Episodes

  • Family Affair: Mother and Daughters launch a brokerage division under Morgan Stanley banner.

    Family Affair: Mother and Daughters launch a brokerage division under Morgan Stanley banner.
    Oct 29 2024

    Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Sonia Fears.

    Financial planning. Compound interest. Family Legacy. Morgan and Stanley. All of these words are meant to strike the image of Fears into your heart Sonia Fears that is. As one of the leading financial experts who built her family practice at Morgan Stanley, she is here on the Money Making Conversations Master Class to provide helpful fiscal advice through flexing her financial acumen. From the benefits of opening a compound interest account early on to the importance of tanking advantage of N.I.L deals to the value of creating a legacy business that you can pass down to your children, Sonia Fears is here to share her knowledge of financial planning and put you on the path to fiscal success.

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    26 mins
  • Kamala in Philly, Puerto Rico Comments, 877-29-STEVE, Dwayne Wade Statue and more.

    Kamala in Philly, Puerto Rico Comments, 877-29-STEVE, Dwayne Wade Statue and more.
    Oct 29 2024

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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • Building Your Brand: Acting can be a career for the young and the not-so young.

    Building Your Brand: Acting can be a career for the young and the not-so young.
    Oct 29 2024

    Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Ashley-Lauren Elrod.

    She is a true champion of diversity, safety, and inclusivity in all aspects of entertainment, media, marketing, and advocacy. At Visionary Woman Productions, they are the experts in bringing visions to life through powerful storytelling that connects with your audience and philanthropy that heals the world.


    The mission and vision are to create partnerships and content that make a lasting impact on the world for the better.

    Talking Points/Questions *
    1. Social impact in entertainment and media.

    2. How we are propelling change in and out of the industry to help give back to communities.

    3. My inspiration for this company and how we transitioned into this space today.

    4. The importance of true and accurate representation in media, marketing, and entertainment.

    5. The work we are doing to change lives, such as with our upcoming project Verge of Remembrance in support of survivors and Project CAN HOPE with the Chicago Children's Advocacy Center. A project to raise awareness and funding for SA, DV, and sex trafficking survivors in America.

    6. The importance of utilizing one's story in leadership positions to create change.

    7. Our plans to make the entertainment industry and world a safer and more healed place to be.

    8. The people and orgs we are partners with and supporting.

    9. The importance of mental health in the work field.

    10. How to have a greater impact in your business that not only aids in profitability but world sustainability.

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    34 mins
  • The Original Kings, Loomis, Sister O'dell, Pimpin' NFL Picks and more.

    The Original Kings, Loomis, Sister O'dell, Pimpin' NFL Picks and more.
    Oct 28 2024

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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • Overcoming the Odds: No student loans, secured $8 million dollars in HBCU scholarships.

    Overcoming the Odds: No student loans, secured $8 million dollars in HBCU scholarships.
    Oct 28 2024
    Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Douglass Fort. He founded The Blerd Academy (Black Nerds). It’s a wealth building program that helps High-Achieving Black-American youth get scholarships to HBCU’s. They have secured over $8 million dollars in scholarships! Please welcome to Money Making Conversations Master Class Douglass Fort. Why did you start the Academy?What are some outcomes of the Academy?Why should the Black-American community highlight our nerds? · Since 2016 Fort has secured $8 million in scholarships for 63 high-achieving Black American students. Full-ride and tuition-only scholarships to HBCUs through graduate school.· PJ’s sister, Marissa, also went through the program. She graduated Cum Laude from Hampton University with a degree in Accounting, earned a Master’s degree from Columbia University all debt-free, and now works for Deloitte in New York City.· Other success stories: A Tennessee State U graduate now works in the front office for the NFL’s Chicago Bears.· Two are Obama-Cheskey Voyager scholars.· Fort says: “We don’t talk enough about Black scientists, mathematicians, and doctors. Only 1% of athletes make it to the NFL. We’re hustling backward having our kids focus on sports over education.”· Criteria for the students he assists: a 3.5 GPA, a 28 ACT score, or a 1300 SAT score for a full-ride scholarship, or a minimum 3.2 GPA, a 23 ACT score, or an 1130 SAT score for tuition-only scholarships. AP and/or Honors classes, community service, and school leadership is also beneficial.· Since the 2023 U.S. Supreme Court ruling of Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina struck down Affirmative Action in college admissions Fort has been busy.· Several HBCUs saw a surge in applications, including Washington D.C.’s Howard University, Clark-Atlanta University, which outpaced the University of Georgia, and Florida Agricultural Mechanical University (FAMU).· Fort says: Parents just don’t know there is money and resources at these institutions for their high-achieving students, but they should because their kids have excelled in the classroom, and they deserve it.” MONEY MAKING CONVERSATIONS TALKING POINTSGuest: Douglass J. Fort, Founder, The BLERD Academy· Grew up in East Palo Alto, California· Liked school but got caught up in the streets· Was shot as a teen.· A childhood friend suggested he apply to Jackson State University. When he was accepted, hesitated, but did go.· Graduated from JSU. A Criminal Justice Major/Urban Affairs/Development minor. After graduation, he returned to East Palo Alto where he started the violence prevention program, For Youth By Youth.· Worked with law enforcement to help clean up Black neighborhoods.· His son received a full-ride athletic scholarship to Morehouse College but turned it down to play Division 1 Football at a PWI, and never played.· Doug was heartbroken that his son turned down Morehouse. A close friend told him he had to get over it and focus on kids who wanted the HBCU experience.· Founded The BLERD Academy, a combination of the words Black and Nerd in 2016 in Oakland; a non-profit wealth-building program that assists high-achieving Black American students graduate, debt-free from more than 100 HBCUs.· Found the first BLERD while working at a Bay Area JSU Black College Expo booth. It was 6’5 honor roll student, Phillip Patrick Jr. who had a 3.6 GPA and 28 ACT score. Fort offered him a full-ride Presidential scholarship to Jackson State on the spot.· Phillip Patrick had played baseball all his life and thought he would have to continue playing in college on scholarship. When he received the full-ride, he told his mother he no longer wanted to play baseball, he wanted to be a brain surgeon.· Patrick Jr. majored in Biology Pre-Med and graduated from JSU in 2020. He is now in the 3rd year of a five-year medical program at UC Irvine Medical School where he will receive his Master’s in Public Health and Medical Degree in Cardiac Anesthesiology. UC Irvine is fully financing his medicaldegree. He is engaged to a fellow Blerd who graduated from Howard University and is in Medical School at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Also debt free.· Fort advises his kids to leverage their B.L.E.R.D and secure their bag of money through graduate school.· He is especially passionate about young Black men from tough neighborhoods like he came from.· He is a big proponent of kids buying property as early as possible.· Fort says: “This is a spiritual calling. My mission is to rebuild our community, and it starts with young men because they are the ones who will be the providers for their families. We exist as an organization to build a healthy community that is Black, Educated, Resourceful, and Determined, and we are ...
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    27 mins
  • Beyonce and Kamala, Roscoe Wallace, Obama NBA, Spirit Airlines Rat and more.

    Beyonce and Kamala, Roscoe Wallace, Obama NBA, Spirit Airlines Rat and more.
    Oct 25 2024

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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • Overcoming the odds: Army Vet authored "Bootstrapped Millionaire," and provides government contracting advice.

    Overcoming the odds: Army Vet authored "Bootstrapped Millionaire," and provides government contracting advice.
    Oct 24 2024

    Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed, Tim Mercer. He is the author of Forbes Books "Bootstrapped Millionaire." He is also the CFO of Cadence Ventures, INC. It is a boutique private equity firm that invests in private mortgage notes and offers "nontraditional" financing to real estate investors, builders, and developers. As a private lender with discretionary capital, we've become a reliable capital partner for real estate professionals needing execution and timely closings. Tim has over two decades of experience in finance, real estate, and government contracting; Mercer is currently the CFO of Cadence Ventures, INC and IBOX Global, LLC, ranked #357 on Inc. 500’s list of the Fastest Growing Companies.


    Talking Points/Questions *
    1) Phases of entrepreneurship (i.e. solopreneurs, intrapreneurs, business owner, investor)
    2) The importance of financial literacy and how to level up your financial knowledge
    3) How government contracts can help scale your business
    4) Advice to small businesses seeking to get into government contracting
    5) Why real estate is the safest and most profitable investment 6) How to invest passively into real estate

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    32 mins
  • Rudy Giuliani, Advantages of Ugly, Trump's Opinion, Tommy's Question for Steve and more.

    Rudy Giuliani, Advantages of Ugly, Trump's Opinion, Tommy's Question for Steve and more.
    Oct 24 2024

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    1 hr and 27 mins