Trap Talks

In this episode, Taylor discusses growing up in Boston, working for the federal government, raising a daughter, balancing family life with his startup, and how Doculingo intends to change how intellgence is gained from analyzing documents.

In this episode, we sit down with Wadnes Castelly, a product marketing professional who breaks down what product marketing actually is and how he broke into the field by skipping class to network his way into an internship with a VP of Marketing — a move that taught him everything about creating your own opportunities. The conversation goes deep on the art and science of product marketing, how pro...

Anderson Douglas is many things. He is a first-generation American, an experienced real estate wholesaler, an entrepreneur, and a currency trader. Listen as he walks through his time at Howard University, becoming an Alpha, and later starting Scale House.

Indyana discusses her entry into the cannabis industry, working as a mediator for the Georgia Supreme Court, working at Yelp, and where she sees the future of recruiting and the tech industry changing with AI.

Khalil discusses how he made it through the pandemic, joining Meta, moving from Oakland to Oklahoma, his entrepreneurial journey, and launching Khalab.

D’Jaris going to a HBCU and how it made her love her blackness, tonality impacting your peoples’ perception, code switching, geechie dialect and culture, reverse code switching, transitioning into DEI from a recruiting background, future of DEI, the gut controlling the recruiting process, the property brothers effect, how hiring managers can be better, salary pay bands, and how to properly negotia...

In this interview, Fred discuss how he was able to move from Houston, Texas to San Francisco, California, work at AT&T, he broke into tech, going to IronYard, coding BootCamp, learning from technical interviews, investing in African-based startups, and his wife's supporting his dream.

Dr. Kike discusses what the "African Diaspora" means, transitioning into American culture, American misconceptions of Nigeria, why medical school is so hard, medical doctor burnout, over demand in healthcare, Pandemic and Baby Boomer generations’ aging problem causing strain on healthcare, pandemic spurring faster digitalization in healthcare, importance of microbial, top 3 best and worst foods fo...

Nick Soman discusses his inspiration for creating Decent, an insurance marketplace platform, compassionate patient care, cybersecurity, United Healthcare Group’s hack, the future of Social Security, and balancing marriage and parenting with his career.

We discussed chop and screwed music, learning business tactics from Jay-Z lyrics, importance of confidence with networking, life experiences giving him high self-awareness, importance of delegation, Tech Fest Live’s vision for empowering Black and Brown children into technology space, switching his non-profits strategy to the Covid pandemic, using Clubhouse during the pandemic, treating event plan...

Wayne discusses landing his first IT role, building websites, being the first black person on Twitter (X), why he didn’t join X, regular websites costing $50,000 back in the late 90s, Raleigh-Durham tech scene, the reasoning behind leaving Raleigh, starting his own co-working space, leaving Raleigh to move to San Francisco, being married, leading tech events, and being overlooked in the Raleigh-Du...

Hady Mendez discusses DEI, working at Slack during the Pandemic, becoming a best selling book author, volunteering at Bolivian prison, not losing yourself in your job search, investing for the future, preparing for a “rainy day”, importance of self care, diversifying your income sources, balancing your checkbook, and playing the corporate game.

William Collins discusses the series of events that led his family to leave Argentina, the former Nazi members' impact on Eugenics, Covid vaccines, and information being controlled by a few entities. William is the CEO of Eye Candy, a strategic marketing and innovative film production company.

Discuss trading futures and options, trading mentality, launching Quickgredients, his why behind starting Quickgredients, Venture capitalist and angel investor’s mindset, food nutrient calculators for restaurant customers, who want to watch their nutrient intake, food desert expanding due to global warming, visiting Nigeria and differences between Nigerian and American cultures and managing a long...

In this interview, Tierra Frost discusses importance of film making, the difference between filmmaking and storytelling, working with Kai Cenat and his attention to detail, working with DDG, the spiritual side of storytelling, character development, growing up in Seattle and impacts of redlining, her family’s history, and seeing the commonalities between their personality traits to now, the Rosewo...

Growing up in LA during Biggie and Tupac rap beef, working at a real estate company, Coldwell Banker at 18 years old, growing up as a single child, designing ads on a commodore, learning that age doesn’t matter, the origins of 40Tons, leveraging Clubhouse for networking, helping his best friend, Corvain, getting a pardon from Trump, juggling being married and running a business with her, cannabis...

Delida Costin discusses her inspiration for becoming a lawyer, bringing lawsuit against the State of Illinois, how she became Pandora’s Chief Legal Counsel and taking them public, taking Grove Collaborative public as a SPAC, the importance of volunteering, potentially being the only Black woman to take two US companies public as a General Counsel, SPACs, and corporate governance.

Abdul Foster talks about growing up in Albuquerque New, Mexico, his African American and Mexican ancestry, training his brother, Arian Foster, former NFL running back and other star athletes, what makes Trainers so valuable, practicing Tai Chi, adjusting to black southern culture, opening his own training facility, his son inspiring him to become a software entrepreneur and lastly, starting Trainr...

In this interview, Wadnes Castelly discusses product marketing, not knowing anything about TikTok before joining company, product marketing making you a better entrepreneur, art and science of product marketing, Joel Embid’s marketing presence, his dad teaching him to write checks, how he scored his first internship via networking after skipping class from the VP of Marketing, using ChatGPT as a c...

Wanona discusses juggling parenthood, marriage, and entrepreneurship, trials and tribulations of being a Black founder, Bigg Dipp showing her love, living in a former Trap House, working with Nasa, New Atlanta, growing up in Atlanta, Young Thug’s Case, Trump’s judicial woes, Atlanta becoming a Rap Mecca, long term goal of creating afforable housing, and launching her startup, Mākhers Studio, trans...