Recently I had the opportunity to be a witness to the ode of “what goes around comes around”. You see, being black in business I’ve had to grit my teeth plenty of times when potential patrons would use whatever reason they would for taking their business elsewhere:
“We want to expand our options.”Translation: We don’t want [...]

Continue reading...

I have a really good colleague of mine that I do some video work for and we have a great business and personal relationship. We’ve worked on numerous projects and have gotten each other business several times. He happens to be white, and we’ve never had any issues with race, color, status, or creed. But [...]

Continue reading...

So I was out with family the other night at a restaurant, and as soon as I walked in and sat down a waitress came up to me and said “Sorry to bother you, but Larry wanted me to come out and say hi to you”, and walked away.
I was like ok, and the rest [...]

Continue reading...

I visited a networking function a while back, and met a guy who like most of us was quick to ask what I do so he could get to talking about what he does and hand me his card. I actually thought that we may end up being good referral partners with each other since [...]

Continue reading...

I was having dinner at a conference this week and was discussing some of the things I do as a camera operator for national speakers when filming them either performing keynotes or holding a workshop, and one of my clients happened to be at the table to give some excellent feedback on how I’m able [...]

Continue reading...