I Am Black Success®

Indigo Ocean Dutton is the founder of Aspiratech, Awaken Business Consulting, and Phone Buddies Peer Counseling Community. She is the author of Being Bliss and Micro Habits for Major Happiness.  Indigo and I discussed:  Any significance or meaning to the name Indigo Ocean? Her life's story leading up to her time spent in Bali  What provided the winning mindset to achieve so much after leaving...

Kelly Leonard is a speaker, trainer, award-winning CEO, and former Fortune 500 Vice President. A certified public accountant (CPA-inactive) and corporate trainer with over twenty-five years serving government, non-profit, private and public industries [including Fortune 100], Kelly has an innate ability to connect with diverse audiences across disciplines. Some of the questions I asked Kelly:  Was...

Keion Jackson is an Author and Senior Writer for Hallmark Cards.  He's also a playwright, having written and produced his first play, Gumbo House, that debuted in theaters in Kansas City, MO in March 2016.    In this episode, we discussed:   His dream as a kid growing up in Port Allen, Louisiana   What Keion does in his day to day as a Senior Writer at Hallmark Cards   What inspired him to wr...

Tiffany Hardin developed Gild Creative Group, a consultation firm providing cultural engagement activation strategies for brands & advertisers. In this episode, we discussed:  What provided her a winning mindset on such a big stage  What inspired her to start her own consulting firm  Gild Creative Group and what she does as the Cultural Engagement Strategist  Mentors that are helping guide her...

Dr. Jason Carthen is a former NFL football player for the New England Patriots and a highly sought-after international speaker in the areas of leadership, motivation and identifying your purpose in life. He has delivered his own unique brand of inspiration, passion and practical ideas to people in over 1000 audiences worldwide.  In this episode, we discussed:  Dr. Jason's dream as a kid   Les...

Shawn Dove serves as the CEO of the Corporation for Black Male Achievement (CBMA), a national membership organization dedicated to ensuring the growth, sustainability and impact of leaders and organizations focused on improving the life outcomes of America’s Black men and boys.    In this episode, we discussed:  Shawn's dream as a young black child   Who Shawn describes as his most valuable m...

Stephen A. Hart shares a unique and timeless story and discusses the 5 core themes evident in the first fourteen interviews of the Trailblazers. FM podcast.  It was on my heart today to share a story with you all to set the stage for what I wanted you to take away most from today's episode.  This story was originally told by a man by the name of Dr. Russell Herman Conwell, and he told this st...

Clarence Wooten is a serial internet entrepreneur who has been creating and building Internet startups since 1998. Back then he co-founded and was CEO of ImageCafe.com, an online superstore of pre-fabricated websites for small businesses. ImageCafe was acquired for $23 million by Network Solutions/Verisign in November 1999, 7-months after launch and just before the dot com bubble popped. After bei...

Everette Taylor, Founder and CEO of MilliSense, also leads Growth and Marketing at Microsoft.  Previously, Everette was the Chief Marketing Officer for Sticker Mule, and also started the business website GrowthHackers.  In this episode, we discussed:  Everette's inspiration to begin his own marketing firm  Who mentored him in his formative years in business  Some of the lessons he's lear...

Candace Mitchell, CEO and Co-Founder of Techturized, Inc., is a 2016 Forbes 30 under 30 recipient, and a business woman that's pushing hard to make her signature brand, Myavana, a household name among women of all ethnicities.  Candace Mitchell is Co-­founder and CEO of Techturized Inc., a high­-tech hair company based in Atlanta, GA. Their first product, Myavana, is a personalized hair care...

Meet The Award Winning CEO behind One of the Nation’s Largest Black Owned Construction Firms.  C. David Moody, Jr, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of C.D. Moody Construction Company, Inc., a Black Enterprise BE 100s listed company for several consecutive years.  Mr. Moody is a graduate of both Morehouse College and Howard University.  Today, he runs one of Atlanta's top private c...

Dr. Monica Cox is a Professor and the Inaugural Chair in the Department of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University. Her research is focused on the use of mixed methodologies to explore significant research questions in undergraduate, graduate, and professional engineering education; to explore issues of intersectionality among women, particularly Women of Color in engineering; and to de...

Clarence is the Founder & CEO of Upsie, which is a free mobile app that now gives us the power of making warranty decisions directly to the consumer. Clarence has worked with several startups and Fortune 500 companies & previously helped launch other ventures. He had this frustrating laptop warranty experience, and realized there was a significant opportunity to reinvent the warranty indus...

Tyvi Small is the Director of Diversity & Community Relations at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. His advice will help you with building diverse connections, overcoming fears, developing relationships and he also shares the importance of blooming where you are planted and mentoring & sponsoring others in our community. Tyvi graduated from the University of South Florida with a Bachel...

Craig Whitely, known to the world as Craig The Barber® is the founder of Burke Avenue. Craig the Barber® is Hollywood’s top source for men’s grooming needs. He's worked with several prestigious salons and barbershops in the Los Angeles area where his clientele grew to include many of Hollywood’s most famous faces and names He's lent his services to events such as Diddy’s annual 4th of Ju...

Dalen Spratt is the Co-Founder and Owner of Loren Spratt, a company that specializes in both film and fashion.  He's most notable for his role on Destination America's hit show, GhostBrothers. In this episode, we discussed:  What was Dalen's passion and dream as a kid?  What inspired fashion and film?  Dalen talks us through the Loren Spratt process Some of the people that inspired...

Lakesha Cole is a business woman, mother of 3 and Marine Corps spouse and was selected as the 2014 Military Spouse of the Year® for her entrepreneurial prowess, volunteer efforts, and her support of the military community. She really does represent the millions of past and present military spouses who continue to thrive in a wartime environment, and dedicate their lives and families to service and...

So I won a raffle at Traffic & Conversion Summit, and my prize:  15 minutes in an open booth conversation with Pat Flynn of The Smart Passive Income. Freak out moment for sure! I was only podcasting for 3 weeks at this point and totally went fan boy.  Hear my voice crackle and my nerves come through in this excited moment to have a conversation with someone I truly admire and respect as a dad,...

On today’s episode, my friend Dr. Nekeshia Hammond gives us some great insights into how she built her practice over the past seven years, while also multi-tasking her role and responsibilities as a wife, mother and an entrepreneur. Dr.  Hammond is a licensed psychologist, speaker, and author, as well as the owner of Hammond Psychology & Associates, P.A., a private practice dedicated to helpin...

“Are you going to keep living that nine to five or are you going to step out and trust God and pursue what you know is your purpose and your passion.” In this episode we talk with Lifestyle and Wedding Photographer, Dwayne Watkins .  Dwayne is a published and award winning, International Wedding & Lifestyle Photographer. Dwayne captures emotions in a wedding that will have you feeling like you...

Donald C. Kelly is the founder and host of The Sales Evangelist podcast. He has interviewed 200+ sales leaders and serves a worldwide audience of sales professionals.  He has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, Huffington Post, and Yahoo Finance to name a few.  Donald is a successful sales coach and the creator of the TSE Hustler's League that has helped train and equip sales professional...

Trailblazers. FM is a podcast on a mission to accelerate the rise of successful Black trailblazers: Black business owners, founders, corporate leaders and creatives from within our own community. With Trailblazers. FM, you’ve got access to 200+ stories of Black success in your pocket.  You’re now empowered to extract the knowledge, resources and tools from these accomplished professionals and gain...