Black Tech Green Money
by The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts · 353 episodes
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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.
Latest episodes
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40 min
Barbershop Industry Report: Key Insights with Songe LaRon and Dave Salvant of SQUIRE
Will Lucas welcomes the SQUIRE Boys, Dave Salvant and Songe LaRon, to discuss their latest report on the state of the barbershop industry. With insights drawn from over 14 million…
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37 min
Relationship Capital: Your Network Is Your Net Worth
Money follows value, and value runs through relationships. In this special compilation, five past guests break down relationship capital: the trust, rapport and reputation that ope…
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35 min
Stop Renting Your Audience: Black Creators on Ownership, Equity, and Influence.
On this episode of Black Tech Green Money, we ask a simple question: who actually owns the audience? Coltrane Curtis (Team Epiphany) takes us back to building influencer marketing…
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33 min
John Imah is building the future of fashion, fit and sizing, styling, and wardrobe intelligence
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. Save 15% on AfroTech C…
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48 min
Coltrane Curtis Built Influencer Marketing Before Instagram Existed
Coltrane Curtis is the Founder and Managing Partner of Team Epiphany, the culture marketing agency he launched in 2004, which pioneered influencer marketing as a term before Twitte…
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39 min
Tamar Huggins Built an AI That Speaks to Black Students
Tamar Huggins built Canada's first accelerator for Black and Brown founders, then built the pipeline it was missing by opening a tech school for kids. Now she's the founder of Spar…
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36 min
How Possip Turned Parent Voices Into a Million Dollar Business
Shawni Dowell is the Founder and CEO of Possip, an AI and tech-based, human-centered company in Nashville. Possip is an engagement platform that gives organizational and civic lead…
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45 min
How Bold Entrepreneurs are Reimagining Hair Care with AI
On this episode of Black Tech Green Money, we hear from industry titans Courtney Adeleye (The Mane Choice) and Monique Rodriguez (Mielle Organics) on navigating the controversial w…
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39 min
Leading through decisions necessary for survival, but humanly costly with Bryan Myers of [solidcore]
Bryan Myers is President and CEO at [solidcore]. Will Lucas on SocialsInstagram: @willlucasTikTok: @willlucasceoFacebook: /wlucasii Black Tech Green MoneyInstagram: @blacktechgreen…
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33 min
Health Is Wealth, Literally: Congresswoman Lauren Underwood on the Money Behind the Data
Lauren Underwood is the U.S. Representative for Illinois's 14th District and, when she won in 2018 at 32, became the youngest Black woman ever elected to Congress. The direct line…
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31 min
$50 Million, 200,000 Donors: How Stefanie Brown James Builds Black Political Power
Stefanie Brown James is Co-Founder and Senior Advisor of The Collective, the largest network of organizations in the country dedicated to building Black political power. Through Th…
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43 min
Who Writes the Rules on AI? Inside the Room with Rep. Christian Menefee
Christian Menefee is the U.S. Representative for Texas's 18th District in Houston. He now sits on the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Follow Will Lucas on Instag…
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33 min
They're Destroying Books to Build AI
Millions of books got scanned for AI training, then discarded. The real question isn't legal, it's civilizational. Will Lucas on the difference between information and history, why…
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38 min
What the Biggest Brands Think about Marketing, Consumers, and Culture with Derek Lewis, Former President at Pe…
Derek Lewis is a strategic thought leader and transformational executive, and was the first-ever President of Multicultural Business and Equity Development at PepsiCo North America…
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44 min
How to not be a Black American in deep debt
Carter Cofield and George Acheampong are financial experts behind Melanin Money, dedicated to helping Black entrepreneurs and professionals build lasting wealth. Together, they're…
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34 min
Rep. Justin J. Pearson on Data Centers, Black Neighborhoods, Pollution, and Black Wealth
Justin J. Pearson is the Tennessee State Representative for District 86 in Memphis, and famously stopped a billion-dollar oil pipeline as an organizer, got expelled from the stateh…
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37 min
How to Build your AI Board of Advisors
Anyone you admire in business could be on your Board of Advisors. On this episode, I'm going to teach you how to get them. Key Topics AI-powered mentorship and advisory boards Hist…
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36 min
The Founder of CultureCon
Imani Ellis is the founder of CultureCon & The Creative Collective Will Lucas on SocialsInstagram: @willlucasTikTok: @willlucasceoFacebook: /wlucasii Black Tech Green MoneyInstagra…
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35 min
Every Idea Feels Like a Million-Dollar Opportunity
Most people think the hardest part of entrepreneurship is coming up with an idea. For a lot of founders today, that’s no longer the problem. The problem is deciding which ideas des…
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36 min
I Built a Startup with AI. Here's What They Don't Tell You That Trips Most People Up
Everyone is talking about how AI can help you build a company. Few people are talking about what happens after the AI starts writing the code. In this episode, Will Lucas takes you…