1 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:06,559 Speaker 1: Welcome to Money Making Conversations. 2 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 2: It's the show that she is the secrets of success 3 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 2: experience firsthand by marketing and Brandon expert Rashan McDonald. 4 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: I will know he's giving me advice on many occasions. 5 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:17,279 Speaker 2: And in case you didn't notice, I'm not broke. You 6 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:21,080 Speaker 2: know he'll be interviewing celebrity CEOs, entrepreneurs and industry decision 7 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 2: make because it's what he likes to do, it's what 8 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 2: he likes to share. Now it's time to hear from 9 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 2: my man, Rashan McDonald money Making Conversations. 10 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:32,520 Speaker 1: Here we go. That's how I get a lot of guests. 11 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 1: Guests are recommended to me. People email me, people call me, 12 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:38,560 Speaker 1: people text me and say we Shaan, I love your show. 13 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:40,800 Speaker 1: This is who you should have on your show. This 14 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: person is a perfect guest. Again, I host this show weekly. 15 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:46,880 Speaker 1: Is my Money Making Conversations masterclass show. The interviews and 16 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 1: information that this show provides. Again, it's for everyone. It's 17 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:53,480 Speaker 1: time to start reading other people's success stories and start 18 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 1: living your own. My guest is on the phone right now. 19 00:00:56,520 --> 00:01:00,320 Speaker 1: She is a speaker, investor, or, what winning entrepreneur. She's 20 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 1: the founder of the Boss Network, a community professional and 21 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: entrepreneurial women. Please welcome to Money Making Conversations Masterclass, Doctor 22 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: Kamika Smith. How you doing, Dtor Smith? 23 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 3: I am doing wonderful. 24 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 1: How are you pretty good? What city are you're based in? 25 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 3: I'm based in Chicago. 26 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: I love that city. Is it still as the climate? 27 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:23,039 Speaker 1: Is it still cold like it used to be. I 28 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:27,279 Speaker 1: was up there from twenty twelve to twenty seventeen, and boy, 29 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: it was cold this time of year. How's the weather? 30 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 4: Yeah? 31 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 3: You know what, I will say, this global warming has 32 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 3: been good because it was seventy degrees today. 33 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 1: So you're kidding me right now? I got clothes right now, 34 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 1: Dtor Smith? I can only wear in Chicago. I would 35 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: walk down the street. I had a mask on at 36 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: a fur I'm gonna tell you true, I had a 37 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 1: fur on, I had boots, and you didn't know if 38 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 1: I was a black man or white man. That's how 39 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 1: I covered I was because at this time of year 40 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: I'm talking about February twenty seventh, I was like in 41 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 1: six degree temperature and you're telling me seventy degree that's 42 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 1: the norm. 43 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 3: That's the norm. But for some reason we've been getting 44 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 3: some extremely warm weather. It was like sixty yesterday, but 45 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 3: then it's gonna snow this week too, so you know 46 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 3: it's in both bipolar city I've ever seen. 47 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 1: But you know the BOSS Network. What is the Boss? 48 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:15,079 Speaker 1: What does BOSS mean? 49 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 3: The BOSS actually is an acronym, so it stands for 50 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 3: bringing out successful sisters. And I launched this organization back 51 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 3: in two thousand and nine. I was a former educator, 52 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 3: which your howe public schools and had a great career 53 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 3: and I got laid off at the height of the recession. 54 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:34,399 Speaker 3: As you know, probably many of your listeners had were 55 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 3: experienced that, and I had always been an entrepreneur, so 56 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:39,639 Speaker 3: you know, for me, it was about, you know, just 57 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:41,399 Speaker 3: kind of stepping out there and seeing what I could 58 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 3: do with my business and just you know, just kind 59 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 3: of seeing how I can go into business full time 60 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,799 Speaker 3: for myself after thinking I was gonna retire from Chicago 61 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 3: public schools. You get to go watch you know, the 62 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 3: old stories, but it didn't happen that way. And yeah, 63 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 3: so I launched a series of events fifteen years ago 64 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 3: for black women because I felt like there was not 65 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 3: a lot of support for us starting businesses. Now, minagin 66 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 3: this was fifteen years ago, so all the things that 67 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 3: you see now, all the support, all the research, all 68 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 3: the funding, all the access, it did not exist. And 69 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 3: so we launched our first series of events in the 70 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 3: summer of two thousand and nine, took advantage of social 71 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 3: media and created a national network. And today we reached 72 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:23,359 Speaker 3: over two hundred thousand women and we have the largest 73 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:26,799 Speaker 3: digital platform, the Boston Worre dot org that helps black 74 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 3: women start businesses in the country. 75 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: Okay, you know, congratulations. First of all, I'm a hype guy. 76 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: What you just said is hype to the next level. 77 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 1: I want to be your you know they said every 78 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 1: great rapper I have a hype person in front of him. 79 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 1: Just go out there and go Here comes doctor Smith, 80 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: Here comes doctor Smith. Two hundred thousand, launch in two 81 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: thousand and nine. Can I be your hype person? Because 82 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: what you just said was incredible information? Incredible information two 83 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 1: hundred thousand, two thousand and nine. But everything starts with 84 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 1: an idea, and it does. So how did that How 85 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 1: did you believe in that idea back in two thousand, 86 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 1: because I know it started before two thousand and nine. 87 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: But you know, you're entrepreneur, you're working a forward our 88 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 1: week job and a lot of people telling you, firl, 89 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:17,599 Speaker 1: come on now, really, who are your exactly? 90 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, well, I'll be honest, I don't. I don't think 91 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,159 Speaker 3: even back then, I was thinking about being a full 92 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 3: time entrepreneur. I was just like trying to, you know, 93 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 3: see how I can make my side hustle work for 94 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 3: me and make some extra money. I had a career, 95 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 3: I went to school, I got a master's degree, you 96 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 3: know at the time. I have a doctorate now. But 97 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 3: you know, my career was what I was focused on. 98 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 3: But you know what we noticed with most Black women, 99 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 3: when they experience lay off or they experience situations where 100 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 3: they're not you know, getting to where they want to 101 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 3: be within their you know, their corporate career, that glass silly. 102 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 3: You know. We we sometimes go the other route, which 103 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 3: is entrepreneurship. And I think I just came in at 104 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 3: the height of that. I think around two thousand and nine, 105 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 3: you know, black women are starting to see themselves as 106 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:59,480 Speaker 3: independent outside of their jobs, and I just came at 107 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 3: a really awesome time. And so I think, you know, 108 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 3: I was, you know, talking to someone the other day 109 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:05,479 Speaker 3: and it was like we literally were one of the 110 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 3: first communities, you know, to do this work. And so 111 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 3: I feel like it just was a perfect time. And 112 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 3: once we start to put the information out there on 113 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,280 Speaker 3: social media and you know, let people know what we 114 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:17,040 Speaker 3: were doing, we were literally listed in Forbes magazine within 115 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 3: six months as one of the top websites for women 116 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 3: in business. And so that type of support and you 117 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 3: know accolades really helped to level us up and really 118 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 3: create a space for ourselves in the marketplace. And so 119 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 3: we just took that and just ran with it. You know, 120 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 3: I was just like, Okay, I'm out at in Forbes. 121 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:36,600 Speaker 3: I got to go hard and make sure that I'm 122 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 3: able to provide quality, you know, things for my community 123 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:43,679 Speaker 3: and bring as many resources and opportunities to black women 124 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:46,599 Speaker 3: as I can. And the support that we've garnered and 125 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 3: the things that we've accomplished over the last fifteen years 126 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 3: has been incredible. 127 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: You know, I'm talking to doctor Kamika Smith, founder of 128 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 1: the Boss Network. Boss Network stands for bringing out successful 129 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 1: sisters to promoting and encourage the small business space and 130 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: professional development of women. Boss Network. Any events you have 131 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,359 Speaker 1: coming up, Well. 132 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:13,040 Speaker 3: We just recently just closed out our Impact Fund grant program, 133 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 3: which this is our third year. We were able back 134 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 3: in twenty twenty two, we launched our own Funds for 135 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:20,720 Speaker 3: Black Women and we were able to raise one point 136 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 3: five million dollars for small businesses and we've since then 137 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 3: invested in sixty black women owned businesses. Our applications just closed, 138 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 3: so we'll be investing in twenty five women this year. 139 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,159 Speaker 3: And so this being our fifteen year anniversary, we have 140 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:35,480 Speaker 3: a lot of things happening this year. We just launched 141 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 3: our first report on Black women called Voices of Strength Report. 142 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 3: We will have an anniversary of event in Atlanta this fall, 143 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:46,920 Speaker 3: and so, you know, just so many different things we're 144 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 3: doing throughout the year to celebrate fifteen years and supporting 145 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 3: black women. So, yeah, a lot of good stuff. Everything 146 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 3: is at the Boston work. 147 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:56,279 Speaker 1: You know, when you're trying to do something positive, there's 148 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:59,719 Speaker 1: always somebody at that attacking, attacking because a lot of 149 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 1: pros that are focusing on uplifting certain communities, like in 150 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 1: this case, you know, women of color, black women are 151 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 1: being under attacked, being sued and uh and so so 152 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 1: will you hear that? Are you mad? Are you? Are you? 153 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 1: Are you go? Get your are your lawyer up? What 154 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 1: is going on? When I hear things like that? I 155 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: want this is not DEI. Right now, I want to 156 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 1: talk to you about d I. I want to talk 157 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 1: about the organization like yours who's designed to uh move 158 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 1: forward the needle for African American women are being challenged 159 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 1: and being called racist programs or programs that are unfair. 160 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 1: Please please expound. 161 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:43,760 Speaker 3: Well, you you asked a really point in question, ra Sean, 162 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 3: You said, do you get mad or do you lawyer up? 163 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 3: You do both, you know, because you know that that's 164 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 3: where we are right now. You know, we've worked so 165 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 3: hard and people are attacking diversity and inclusion, their attacking 166 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 3: affirmative action, and they're using laws that we're meant to 167 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 3: protect us against us, right and so but I'm a 168 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 3: want to so I don't operate out of fear. And so, 169 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 3: you know, me continuing the work that I'm doing, I 170 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 3: make sure that I have my lawyers in place to 171 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 3: make sure that we are covering ourselves. And then I'm 172 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 3: also making sure that I'm I'm educating my community because 173 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 3: the more support that we can garner around the things 174 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 3: that matter to us, the more that we can move 175 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 3: the needle and try to you know, get things to 176 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:23,080 Speaker 3: move forward instead of backwards. And so it's just it's 177 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 3: just where we are right now. I tell you know 178 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 3: a lot of people that you know, from what I've 179 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 3: seen being in business for fifteen years with the Boss 180 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 3: Network and being an entrepreneur for twenty years, there are 181 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 3: cycles right, right, and so there are cycles, especially for 182 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:38,400 Speaker 3: the black community. You know, we don't get anything consistently right. 183 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 3: It's normally you know, at an election time, who's the president, 184 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 3: you know, George Floyd, you know, several unrests, you know, 185 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 3: and so when we see those things happening, we have 186 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:50,320 Speaker 3: to take advantage of the moment, but we have to 187 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 3: also always be prepared to how to survive when those 188 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:57,840 Speaker 3: seasons are not around. And that is what tenacity and 189 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:00,920 Speaker 3: you know, for me, consistently is all about, you know, 190 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:02,840 Speaker 3: because it's not going to always be in our favor. 191 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 3: But when those moments come, we got to you know, 192 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 3: ride that wave and just move forward and keep moving forward. 193 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 1: Now, the Investment in Progress grant program, that's it's still operation. 194 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 3: Correct, absolutely so the yeah. So the Boss Impact Fund 195 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 3: is our fund that we launched, and we launched this 196 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 3: fund to raise ten million dollars over the next five 197 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:26,439 Speaker 3: years to invest in five hundred black women owned businesses, 198 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 3: and under that fund, we launched individual grant programs and 199 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:33,559 Speaker 3: so the Investment Progress Grant is a partnership with Stage 200 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 3: and they are the one of the largest financial accounting 201 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:40,319 Speaker 3: solutions firms that works with small and medium sized businesses. 202 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:42,560 Speaker 3: And so not only with that program are we providing 203 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 3: ten thousand dollars grants to black owned women's businesses, but 204 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:48,680 Speaker 3: we also offer them a full year scholarship to our 205 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 3: Boss Business University, which gets some access to mentoring, coaching, training, 206 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 3: marketing for their business. And so, you know, I really 207 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 3: wanted to make sure that I was giving these women 208 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 3: an opportunities to succeed because, as you know, black women 209 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:04,600 Speaker 3: are starting businesses at are higher rate than any other group. 210 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 3: But most of our businesses are not succeeding because we 211 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 3: don't have the financial support or the access to the 212 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 3: resources that our counterparts have. 213 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:14,679 Speaker 1: Yes, I'm very much aware of that, and that's a 214 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 1: run of the reason I brought you on. You know, 215 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:20,079 Speaker 1: I want people to hear about the Boss Network, a network, 216 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 1: an online entrepreneur network that's one of the leading voices 217 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:26,520 Speaker 1: in the entrepreneurial space for women of color, black women. 218 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:29,440 Speaker 1: And so when how does one register are is there 219 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:32,840 Speaker 1: a registration process, it's a registration process an ongoing thing, 220 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 1: or it's a window for the for the for the 221 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:39,960 Speaker 1: ten thousand dollars twenty five thousand, you have twenty five 222 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:43,120 Speaker 1: women can qualify for the ten thousand dollars grant opportunity. 223 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:48,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, so that particular program just closed on last Friday, Okay, 224 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:51,320 Speaker 3: but we relaunched every single year, and of course we're 225 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:53,920 Speaker 3: always in fundraising, so we're always trying to raise funds. 226 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:55,440 Speaker 3: You can just imagine what the climate that we're in 227 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:58,560 Speaker 3: right now. That is a very difficult task because you know, 228 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 3: you know, some people have taken you know, the bates 229 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:04,960 Speaker 3: or just decided that they don't want to support anymore. 230 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:07,720 Speaker 3: I'll just say that, right because a lot of brands 231 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:10,080 Speaker 3: made a lot of these commitments during you know, George 232 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:12,360 Speaker 3: Floyd about supporting the black community, and a lot of 233 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 3: those funds or support never got to the black community. 234 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:17,760 Speaker 3: So you know, I'm just gonna be honest. But the 235 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:20,679 Speaker 3: reality is, you know, there are people who want to support, 236 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:22,400 Speaker 3: who want to see us win, and so we're always 237 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 3: actively fundraising and trying to garner more support because you know, 238 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 3: even with this particular grant program. We get over almost 239 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 3: twelve thousand applications Rashan for twenty five grant, so the 240 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:39,520 Speaker 3: need is huge. Last year we got eighteen thousand. This 241 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:43,080 Speaker 3: year we get twelve thousand. Yes, and so you know, 242 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 3: we have created some amazing partnerships with Divine nine Black 243 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:49,200 Speaker 3: female sororities to help us to you know, try to 244 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 3: gain more support in and we're just doing everything that 245 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:54,480 Speaker 3: we can, you know. But as far as the Boston Network, 246 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:57,040 Speaker 3: our membership is opened throughout the year so women can 247 00:11:57,160 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 3: join and they can get access to other grants that 248 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:02,960 Speaker 3: we about, other trainees programs. We are like a one 249 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 3: stop shop for entrepreneurs. 250 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:08,840 Speaker 1: Twelve thousand, We'll be right back, you know that for 251 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five women competing for twelve thousand, and it's 252 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:15,800 Speaker 1: just and I'm not downplaying it, but it's ten thousand 253 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 1: dollars and that goes back to banking where you can 254 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 1: go get along. We're gonna talk more about this because 255 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:22,839 Speaker 1: you know, if we're gonna change the system, then we're 256 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:25,600 Speaker 1: gonna become victims of the system. And that's what we're 257 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:29,960 Speaker 1: talking about with doctor Smith. The Boss Network, you listen 258 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:33,319 Speaker 1: to money making conversations Masterclass hosted by Rashan McDonald. 259 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 4: We'll be right back with more money Making Conversations Masterclass 260 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:50,480 Speaker 4: with Rashaan McDonald. Welcome back to the Money Making Conversations 261 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 4: Masterclass hosted by Rashan McDonald. Money Making Conversations Masterclass continues 262 00:12:56,040 --> 00:13:00,839 Speaker 4: online at Moneymakingconversations dot com and follow money Making Conversations 263 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:03,640 Speaker 4: Masterclass on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. 264 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:06,680 Speaker 1: Hi there, welcome back to Money Making Conversations master Class. 265 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:10,640 Speaker 1: You're speaking to listening to Rushan McDonald. I'm the one 266 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 1: speaking and I'm speaking to an interviewing doctor Kamika Smith. 267 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,040 Speaker 1: She founded the Boss Network. The mission of the Boss 268 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 1: Network which stands for bringing out successful sisters to promote 269 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 1: and encourage the small business spirit and career development of 270 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 1: women of color. And when I say that, I'm telling 271 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:31,720 Speaker 1: you on that commercial break, I was mad. I was 272 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:37,080 Speaker 1: mad because you know, the George Floyd came out all 273 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 1: over this world, people making massive donations to HBCUs and people, 274 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:47,199 Speaker 1: you know, people, you know, white people were admitting they're wrong. 275 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:51,080 Speaker 1: The system, the system was broken. And then you fast 276 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 1: forward and I was I could feel a change, Like 277 00:13:55,679 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty two, I could feel that it was changing, 278 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 1: you know, ever, stop whatever you know? You know, and 279 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:07,680 Speaker 1: then now DEI seems to be making a combat, but 280 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:11,480 Speaker 1: it's under attack. I know, states have change the rules. 281 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 1: Can you explain to everybody what DEI is and why 282 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 1: we have to continue to fight for that level of 283 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 1: diversity and inclusion? 284 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:24,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know so, I mean, simply put, de I 285 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 3: is diversity, equity and inclusion, and it's supposed to be 286 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:31,480 Speaker 3: a framework that seeks to support and promote fair treatment 287 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 3: and participation for all people, particularly underrepresented groups, against discrimination 288 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 3: on the basis of identity or disability. And so for me, 289 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 3: when we talk about an attack on de I, you know, 290 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 3: some people try to say, well, you know, we're giving 291 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 3: people who don't qualify or don't deserve certain things just 292 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 3: because of their race, and that's that's definitely not what 293 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 3: it's about. And it has never been that way, right. 294 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 3: It's always been about giving those of us who have 295 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:03,440 Speaker 3: the same qualification as our counterparts the same opportunities. And 296 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:05,440 Speaker 3: that's why it's so important to protect the eye at 297 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 3: all costs. 298 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 1: And that's why it's important for me to allow an 299 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:13,440 Speaker 1: individual like you who's out there fighting to fight. You know, 300 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 1: I'm talking to talk. You know. I try to bring 301 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:18,720 Speaker 1: individuals on money making conversations master class to communicate that 302 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 1: level of consistency. And that's a consistent thing. We're not 303 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:22,720 Speaker 1: trying to get in front of the line. We just 304 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 1: want to be in the line when somebody's looking out 305 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:28,680 Speaker 1: there for to hire somebody. We won't just to be standing 306 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 1: right there because our application allows us to be qualified. 307 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 1: And when I when I see things like you know, 308 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 1: Elon Musk, and then people are attacking HBCUs and saying 309 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 1: that you know, United Airlines created this program and they 310 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 1: it was through HBCUs that they wanted to align themselves 311 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 1: with Boom. Hey, HBCUs aren't qualified. They aren't qualified, you know. 312 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 1: And then you know, then you have people like Mark Cuban, 313 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:56,800 Speaker 1: who used to own the Dallas Mavericks is still part 314 00:15:56,840 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 1: of the he runs the Dallas Maverick. It was talking 315 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 1: about diversity. Echoed inclusion is important. He said, if you 316 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 1: look around any successful company, That's what he said, any 317 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:12,440 Speaker 1: successful company, they're successful because they value the principles of DEI. 318 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:16,520 Speaker 1: And that is absolutely true. You cannot tell if you're 319 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 1: trying to get the best football team, you want the 320 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:23,080 Speaker 1: best players out there no matter what race color they are. 321 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 1: You want to say, if you look at the way 322 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 1: sports is are put together and we did the same 323 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 1: thing in the corporate world, then we will win. But 324 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 1: in that corporate world this tends to be that old 325 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:37,840 Speaker 1: sacred that's what racism really pops his ugly head. Is 326 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 1: there a way we can get around this or you 327 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 1: just said, Rashan, just keep battling, keep waking up, don't 328 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:47,600 Speaker 1: lose the don't lose the grit to to achieve, and 329 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:51,280 Speaker 1: just realize that your brand can be consistently in a 330 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:53,720 Speaker 1: positive place as long as you keep moving forward. Is 331 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 1: that is that the right approach? 332 00:16:56,520 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 3: You know, and you said it can be very it's hardening, 333 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 3: especially for those of us that are on the front line. 334 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:05,160 Speaker 3: You know, we're fighting. You know, we're sitting at these 335 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 3: tables and we're hearing people talk about what they're doing, 336 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:10,920 Speaker 3: but we don't see that same support being garnered for 337 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:13,560 Speaker 3: the work that us in the community are doing. But 338 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:16,520 Speaker 3: you know what I will say is that how we 339 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:19,919 Speaker 3: continue to push forward is by making sure that our 340 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,960 Speaker 3: voice is heard, right like you have done today for Sean, 341 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 3: giving someone like me a platform to talk about it. Right, 342 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 3: We can't just be content with just scrolling on our 343 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:32,439 Speaker 3: phones and looking at the news and saying, oh, well, 344 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 3: poor them, Now it's us. It's not them, that it's 345 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 3: us and it affects us. And so you know, when 346 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:41,960 Speaker 3: election comes around, our vote matters, right, when these things 347 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 3: are getting attacked, our support matters, right. And so you 348 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 3: know I talk about you know, getting you know, eighteen 349 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:51,800 Speaker 3: to twenty thousand applications for twenty five grants. Well, you 350 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:54,919 Speaker 3: know what, that's twenty five women that I've impacted that 351 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 3: would have never had an opportunity to get access to 352 00:17:56,800 --> 00:17:59,440 Speaker 3: a traditional loan or maybe not have access to other 353 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:01,640 Speaker 3: grants that they won't qualify for it because they don't 354 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:04,720 Speaker 3: have the revenue in place, right, But they have a 355 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:06,960 Speaker 3: vision and they have a clear focus on what they 356 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 3: want to do, and we see that, right, And so yeah, 357 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 3: it might be a drop in the bucket. But what 358 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:13,760 Speaker 3: I know about black women is when you invest in 359 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,399 Speaker 3: one black woman, you've invested in the entire community. And 360 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 3: so you know, I still am encouraged to know that. 361 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:21,040 Speaker 3: You know, at the end of this year, I would 362 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 3: have invested in almost one hundred black women owned businesses, 363 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:26,440 Speaker 3: and many people can't say that. So you know, I 364 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:28,879 Speaker 3: just stay encouraged. I keep fighting a good fight. I 365 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:31,439 Speaker 3: keep pushing forward. You know, my mother, she introduced me 366 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:33,880 Speaker 3: to my black history many many years ago and brought 367 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:36,080 Speaker 3: me the Encyclopedia of Black history so that I can 368 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:38,960 Speaker 3: understand where I come from and who I come from. 369 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:40,840 Speaker 3: And so because I know I come from good stock 370 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:43,560 Speaker 3: and we are some resilient people. Nothing we're gonna stop 371 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:45,440 Speaker 3: me from keeping and pushing forward. 372 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 1: Doctor Smith, you fired up right now? Yeah, I love, 373 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:50,680 Speaker 1: I love you. Know you know what I love. You 374 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 1: know you you was over here. You're not saying you 375 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:57,240 Speaker 1: you went unprofessional. I'm not saying that, but ball, I 376 00:18:57,280 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 1: pressed the button somewhere, and you're gonna look look because 377 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 1: you know, because when I hear people out there like you, 378 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:08,479 Speaker 1: are you asking give me money so I can make 379 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:12,040 Speaker 1: this country better. Give me money so I can give 380 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:15,359 Speaker 1: people an opportunity to show their true talent, their true value. 381 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:19,440 Speaker 1: Because when you when you create entrepreneurs, you people who 382 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:21,679 Speaker 1: employ people, people who pay taxes. 383 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:24,600 Speaker 3: Absolutely, we're not asking for a hand out. When you 384 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:28,320 Speaker 3: invest in black businesses, you invest in the country. It's 385 00:19:28,359 --> 00:19:30,600 Speaker 3: good for everybody. It's good for the economy. It's good 386 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 3: for the ecosystem, it's good for our world, right, and 387 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 3: so that that is what we're saying, right and for 388 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:38,000 Speaker 3: those of us that for those that want to keep 389 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 3: us in what I call bondage, because what they know 390 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:44,679 Speaker 3: is that when we have access to ownership, right, we 391 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:46,680 Speaker 3: can own our own, We could be on our own, 392 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:48,679 Speaker 3: and they want us to be dependent. 393 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 1: See when I introduced I said, speaker, say the speaker 394 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 1: part of hers coming out right now? You know? 395 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:57,400 Speaker 3: So I want to hour. 396 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:02,560 Speaker 1: No, this is a blessing because see, because you know, 397 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:05,240 Speaker 1: when I when I interview people like you, you know, 398 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:07,560 Speaker 1: and I interview a lot of people, I'm always trying 399 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:10,439 Speaker 1: to figure out what what what? What's that button that 400 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:13,760 Speaker 1: keeps you going? And what's going is passion and it's 401 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:17,800 Speaker 1: passion with intelligence. Okay, And you're not letting frustration win 402 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:20,159 Speaker 1: because I'm gonna tell you something. I will tell you 403 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:22,640 Speaker 1: I'm black every day in my life if I walk 404 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 1: out the door, you know, worried about the cop stopping me, 405 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:27,679 Speaker 1: worried about getting turned down by a laan, but worried 406 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:30,800 Speaker 1: about somebody somebody not give me the money I deserve. 407 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:34,360 Speaker 1: And guess what then, frustration wins. Now, I know it's 408 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:38,560 Speaker 1: going to happen, but I keep planning for the next opportunity. 409 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:40,800 Speaker 1: And then when I look at the Boss network, I 410 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:43,760 Speaker 1: feel that's the principle of what you guys are based 411 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:45,880 Speaker 1: on planning for the next opportunity. 412 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:50,959 Speaker 3: Correct, we started with not having support, so when you 413 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 3: when you have, and that's how most of us start. 414 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 3: That's why when you give us a little bit of something, 415 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:57,440 Speaker 3: we can make something out of nothing, right, And that 416 00:20:57,440 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 3: that frustrates those that want to keep us in bondage, 417 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:02,640 Speaker 3: right because like you know, oh, we've seen them get 418 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:05,040 Speaker 3: a little bit of opportunity and they're out here. Now 419 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:07,200 Speaker 3: let's be let's be real. We have more millionaires Black 420 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 3: millionaires than we've ever had before because we can do 421 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:11,560 Speaker 3: a whole lot with a little, right, So they don't 422 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:13,640 Speaker 3: want to give us a little right because they don't 423 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:15,440 Speaker 3: want to see us have a lot. But we know 424 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:19,639 Speaker 3: because we always thrive with little, you know, so it 425 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:21,840 Speaker 3: don't phase us. I mean when somebody, you know, when 426 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:23,679 Speaker 3: they weren't giving out PEP loans, it's like, okay, well 427 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 3: I ain't never got a loan. 428 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 1: So it's like, girl, I was sitting know that we're 429 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:31,360 Speaker 1: doing that PPP loan and then realizing that the reality 430 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:35,920 Speaker 1: stars out there buying cars and houses and thriving gent ahead, 431 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 1: how are they getting it? And I need it? I 432 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:41,520 Speaker 1: need I'm the business owner. Than that's they always looking 433 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:44,200 Speaker 1: at every line. Alright, I'm going I feel all the 434 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:46,920 Speaker 1: right people, but I need a lie like the reality star. 435 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:51,440 Speaker 1: But these are the things that make us look bad though, doctor, 436 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:54,960 Speaker 1: Yes it is, you know one of those story go see, 437 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:59,880 Speaker 1: I told youself. Yeah, and then we lumped into all that. 438 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:02,000 Speaker 1: I like to call it black ignorance. 439 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:06,200 Speaker 3: Yes, yes, and that's why my model has been since 440 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:09,560 Speaker 3: they won to operate in a state of excellence. You know, 441 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,680 Speaker 3: people try to tell me what the BOST networks should 442 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:15,160 Speaker 3: be many many times, right, you know, I'm like, hey, 443 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:16,879 Speaker 3: I'm not here to be media takeout. We got enough 444 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:19,879 Speaker 3: of that. I want to be a network that pushes entrepreneurship, 445 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 3: that pushes career development, that pushes you know, personal development, 446 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:26,280 Speaker 3: that pushes ownership. And yeah, it might not be the 447 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 3: most popular conversation online, but guess what, I'm changing lives 448 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:33,480 Speaker 3: and hopefully, you know, changing communities with what we've done. 449 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:35,240 Speaker 3: And so that's all that matters. To me. 450 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:40,720 Speaker 1: You know you know you money Making Conversation Masterclass, That's 451 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:41,480 Speaker 1: name of my show. 452 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:42,960 Speaker 3: I love that. 453 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 1: And just hearing you talk you go with Sean, people 454 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:50,960 Speaker 1: gonna ask you to do it differently, and people always 455 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:52,520 Speaker 1: ask why are you doing this show? 456 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:53,119 Speaker 3: Who? 457 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:55,560 Speaker 1: What's the exciting talking to an entrepreneur, what's the exciting 458 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 1: talking about the small business? What's the talking about a nonprofit? 459 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:02,960 Speaker 1: Because these are the cornerstones of how this country works, 460 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:05,639 Speaker 1: and these are the new stars of our community. This 461 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:08,480 Speaker 1: is not the new stars. Aren't this aren't the steven A. 462 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:12,200 Speaker 1: Smith's of the world, or the or the any the 463 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:16,880 Speaker 1: Lebron James or any actress or Denzel Washington. The stars 464 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 1: are who I'm talking to on this show. The Boss 465 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:26,000 Speaker 1: Network entrepreneurial women who are the fastest growing small business 466 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:29,720 Speaker 1: entrepreneurial space in the world are black women. And the 467 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 1: black women. And if I can give a voice to 468 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:36,639 Speaker 1: somebody like doctor Smith, then I'm gonna keep giving it. 469 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:38,720 Speaker 1: I will I will keep giving it to you. And 470 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 1: I'm so sorry that I just started talking to you 471 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:45,440 Speaker 1: today because we missed opportunities to promote some things that 472 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:48,280 Speaker 1: happened in your life. Your business, said rishon just last week, 473 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:51,320 Speaker 1: we just stopped that program, but that will never happen 474 00:23:51,359 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 1: again on my show. 475 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:55,360 Speaker 3: I appreciate that you're. 476 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:58,160 Speaker 1: Going to be at the forefront of all my conversations. 477 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 1: If you got two hundred thousand ready to hear what 478 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:03,399 Speaker 1: you got to say, well guess what, I got a 479 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:05,560 Speaker 1: platform ready to hear what you got to say. 480 00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:09,400 Speaker 3: Too, awesome, I listen. I appreciate that, yes, because that's 481 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 3: what it's all about. You know, we have to you know, 482 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 3: share knowledge, and you know, the people people want to 483 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:16,800 Speaker 3: say that we're not trying to grow and develop, but 484 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:19,080 Speaker 3: I don't. I don't believe that. You know, we want 485 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:20,800 Speaker 3: to grow, we want to develop, and we want to 486 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:23,560 Speaker 3: be owners and we want to be you know, creating 487 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:26,880 Speaker 3: our own way. And so this conversation that you're doing today, 488 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 3: I was listening to the podcast you had earlier with 489 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:30,919 Speaker 3: the Young Lady, and I was just smiling from it 490 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:32,639 Speaker 3: to ear because that's what it's all about, you know, 491 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:35,679 Speaker 3: us being able to do something, because that's what we 492 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:38,240 Speaker 3: do as black people. We're not doing most things for ourselves. 493 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:40,080 Speaker 3: We're going to always do something to help other people. 494 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:42,960 Speaker 3: That's just how we are built, you know, and hopefully 495 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 3: in the midst of that, we can, you know, take 496 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:47,479 Speaker 3: care of ourselves as well. But you know the reality 497 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 3: is we're always trying to uplift our people and that, 498 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:52,120 Speaker 3: to me is what keeps me going every day. 499 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 1: I appreciate you again, welcome to Money Making Conversation master Class. 500 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:58,679 Speaker 1: You not only at the front of the line, you 501 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:01,360 Speaker 1: are the line. And preciate you Doctor Smith for coming 502 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 1: on my show. Keep winning, Keep winning, and anybody who's 503 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:08,080 Speaker 1: listening to the show, you keep winning too, and please 504 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:10,240 Speaker 1: come back next week because I'm here every week doing 505 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:14,119 Speaker 1: the thing, bringing the stars from the Boss Network, showing 506 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:16,920 Speaker 1: them up, tell them the world you can keep winning. 507 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:18,120 Speaker 1: Bye bye, y'all. 508 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:32,440 Speaker 4: Money Making Conversations Masterclass continues online at Moneymakingconversations dot com 509 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:37,359 Speaker 4: and follow money Making Conversations Masterclass on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 510 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:40,639 Speaker 4: Ladies and gentlemen, it's time you stop reading other people's 511 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:43,400 Speaker 4: success stories and start writing your own.