Your First Million

Sophia Amoruso is the founder and CEO of Girlboss and Nasty Gal. She’s also the bestselling author of Girlboss the book, and has been on the cover of multiple magazines. She’s also transparent about the times in between the headlines, and has just launched a business course to help you get through even the toughest challenges as an entrepreneur. Shoutout to the Zebra Movement and Black & Brown Fou...

Tricia Clarke-Stone is the co-star of Spotify’s new show “I Quit” on the Discovery Channel. The acclaimed show follows 6 small businesses as they’re mentored by 3 entrepreneurs at the top of their game, including Tricia. The episode is brought to you by Wheelhouse Productions & Purple.com!

WithInsightEdu.com’s director Christine Kinnear has guided more than 100 Black teenagers through the daunting process of applying to top-tier universities in London. Listen in to see what personal event gave her the courage to embark on this journey, and why she thinks the next frontier is 1,000+ students!

Backstage Capital x Revel CPA present a PPP forgiveness webinar info session. This is the audio from the live virtual webinar on Sept 11, 2020. Visit itsaboutdamntime.com/resources for the accompanying deck and video to follow along. Visit RevelCPA.com and BackstageCapital.com for more.

It’s our 5-year anniversary and we want to share it with you! Super casual hang. Visit itaboutdamntime.com to register!

Did you know I discovered Patreon.com the first hour it was live and even helped its founders search for investors early on? Here’s more of the story! Plus, want to know the latest about PPP forgiveness? Join us this Friday, Sept 11 for a free webinar. All brought to you by BackstageCrowd.com

With over 100,000 bags sold, SoulPopped has come a long way from a last-stitch experiment to pay the bills born out of De J.’s kitchen in 2016. Relatable, humble, audacious, and inspiring, this episode will resonate with SO many of you. Can’t wait for you to hear this one.

Get to know Aja Volkman, lead singer of the new band TWO and former front woman for Nico Vega. In this super in-depth and intimate interview, We talk about organized religion, having a spouse who's in the same industry as you, raising a family while touring the world, and how Aja's new single "In This Rough" has been on steady repeat on my phone. (If you're an Imagine Dragons fan, you'll get somet...

3> min note to tell you to check out my new episode on Hyper Curious podcast by Roberta Lucca. :)

Aisha Tyler is an actress, comedian, director and talk show host. You know her from The Talk, Friends, Criminal Minds, Archer, Whose Line Is It, Anyway?, and video games Halo: Reach, Gears of War 3, and Watch Dogs.

8mins, check it out. 

Ollen Douglass is the Managing Director for Motley Fool Ventures which launched in 2018. Prior to becoming the Managing Director, Ollen was CFO of The Motley Fool for 14 years. Music by Jeff Kaale ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 )  

Jennifer Carroll Foy is a representative of Virginia's 2nd House of Delegates district. This year, she announced her run for governor of Virginia in 2021.

Brandon D. Anderson, Founder & CEO, founded Raheem after police killed his partner during a routine traffic stop. He is a U.S. army veteran, 2019 TED Fellow, and Smithsonian Ingenuity Award Nominee. Brandon graduated from Georgetown University in 2015. Credits Music by Jeff Kaale ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 )  

Join @ArlanWasHere and @Jason as they get into some #realtalk this Sunday afternoon about syndicates, Backstage Crowd, finding 7 unicorns (!!), and the one venture firm who Jason doesn’t get along with.

Join Arlan as she sits down--virtually--with cast members from her favorite TV show, General Hospital. It kicks off with a few mins 1-on-1 with actress Katelyn McMullen ("Willow"), followed by a mega group chat with cast members Chloe Lanier ("Nelle"), Sofia Mattsson ("Sasha"), Briana Henry ("Jordan"), Tamara Braun (fmr "Kim Nero"), Laura Wright ("Carly"), and Finola Hughes ("Anna")! Alternate des...

Welcome! (Or just a refresher for longtime listeners)

Tanya Van Court is the Founder and CEO of Goalsetter. Goalsetter is a goal-based savings, gifting and financial literacy platform, made just for kids and families. Credits Music by Jeff Kaale ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 )  

Paige Craig is one of the most well-respected angel investors in the game, but he didn’t start his career in the finance world. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, he started his own military intelligence company and sold it in 2009. Since then, he’s been at the top of the leader boards on AngelList, pulling together funds for a variety of startups like Lyft, Twitter, and Postmates. Paige shar...

Impromptu episode to announce Backstage Crowd’s first non-accredited investor deal, portfolio company Fleeting, on republic.co. More than $750k raised and 3.5k+ individual investors, and has a cap of ~$1m. I didn’t want you to miss it so releasing this today!

Grab a pen and paper to take notes! Here’s more context on the new BackstageCrowd.com investment syndicate that I have launched with my team. Great for anyone who has questions beyond our Q&A episode, who wants to think through investment strategy within the syndicate, or who is curious about our first deal. Accredited and non-accredited, inquire within!

Finding small gems, investing in them, building teams, getting other like-minded supporters involved, combining the right ingredients for growth… that’s what Swati has done her entire career. For starters, she invested in herself, getting degrees at Oxford and Harvard as a Rhodes scholar. She learned how great teams and companies are built from the inside at start-ups Quid & Square. Most recen...

Hear the June 12 virtual Q&A about our new investing syndicate, BackstageCrowd.com.

Casey Kelley launched Blended Designs in 2017 after her son told her “I want a bag with my face on it.” Using her background in consumer insights and analytics, she did the research and confirmed that there was a lack of Black representation in school gear. Today, Blended Designs specializes in printing children of color on backpacks, but the product line has expanded into so much more. In this ep...

June 8, 2019 I hit publish on my first episode of Your First Million. Hear about some behind the scenes thoughts on the first year of episodes and production🙌🏾