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The Marketplace is a weekly podcast posted every Sunday and hosted by Priest Willis, Sr. The podcast is created with you in mind and talks with a variety of industry leaders in business, education, music, sports, comedy, entrepreneurship and more!

Mar 17, 2019

Sri Sharma is CEO and Co-founder of Increasingly, the AI product bundling technology company.
Previously, Sri founded and sold two digital marketing technology businesses. He has won National Business Awards’ highly commended Entrepreneur of the Year, Sunday Times Tech Track 100 and Deloitte Tech Fast 50. Most recently, he won a Google awarded scholarship to study AI and futuristic technology at NASA.

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Sri and I discuss;

  • How he started online?
  • Past business ventures
  • First "super affiliate" venture turning into a full business
  • Current business ventures
  • What criteria he follows when looking for investment opportunities
  • Steps he takes to find peace when business has challenging times
  • How to create demand for a product that the market doesn’t necessarily know they have a need for
  • and much more!

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Namecheap is a domain name registrar and web hosting company.

Mar 3, 2019
Alfred A. Edmond Jr. is SVP & Executive Editor-at-Large of Black Enterprise, responsible for providing brand, marketing and content leadership as a member of BEs senior management team. Alfred is a widely recognized expert on personal finance, entrepreneurship, mentorship, leadership development and the practical application of faith in daily living. 

He is also known for his A Grown Man Knows content on the values and behaviors of responsible, life- affirming manhood, which has garnered enthusiastic appreciation.

 

Alfred and I discuss:
    • Start in Journalism
    • The beginning of working @ Black Enterprise
    • His First assignment (story)
    • Remembering Reginald F. Lewis
    • The shift in media
    • Black Enterprise stake in events
    • The Grown Zone
    • and much more....

Other Resources:

I Am College Material!: Your Guide to Unlimited College, Career, and Life Success

Deal of the year - Reginald F. Lewis (Black Enterprise article)

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Feb 23, 2019

Minter Dial is a storyteller, filmmaker  (The Last Ring Home trailer below), two-time author and an international professional speaker. Founder of The Myndset Co. and then of the DigitalProof Consultancy, Minter speaks and consults on Branding, New Tech and Digital Transformation, working with major global brands, such as Samsung, Kering and Tencent and more.minter dial

Prior to setting up his own ventures, Minter led a 16-year international career with the L'Oréal Group - including 9 different assignments in France, England, USA and Canada. Among these, Minter was managing director Worldwide of REDKEN, then of the Professional Division for the Canadian subsidiary. In his final position at L'Oreal, he was a member of the Executive Committee worldwide, in charge of eBusiness, Business Development and Education.

Happy to have Minter on to discuss his journey and his latest book, Heartificial Empathy, Putting Heart into Business and Artificial Intelligence which Minter masterfully makes the case for why empathy is not only teachable but a requirement for success in business and in life.

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Feb 16, 2019

Josh Zloof, Co-Founder & CEO of Sudden Coffee is passionate about more than just serving up a great cup of coffee. After launching several businesses that ended in some success and even more failures, Josh knew he needed to find his “why.” This led to him founding Sudden Coffee on the idea of “making one billion people happy.” Today, Sudden Coffee has served over 200,000 cups of their single origin, speciality grade, instant coffee (delivered right to your door). With over $4.2M raised from Sudden Coffee have been featured in the New York Times, Food & Wine, and GQ. 

Josh and I Discuss:

  • Ideas on penetrating the crowded coffee/beverage space
  • How Sudden Coffee is sourced
  • Process of making instant coffee
  • Funding
  • Focus around marketing
  • Distribution
  • Working with coaches and mentors

Use Code: marketplace for 10% off your orderhttps://www.suddencoffee.com/

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Blooom – Your 401k could earn more. Take a minute to link up your 401k to and maximize your investments. For $10/ month, we manage your nest egg so you can enjoy life.

Feb 10, 2019
Dave Anderson is a speaker, entrepreneur and #1 Best Selling author who loves sharing knowledge and helping others on the topic of sales & entrepreneurship. He has been featured in several media outlets including The Breakfast Club, Ebony Magazine, AllHipHop.com and The Philadelphia Enquirer.
 
He enjoys sharing his message and speaks on various topics including relationships and personal development to help people from all walks of life, including young people, transform their own lives. No stranger to hard work and controversy, Dave was the driving force  behind the Rickey Smiley Morning Show reaching national syndication  and helped conceive an early version of Rickey’s Reality show

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Pitch, Close, Upsell, Repeat is the sales blueprint for entrepreneurs everywhere. David Anderson shares his experience teaching you how to prospect with precision, close with confidence, and other sales skills you need to grow your business.
 

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Blooom – Your 401k could earn more. Take a minute to link up your 401k to and maximize your investments. For $10/ month, we manage your nest egg so you can enjoy life.

Feb 2, 2019

I had the chance to sit back down with my friend Damon Brown again and to talk about his new book Bring Your Worth: Level Up Your Creative Power, Value & Service to the World.

We discuss how to create work that brings the respect of the market, the value in your bank account, and the positive influence in the world? Inc. columnist and successful entrepreneur Damon Brown breaks it down in the thoughtful Bring Your Worth: Level Up Your Creative Power, Value & Service to the World. The follow-up to the best-selling series The Bite-Sized Entrepreneur, Bring Your Worth takes the proven methods from Damon’s keynotes and coaching practice and puts them into a strong, focused package perfect for both independents and traditional businesspeople interested in making their best impact in the world.


Check out his trailer below:

 

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Jan 26, 2019

Craig Dubitsky is one of the most creative minds in consumer goods, with a proven track record for finding the white space in competitive markets. He is the "Friendly Founder" of Hello — the “naturally friendly” oral care company whose products are vegan, never tested on animals, and made in the USA.consumer disruption

Prior to Hello, Craig co-founded Eos, a women’s personal care brand known for its ubiquitous lip balm. He also served as SVP of Venture Development at Simon Property Group, leading the initial investment in Method Products — a manufacturer of biodegradable natural cleaning supplies, which was named the 16th “most innovative company in the world” by Fast Company in 2008. Craig himself was named to Advertising Age's Creativity 50 as one of the “Most Influential and Innovative Creative Thinkers and Doers” in 2014.

In this conversation, Craig shares the story of how he founded Hello, and offers advice from his transformative career.

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Blooom – Your 401k could earn more. Take a minute to link up your 401k to and maximize your investments. For $10/ month, we manage your nest egg so you can enjoy life.

Jan 19, 2019

Angela J. Grayson is Principal Member and Founder of Precipice IP, PLLC that is a consultancy and intellectual property law boutique specializing in patent, trademark, copyright, and data law.legal outline

Prior to founding Precipice IP, Anglea was most immediately Associate General Counsel, Intellectual Property and Patent Operations Lead at Walmart Stores, Inc.  Prior to joining Walmart, Angela had previous experience as in-house patent counsel for several Fortune® 100 companies, as well as prior experience in the examining corps for the United States Patent and Trademark Office. 

 

Angela and I discuss;
  • Her journey from Mississippi to Arkansas
  • What attracted her to law
  • Learning the spirit of being and entrepreneur from her family
  • Companies Precipice works with today
  • Difference between trademarks and IP's (Intellectual Property)
  • The patent son Amazon's one-click process
  • Finding the right lawyer
  • And so much more!
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Jan 12, 2019
Kevin is an attorney and the blogger behind Financial Panther, a blog about personal finance, travel hacking, and side hustling using the sharing economy. He paid off $87,000 worth of student loans in just 2.5 years by choosing not to live like a big shot lawyer.side-hustle-stats
 
Kevin is passionate about earning money using the sharing economy and you can see all the ways he makes extra income every month in his side hustle reports
 
 
Kevin and I discuss;
 
  • Steps he took to payoff $87,000 school debt
  • Thoughts on a college degree today
  • Taking a closer look at his finances for ongoing financial freedom and learning from Financial Sam, Dave Ramsey, Money Mustache and others.
  • Keeping humility while working days as a lawyer
  • Side Hustles he stopped
  • Current Side Hustles
  • Making between $1k-$3k renting out his room on Airbnb
  • Investing in a Solo 401K
  • and much more!

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KDP Rocket Easy to use tool to help find bestselling book ideas, profitable niches, rank better in Amazon, & select Kindle keywords. Get your book noticed on Amazon.

Jan 5, 2019
I had the pleasure of talking with someone that I’ve been following for a while, Jenn Herman, from Jenn’s Trends. We discussed ways to get the most out of Instagram with tips, and more.
 
Jenn Herman has a unique perspective on business and success on social media, which earned her the prestige of being on the list of Top 10 Social Media Blogs three years in a row: 2014, 2015, and 2016. She is also the author of The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Instagram and Stop Guessing
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Right now, 65% of the world’s top brands use Instagram and Jenn says the number continues to grow. There are 200 million monthly active users on Instagram, 70% of which log in daily. This is a huge base of people for marketers to reach. No matter who your target audience is, some of them will use the platform. You’ll hear why you can reach people more clearly through Instagram than you can with any other platform.
 
As a marketer, you should aim to create original images for Instagram. There are many different ways to incorporate your products and services into an image to make it look more native and get better engagement.
 
 
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KDP Rocket Easy to use tool to help find bestselling book ideas, profitable niches, rank better in Amazon, & select Kindle keywords. Get your book noticed on Amazon.
 
Other Info:
 
A Brief History of Instagram's First Day (TIME article) 
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