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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!

Feb 24, 2020

Jesse Jones is the FIRST lawyer we’ve had on the show to try and help answer questions for you on why having a lawyer is important, how to best use that lawyer when starting your business and more.  In 2006, he graduated magna cum laude with bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Eastern University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Jesse earned his law degree in 2009 from the Wake Forest University School of Law.

Jesse has been working with the Law firm Forrest Firm here in Raleigh-Durham which is jesse-jones-forest-firmsmy personal firm and why I thought it would be good to have him on and speak with you. Jesse and his firm are well grounded in the startup space and have a developing partnership with American underground a google supported co-working space that you’ve heard me talk about in the past. His areas of focus are Specific start-up counseling, seed, venture capital, and debt financings, mergers and acquisitions, and the negotiation and structuring of a wide range of contracts and transactions. Jesse and I cover;

  • His role at Forest Firms
  • How you find the right lawyer?
  • Some massive missteps you’ve seen others take in business?

Other Business Law Related Questions:

    • The two most important legal steps you should take when starting your business.
    • Why you can’t afford to cut corners with your privacy policy or terms and conditions.
    • What to do when someone copies your content online.
    • Pros and cons for common ways to structure your business.
    • What you should know about starting your business in a different state.
    • Tips for trademarking your brand and copyrighting your content.
 
 
Feb 17, 2020
I’m delighted to interview Mick West, founder of Metabunk.orgContrailscience.com, I first heard of Mick on the Joe Rogan Podcast. Micks’s first claim to fame was as a video game developer, one of the founders of the studio that made the “Tony Hawk Pro Skater” series.   We talk about how we got his start debunking, conspiracy theories, contrails, vaccines and how listeners can get involved in promoting scientific and rational viewpoints. The highlight is his book  Escaping the Rabbit Hole which is a manual for adopting West’s style of engagement.
 
As he tells his own story in the book, even then he was interested in the irrational ideas people spread around the office and online; cashing in his stock options let him take up his “hobby of debunking more seriously.
 
We talk about how we got his start debunking, conspiracy theories, contrails, vaccines and how listeners can get involved in promoting scientific and rational viewpoints. The highlight is his book  Escaping the Rabbit Hole which is a manual for adopting West’s style of engagement.
 

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Feb 3, 2020
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….

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

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