneurial clarity
• Why personal development helped him remove self-imposed limits
• How major brand activations depend on unseen cultural labor
• Why independent professionals need infrastructure, not just inspiration
▶︎ In This Episode00:00 Opening, mindset, faith, and vision
01:00 Welcome to A Black Executive Perspective
02:00 The hidden labor behind culture and major brands
06:30 From Selma to self-discovery
17:00 Speaking success into existence
22:00 Fear, faith, and the mindset shift
30:00 Leaving corporate ceilings behind
40:00 New York, film production, and reinvention
46:30 The pivot into experiential marketing
54:30 Building High Profile Lifestyle
58:00 Navigating success as a Black founder
01:02:00 Creating infrastructure for independent professionals
01:06:00 Final message, Tony’s Tidbit, and L.E.S.S.
01:15:00 Closing thoughts
🔗 ResourcesLinks and resources mentioned in this episode:
🔔 Listen and SubscribeListen to this episode and subscribe for future updates
subscribe to A Black Executive Perspective podcast onif you like what we're doing and would like to support us, here's some ways you can help us continue the uncomfortable conversations that drive change
This episode was produced by TonyTidbit ™ . Copyright © 2024 A BLACK EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVE LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this podcast may be reproduced without prior written permission. For permissions, email [email protected] .