I was talking with a very dear friend of mine today about what it’s like for me to compete in a field where most of my competition are white. We talked of strategies to break past the color barriers and ideas on how to be sure that I could stand out without the obvious thing [...]

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A good friend of mine just called me and told me about a new company she was thinking of giving business to and how the company was a no-call, no-show at the scheduled meeting.
She went on to say that she was appalled that the other company didn’t show because they would have been the one [...]

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As I’ve grown throughout my business, and have attended numerous meetings, seminars, and various functions, it’s not a big surprise that sometimes I’ve been the only “chip” in the cookie. This is my way of saying I was the only black person in the crowd.
As many times as it’s happened, I don’t even notice anymore, [...]

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I’ve had several colleagues of mine who’ve talked about having some kind of “side hustle” to bring in more money. Often these same colleagues would have full-time jobs and would refer to this “side hustle” as a supplemental income. And I wouldn’t have a problem with them pursuing this “side hustle”, I would just hate [...]

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We’ve all done it before (black people), made up the lame excuse of CP Time, talk about how we don’t do business with black folk anymo’, and assume we can get some kind of “hookup” because there’s some kind of connection between us.
Unfortunately I believe this is the kind of approach to business that holds [...]

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My grandfather passed at a really awkward time. Since we didn’t live in the same state, time spent with him was extremely valuable. And I had just seen him several weeks before his passing. When I got the phone call, I was getting ready to enter into my senior year of undergrad and sweating about [...]

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When I first started the business, we were heavily focused on recording studio clients, and hadn’t really broken off into other areas. So the majority of my clients knew me by my stage name at the time, “Hookdignious”. We all shared the common interest of recording music, and most independent artists will tell you, it’s [...]

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Now I was brought up fairly diversified. My mother put me in mixed schools, and had friends of different races herself. So me being around others not of my race was never a problem. I went to a mixed high school, I lived in a mixed neighborhood, and I graduated from a mixed college. So [...]

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Sure, the title of the site may come across a little brash, but so does the real world when you’re out there trying to do business, and you just happened to be young and black as well. Over my last 10 years in growing this business, I’ve come across some interesting approaches to potential clients [...]

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