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Speaker 1: Welcome to the show. I am Rashwan McDonald, the host

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Speaker 1: of Money Making Conversations Masterclass, where we encourage people to

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Speaker 1: stop reading other people's success stories and start planning their own.

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Speaker 1: Listen up as I interview entrepreneurs from around the country,

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Speaker 1: talk to celebrities and ask them how they are running

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Speaker 1: their companies, and speak with nod profits who are making

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Speaker 1: a difference in their local communities. Now sit back and

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Speaker 1: listen as we unlock the secrets to their success on

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Speaker 1: Money Making Conversations Masterclass. Hi, I'm Rashaan McDonald, our host

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Speaker 1: is weekly Money Making Conversation Masterclass show. The interviews and

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Speaker 1: information that this show provides off for everyone. It's time

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Speaker 1: to stop reading other people's success stories and really start

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Speaker 1: living your own. Next us is the director of Morehouse

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Speaker 1: Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center. They are assisting the development of

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Speaker 1: minority entrepreneurship through scholarly research, training and consulting services. Please

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Speaker 1: please walk with the Money Making Conversation Masterclass, Doctor Tiffany Bussy.

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Speaker 1: Are you doing, Doctor Bussy?

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Speaker 2: I am doing Wonderfulora Sean, And first of all, thank

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Speaker 2: you so much for having me. It is indeed a

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Speaker 2: pleasure to be here and congratulations on your show.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you. I really appreciate that. Now I

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Speaker 1: gave out a big title here Director of the more House,

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Speaker 1: which is Morehouse College HBCU, one of the big more

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Speaker 1: prominent HBCUs in the country. Director of the Morehouse Innovation

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Speaker 1: and Entrepreneurship CE. What is that?

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Speaker 3: Wow?

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Speaker 2: Yes, it is about bull But we are really really

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Speaker 2: call it our loving name for it is the MIEC.

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Speaker 2: We've been doing this work for the past twenty years,

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Speaker 2: which is really really just focused on helping businesses, black

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Speaker 2: and brown businesses scale. We believe that our entrepreneurship and

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Speaker 2: small businesses but one of the pathways in closing the

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Speaker 2: racial income inequality GAMP in this country. So that's the

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Speaker 2: work we've been busy doing for the past twenty years,

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Speaker 2: whether it is working with our students right here on

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Speaker 2: campus or working with businesses in the community. We see

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Speaker 2: this work as an important piece in really driving wealth

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Speaker 2: within our community.

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Speaker 1: Well, you know, some doctor busy. The stereotypes drive this

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Speaker 1: country and drive the world, really because when they start

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Speaker 1: talking about black businesses, you know what the stereotized do

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Speaker 1: navigate the world of entrepreneurship people with people who are

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Speaker 1: people of color, who are interested in trying to be

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Speaker 1: small business owners.

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Speaker 2: Sure, and so we hear that every day. Right. The

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Speaker 2: size companies. And some may wonder do they really exist,

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Speaker 2: and I would say yes. We've touched over four hundred

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Speaker 2: helped them to create over eight hundred and fifty new jobs.

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Speaker 2: Now that's significant. And the work we do is to

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Speaker 2: and we help these programs to really grow in scale

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Speaker 2: over thirty four million in access to new capital, which

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Speaker 2: over eighty two million in new revenues. Now that's not right.

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Speaker 1: The thing about it is that, you know, we thought

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Speaker 1: contacting you them, Why am I contacting you? And what

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Speaker 2: Sure, and thank you for really asking that question, because

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Speaker 2: So these four hundred businesses that I told you that

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Speaker 1: You know what frustrates me the most. And now what

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Speaker 1: that we are not educated or qualifying for. How are

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Speaker 1: Doctor busty, old hodly. You just slid through that real quick. Now,

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Speaker 1: I've been passing good Wills all my life, all right,

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Speaker 1: you're telling me that Goodwill has job training that's not

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Speaker 2: That that's correct. One of the other things that they

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Speaker 2: And what we're looking at is to collaborate with Goodwill

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Speaker 2: and that's exactly what we're looking at. What does that

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Speaker 1: get me out of the indulgence of the lifestyle finances

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Speaker 2: Well, Rashan, I don't know if I'm here to bring

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Speaker 1: see don't tell you, doctor Bussy. I just couldn't believe

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Speaker 1: you when you say good Will didn't did more than close. Actually,

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Speaker 1: No good Will's door popped up. It was about certificates

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Speaker 1: that doctor Bussy is about to tell you guys the

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Speaker 1: truth on money making conversations, masterclass, Doctor Bussy, the floor is.

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Speaker 2: Yours, and I have a double coupod if you will.

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Speaker 2: Not only is the training for and we talked about

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Speaker 2: at the employee level. Right, So I'm an individual out

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Speaker 2: of a job, looking for a job, looking for reskills. Yes,

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Speaker 2: I could go to Goodwill and it's at no cost

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Speaker 2: for me. Not only is it at no cost, Goodwill

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Speaker 2: that you're involved with that retraining number one, there are

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Speaker 2: many other opportunities on. Like I said, I get no

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Speaker 1: So let's let's go back four hundred small minority owned

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Speaker 2: Capital, connections, and contracts. I ensured capital dominates the conversation

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Speaker 2: So, first of all, Rashan, what you're doing is invaluable.

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Speaker 2: I think, so really kudos to you and your show.

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Speaker 2: So there cannot be anything as too much information. So

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Speaker 2: please continue doing what you're doing, and I hope that

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Speaker 2: you will have me back in sharing this. But I

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Speaker 2: know more about our programs, and again being in mind

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Speaker 2: that we serve what we call mids scaled up companies,

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Speaker 2: right looking to go to the next level, really helping

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Speaker 2: Our information can be found at the MCE Center that's

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Speaker 2: or off the Morehouse College website which is Morehousecollege dot edu.

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Speaker 2: I would also say that one of the things that

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Speaker 2: again to small businesses looking to scale and grow through

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Speaker 2: our partnership. We may be a touchpoint through our small

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Speaker 1: Wow, you're fantastic. Let me just say that, honestly, you're fantastic.

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Speaker 1: And the fact that I've allowed to interview you on

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Speaker 1: my show Money Making Conversations Master Class, let me know

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Speaker 1: I've got this platform, this podcast hitting in the right

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Speaker 1: direction again. You will be coming back on my show because,

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Speaker 1: like I said, you shut it down with the good

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Speaker 1: Will shower because I didn't know Goodwill did that. So

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Speaker 1: I know you got a lot more information you're gonna

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Speaker 1: pick back up and tell me about in three months.

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Speaker 1: So every three months, let's come back on this show

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Speaker 1: and shock the world. You over the more House, Okay,

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Speaker 1: thank you, associate you you stay in touch with me

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Speaker 1: over here. Money Making Conversations Master Class again Doctor Tiffany

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Speaker 1: Bussey over the more House doing her thing. See you

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Speaker 1: next with y'all. Bye bye. This has been another edition

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Speaker 1: of Money Making Conversation Masterclass posted by me Rushaun McDonald.

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Speaker 1: Thank you to I guess on the show today and

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Speaker 1: thank you. I'll listen to the audience now. If you

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