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Black Tech Green Money

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Black Tech Green Money presents the stories of successful Black entrepreneurs and technologists, as well as actionable advice and wealth-building strategies from a Black perspective. Hosted by Will Lucas (@willlucas), an entrepreneur, content creator, and Brand Manager at AfroTech, the world's largest Black tech digital platform and conference, Black Tech Green Money is THE podcast for Black entrepreneurs and moguls in the making.

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Jul 7, 2026

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Episodes

10 AI Predictions for 2026 13.01.2026

Will Lucas is the Brand Manager for AfroTech, and the Host and Producer for Black Tech Green Money podcast. Will Lucas on Socials Instagram: @willlucas TikTok: @willlucasceo Facebook: /wlucasii Black Tech Green Money Instagram: @blacktechgreenmoney Facebook: /BlackTechGreenMoney Learn more at AfroTech.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/l...

Imani Ellis of CultureCon & The Creative Collective 06.01.2026

Imani Ellis is the founder of CultureCon & The Creative Collective Will Lucas on Socials Instagram: @willlucas TikTok: @willlucasceo Facebook: /wlucasii Black Tech Green Money Instagram: @blacktechgreenmoney Facebook: /BlackTechGreenMoney Learn more at AfroTech.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

🎊 NEW YEARS REWIND // Using LinkedIn for Personal Branding 30.12.2025

🎊 NEW YEARS REWIND // Jamé Jackson is a community manager at LinkedIn, helping thousands of professionals amplify their voices and build their personal brands. But that’s just her 9-to-5. As the founder of TheBlondeMisfit and Misfit Creative Media, she’s an award-winning journalist, actor, and content creator who’s turned her side hustle into a global brand. On this episo...

🎄 HOLIDAY REWIND // Megan Holston-Alexander, Cultural Leadership Fund at a16z 23.12.2025

🎄 HOLIDAY REWIND // Megan Holston-Alexander is a partner at Andreessen Horowitz where she leads the Cultural Leadership Fund (CLF), Silicon Valley’s first venture capital fund consisting exclusively of Black cultural leaders and organizations committed to Black wealth generation. Megan oversees CLF’s dual missions of connecting the world’s greatest cultural leaders includin...

Beyond 4C: How AI is Rewriting the Hair Typing System 16.12.2025

On this episode of Black Tech Green Money , we strip away the packaging to reveal the hard science and high-stakes finance powering the Black hair revolution. The days of "kitchen chemists" are evolving into an era of AI-driven diagnostics and nine-figure exits. Will Lucas sits down with the architects of this shift to answer the trillion-dollar question: Can you scale a culturally rooted brand wi...

Black Tech Green Money: Baratunde Thurston of Life With Machines 10.12.2025

The Black Effect Presents... Black Tech Green Money! Ep. 239 Baratunde Thurston is a storyteller, Emmy nominated host, writer, public speaker and most recently his work explores AI, nature, and humanity. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram: @willlucas Follow Black Tech Green Money: @blacktechgreenmoney , @btgmpodcast Learn more at AfroTech.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodca...

The Business of Play: eSports, Betting, and Infrastructure 09.12.2025

On this episode, we explore the collision of sports culture, high-stakes finance, and the digital frontier. We move past the scoreboard to look at the business of being an athlete in the modern era—from the "identity economy" where virtual skins hold as much weight as vintage sneakers, to the brutal reality of the "Jock Tax" and the pressure to save everyone back home. This conversation rede...

Best Of: Ryan Wilson, The Gathering Spot 02.12.2025

REWIND // Ryan Wilson is Co-Founder and CEO of The Gathering Spot, a private membership club deeply rooted in community & culture. The Gathering Spot has clubs in Atlanta, DC & LA, and communities in NYC, Chicago, Charlotte, Detroit & Houston. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram: @willlucas Follow Black Tech Green Money: @blacktechgreenmoney, @btgmpodcast Learn more at AfroTech.com Learn mo...

Carter Cofield & George Acheampong of Melanin Money 25.11.2025

REWIND // Carter Cofield and George Acheampong are financial experts behind Melanin Money, dedicated to helping Black entrepreneurs and professionals build lasting wealth. Together, they're building the #1 Financial Education Community Designed to serve aspiring Melanin Millionaires. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram: @willlucas Follow Black Tech Green Money: @blacktechgreenmoney, @btgmpodcast Learn...

Fonz Morris of Netflix 11.11.2025

Throwback Episode as we're ramping back up post AfroTech. Fonz Morris is Lead Product Designer, Global Conversion at Netflix. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram: @willlucas Follow Black Tech Green Money: @blacktechgreenmoney , @btgmpodcast Learn more at AfroTech.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tyrre Burks of Player's Health 04.11.2025

Throwback Episode as we're at AfroTech this week. Tyrre Burks is Founder and CEO at Player's Health Follow Will Lucas on Instagram: @willlucas Follow Black Tech Green Money: @blacktechgreenmoney, @btgmpodcast Learn more at AfroTech.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Value Over Vanity: Thai Randolph on Winning Brand Deals Without Big Follower Counts 03.11.2025

Thai Randolph is  co-founder and former CEO of HARTBEAT, and led the merger of Kevin Hart’s entertainment companies into a $650 million media empire. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram: @willlucas Follow Black Tech Green Money: @blacktechgreenmoney, @btgmpodcast Learn more at AfroTech.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener fo...

AI Where It Helps: Grading, QA, and 24/7 Tutoring—Not Replacing Professors 02.11.2025

Tade Oyerinde is Chancellor at Campus.edu. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram: @willlucas Follow Black Tech Green Money: @blacktechgreenmoney, @btgmpodcast Learn more at AfroTech.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When AI Becomes Your Therapist — Nina Westbrook Sounds the Alarm 01.11.2025

Nina Westbrook is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, entrepreneur, and Founder of Nebbi app. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram: @willlucas Follow Black Tech Green Money: @blacktechgreenmoney, @btgmpodcast Learn more at AfroTech.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Viral on a “Bad Android”: Why Production Value Matters Less Than Presence 31.10.2025

Nicky Saunders, Content Strategist at Deeper Than The Brand, and is best known for scaling motivational speaker Eric Thomas’s online community from 300K to 2M. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram at @willlucas Learn more at AfroTech.com https://instagram.com/afro.tech Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Who Gets Equity? The Creator Double Standard Isaac Hayes Wants to End 30.10.2025

Isaac Hayes III is Founder and CEO at Fanbase. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram: @willlucas Follow Black Tech Green Money: @blacktechgreenmoney, @btgmpodcast Learn more at AfroTech.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

White-Label AI for Luxury: The KPIs That Matter (Personalization, Fewer Returns, More Sales) 29.10.2025

John Imah is Co-Founder and CEO at SpreeAI, an AI-driven company transforming the future of fashion and e-commerce with our photorealistic try-on technology. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram: @willlucas Follow Black Tech Green Money: @blacktechgreenmoney, @btgmpodcast Learn more at AfroTech.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for p...

Vanessa Rissetto of Culina Health 28.10.2025

Throwback Episode as we're at AfroTech this week. A classic with Vanessa Rissetto who is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and the co-founder of Culina Health. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram: @willlucas Follow Black Tech Green Money: @blacktechgreenmoney, @btgmpodcast Learn more at AfroTech.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener f...

“This Will Be a Great Chapter”: Fawn Weaver on Solving Fast in a Turbulent Spirits Market 27.10.2025

Fawn Weaver is the Founder and CEO at Uncle Nearest, the fastest growing American whiskey brand of all time, and the most awarded American whiskey (which includes the category of bourbon) of 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram: @willlucas Follow Black Tech Green Money: @blacktechgreenmoney, @btgmpodcast Learn more at AfroTech.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://w...

Out of Sight, Out of Promotion? Yemi Akisanya on Being Deliberately Present 26.10.2025

Yemi Akisanya is Vice President of JEDI and People Experience at Axon Follow Will Lucas on Instagram: @willlucas Follow Black Tech Green Money: @blacktechgreenmoney, @btgmpodcast Learn more at AfroTech.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

RAUD is a Twitch streamer with more than 2 million followers 25.10.2025

RAUD is a Twitch streamer with more than 2 million followers across channels, and more than 430k on Twitch. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram: @willlucas Follow Black Tech Green Money: @blacktechgreenmoney, @btgmpodcast Learn more at AfroTech.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“Storytelling Is Capital”: Building Brands That Fund Themselves 24.10.2025

Omi Bell is CEO of Black Girl Ventures Follow Will Lucas on Instagram:  @willlucas Follow Black Tech Green Money: @blacktechgreenmoney, @btgmpodcast Learn more at AfroTech.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How Omi Bell Worked Her Way Out of Poverty — One T-Shirt at a Time 23.10.2025

Omi Bell is CEO of Black Girl Ventures Follow Will Lucas on Instagram:  @willlucas Follow Black Tech Green Money: @blacktechgreenmoney, @btgmpodcast Learn more at AfroTech.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Omi Bell: Your Network Is the Most Underrated Form of Capital 22.10.2025

Omi Bell is CEO of Black Girl Ventures Follow Will Lucas on Instagram:  @willlucas Follow Black Tech Green Money: @blacktechgreenmoney, @btgmpodcast Learn more at AfroTech.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Omi Bell of Black Girl Ventures 21.10.2025

Ep. 238 Omi Bell is CEO of Black Girl Ventures Follow Will Lucas on Instagram:  @willlucas Follow Black Tech Green Money: @blacktechgreenmoney, @btgmpodcast Learn more at AfroTech.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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