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03Mar 2021 by admin No Comments

Roland Martin: The Legacy of Roland Martin and the Future of Roland Martin Unfiltered

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[vidseo id="20450" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!We explore the life and journey of a great disruptor and innovator, Roland Martin.We explore the life and journey of a great disruptor and innovator, Roland Martin. Martin is the host and managing editor of #RolandMartinUnfiltered, the first daily online show in history focused on news and analysis of politics, entertainment, sports, and culture from an explicitly African American perspective. Over the course of a journalistic career that has seen him interview multiple U.S. presidents to the top athletes and entertainers in Hollywood, Roland S. Martin is a journalist who has always maintained a clear sense of his calling in this world. This is part three of a three part series.CONNECT WITH THE HOSTROB RICHARDSONEntrepreneur & Keynote SpeakerRob Richardson is the host of disruption…

25Feb 2021 by admin No Comments

Roland Martin: The Future of Black Media

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[vidseo id="20395" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!We explore the life and journey of a great disruptor and innovator, Roland Martin.We explore the life and journey of a great disruptor and innovator, Roland Martin. Martin is the host and managing editor of #RolandMartinUnfiltered, the first daily online show in history focused on news and analysis of politics, entertainment, sports, and culture from an explicitly African American perspective. Over the course of a journalistic career that has seen him interview multiple U.S. presidents to the top athletes and entertainers in Hollywood, Roland S. Martin is a journalist who has always maintained a clear sense of his calling in this world. This is part two of a three part series.CONNECT WITH THE HOSTROB RICHARDSONEntrepreneur & Keynote SpeakerRob Richardson is the host of disruption…

24Feb 2021 by admin No Comments

Roland Martin: Why It’s Critical to Define Your Own Path

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[vidseo id="20357" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!We explore the life and journey of a great disruptor and innovator, Roland Martin.Martin is the host and managing editor of #RolandMartinUnfiltered, the first daily online show in history focused on news and analysis of politics, entertainment, sports, and culture from an explicitly African American perspective. Over the course of a journalistic career that has seen him interview multiple U.S. presidents to the top athletes and entertainers in Hollywood, Roland S. Martin is a journalist who has always maintained a clear sense of his calling in this world. This is part one of a three part series. CONNECT WITH THE HOSTROB RICHARDSONEntrepreneur & Keynote SpeakerRob Richardson is the host of disruption Now Podcast and the owner of DN Media Agency, a full-service digital marketing…

27Jan 2021 by admin No Comments

Arlan Hamilton: It’s About Damn Time

Art, Community, Disrupt, Disruption Now, Education, Entrepreneurship, Featured, Politics

[vidseo id="19617" width="560 px" excerpt="61" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!Hamilton built a venture capital. While homeless. Arlan Hamilton is the founder and managing partner of Backstage Capital, a seed investment fund that backs overachieving, underrepresented startup founders. Hamilton built a venture capital fund from the ground up, while homeless. She is the Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, a fund that is dedicated to minimizing funding disparities in tech by investing in high-potential founders who are people of color, women, and/or LGBT. Started from scratch in 2015, Backstage has now raised more than $7 million and invested in more than 130 startup companies led by underestimated founders. In 2018 Arlan co-founded Backstage Studio which launched four accelerator programs for underestimated founders in Detroit, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and London.In this…

07Oct 2020 by admin No Comments

Jewel Burks-Solomon on Google Startups

Disruption Now, Entrepreneurship, Featured, Finance, Technology

[vidseo id="13497" width="100%" excerpt="15" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This! "Get Funded."In this session from the Disruption Now Summit we discuss the best practices and approaches for getting funded as a start-up with Jewel Burks-Solomon. Burks is an advocate for representation and access in the technology industry. As co-founder of Partpic, a startup designed to streamline the purchase of maintenance and repair parts using computer vision, Jewel and her team built groundbreaking technology poised to change the way people everywhere locate products. Partpic raised over $2 million in seed funding from notable investors like AOL co-founder, Steve Case, and Comcast Ventures, and integrated its software into mobile apps/websites of large parts distributors and retailers. Partpic was acquired by Amazon in late 2016 and the technology now powers visual search for replacement…

11Aug 2020 by admin No Comments

Is Black King?

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[vidseo id="13575" width="100%" excerpt="15" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This! "The use of art can be a powerful change agent in this critical moment."Mark Phi hopes through his art he can inspire change and get more African Americans to embrace the power of their heritage. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZQ__8Uwc1bAzvmJ4r_1_pAInstagram: @markphicreations CONNECT WITH THE HOSTRob RichardsonEntrepreneur & Keynote SpeakerRob Richardson is the host of disruption Now Podcast and the owner of DN Media Agency, a full-service digital marketing and research company. He has appeared on MSNBC, America this Week, and is a weekly contributor to Roland Martin Unfiltered.BOOK ROB AS A KEYNOTE SPEAKERMORE WAYS TO WATCH

22Jul 2020 by admin No Comments

Travis Holoway, Disrupting Payday Loans

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[vidseo id="13630" width="100%" excerpt="15" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!"Disrupt the Outflow."Travis Holoway, CEO of SoLo Funds is disrupting the PayDay loan industry while empowering borrowers and new potential investors. Solo Funds is a peer-to-peer lending space that addresses the needs of the unbanked or underbanked. SoLo Funds connects lenders and borrowers for affordable access to loans under $1000. SoLo Funds facilitated $5 million in loans in 2019 and is projected to hit 12 million in 2020. Solo Funds is uniquely positioned to help Americans dealing with the additional pressures of the COVID-19 economy.CONNECT WITH THE HOSTROB RICHARDSONEntrepreneur & Keynote SpeakerRob Richardson is the host of disruption Now Podcast and the owner of DN Media Agency, a full-service digital marketing and research company. He has appeared on MSNBC, America this Week,…

22Jul 2020 by admin No Comments

Prosecution & the pursuit of justice: Marilyn Mosby

Disruption Now, Featured, Politics

[vidseo id="13684" width="100%" excerpt="15" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!"On The Pursuit of Justice."Marilyn Mosby says proof beyond reasonable doubt becomes proof beyond all doubt when seeking justice against officers for violating the law. "The vitriol, the personal and the professional attacks, particularly against black, female prosecutors is unprecedented,” according to Mosby. The individuals making decisions about who’s going to be charged, what they’re going to be charged with, what sentence recommendations they’re going to make — 95% of those prosecutors in this country are white; 79% are white men. As a woman of color, she represents 1% of all elected prosecutors in this country. Mosby's very existence challenges the status quo. Follow Marilyn Mosby CONNECT WITH THE HOSTROB RICHARDSONEntrepreneur & Keynote SpeakerRob Richardson is the host of disruption Now Podcast…

18Jul 2020 by admin No Comments

LISNR Rodney Williams the billion dollar threat.

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[vidseo id="13765" width="100%" excerpt="15" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!"A full-time disruptor." CONNECT WITH THE HOSTRob RichardsonEntrepreneur & Keynote SpeakerRob Richardson is the host of disruption Now Podcast and the owner of DN Media Agency, a full-service digital marketing and research company. He has appeared on MSNBC, America this Week, and is a weekly contributor to Roland Martin Unfiltered.BOOK ROB AS A KEYNOTE SPEAKERMORE WAYS TO WATCH

14Jul 2020 by admin No Comments

How Eric Thomas went from homeless to the First motivational speaker in the world.

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[vidseo id="13776" width="100%" excerpt="15" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!"Envision the life you want." CONNECT WITH THE HOSTRob RichardsonEntrepreneur & Keynote SpeakerRob Richardson is the host of disruption Now Podcast and the owner of DN Media Agency, a full-service digital marketing and research company. He has appeared on MSNBC, America this Week, and is a weekly contributor to Roland Martin Unfiltered.BOOK ROB AS A KEYNOTE SPEAKERMORE WAYS TO WATCH