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Reverse Ambition PodcastR.A.P. #41- Listen to the Journey of Taiia Smart Young an author, Writing Consultant, EntrepreneurTaiia SMART YOUNG is an author, editor, book coach and writing consultant. She teaches coaches, consultants, thought leaders and experts how to use their experiences and expertise to write and publish brand-building non-fiction books.
Prior to starting Smart Girl Media, she was the Entertainment Director for Latina and Latina.com. She has also held senior editor positions at Juicy, XXL and ESSENCE. Her byline has appeared in EBONY, Black Enterprise, NV, Bustle.com and MadameNoire.com. Her agency's previous clients include TIDAL, Refinery29, Wendy Williams Hunter Foundation, Columbia University, Black Girls Rock! and Verizon.
As an interviewer and on-camera host...2023-06-051h 55Reverse Ambition PodcastRAP #40- Conversation with Mackenten Petion, Creative & Successful EntrepreneurCaught up with my brother Mackenten Petion, a proud Haitian man, husband to a beautiful black queen, and father of two amazing young girls. He is an entrepreneur with numerous businesses across the hospitality and technology industries including most notably Room 24k a members only dining club for the black community and Byld It a website that helps entrepreneurs in the different stages of their journey create, manage, and fund their businesses. She shared is amazing story of how he found success and purpose. Great inspirering listen.2023-05-011h 08
Reverse Ambition PodcastRAP#39- Conversation with Hi Texture Hair Salon Owner and public speaker India BertinMeet India Bertin, a woman who has overcome many challenges as a female business owner and is creating an impact by educating people on how to care for their textured hair. In this episode, India shares her journey of how she became an entrepreneur, the challenges she faces as a woman business owner, and how she is running a successful hair salon while homeschooling her children. In 2012, India opened Hi Texture Salon after noticing a gap in the market that catered towards textured hair. Her vision was to create a salon environment that was chic and professional, as well as...2023-01-081h 33
Reverse Ambition PodcastRAP #38- Listen to Harlem Candle Co. Founder Teri Johnson Entrepreneurial JourneyTeri Johnson is an entrepreneur and adventurer who brings her experience to life through storytelling and luxury products. A life-long traveler, Teri has visited nearly 70 countries learning about the rich cultures of the world while working as a travel and lifestyle expert for various television and digital platforms.
During her travels, Teri experienced an array of different scents and developed a passion and obsession for beautiful and evocative fragrances that have the power to transport you to a different time and place. This sparked an idea to create a luxury home fragrance company inspired by her neighborhood of Harlem, specifically...2022-10-1159 minReverse Ambition PodcastRAP 37-Listen to the entrepreneurial journey of Kendrick Trotter, the 27 years old CEO of Us in Tech“I had to shift my mindset to be able to begin to imagine myself as a successful entrepreneur.”- Kendrick Trotter
Listen to the awesome entrepreneurial journey of Kendrick Trotter, the 27 years old founder and CEO of Us in Technology (UIT), a virtual community, job placement, mentoring and training platform aimed at bridging the gap between hiring companies and qualified underrepresented talent. Trotter is an award-winning sales manager operating primarily within the cybersecurity space. He successfully recruited, into the tech industry, himself in 2017, while moonlighting as an Uber driver. His life mission is to give others the same opportunities he’d been...2022-08-111h 01Reverse Ambition PodcastRAP #36- Conversation With Marcus Knight, Tech EntrepreneurListen to a great conversation with Marcus Knight, an entrepreneur, about his journey in Tech as a Black man. His mission is to help founders lead with empathy and equity from the start, while generating a scalable revenue process. He is a Go-To-Market Strategist with over 15 years of experience in the SaaS industry. He's built revenue teams from the ground up that have generated exponential revenue success. As an expert in finding gaps in structure and processes, and then implementing effective strategy aligned to a company's desired outcomes, Marcus is adept at uncovering new revenue streams. He continuously researches markets...2022-06-0638 minReverse Ambition PodcastR.A.P. #35- Listen to the Journey of Nina Taylor an Entrepreneur Who Have Turned $600 into 6 FiguresEnjoy Nina's journey as a southern belle from Texas to a go-getter who conquered NYC. She discussed her successful venture into a little known industry and how she was able to turn $600 into 6 figures. This is another must listen to episode that will inspire you to stay focused and keep going no matter what.2022-04-111h 46
Reverse Ambition PodcastR.A.P. #34- Superstar Real Estate Broker Tricia Lee Shares Her Career and Entrepreneurial JourneyIn this amazing episode, entrepreneur and Superstar Real Estate Broker, Tricia Lee shares her life journey from growing up in Arizona with a Jamaican background to moving to New York and getting and dominating in her dream job at MAC, to quitting to open her own self-funded business Polish Bar, to closing it to become a Superstar Real Estate Broker. Tricia shares ups and downs, success and challenges at each stage of her journey as well as what inspires her and keep going. How being a business owner affected her personal life. She also shares key things that contributes to her...2022-02-091h 14Reverse Ambition PodcastRAP #33- Detavio Samuels shares his career journey that lead him to become CEO of REVOLT MEDIA & TVThis great conversation with Detavio gives information about his background and insight about who he is as head of Revolt Media & TV.2021-11-2958 min
Reverse Ambition PodcastRAP #32- Listen to the career journey of Tarik Brooks, President of Combs EnterprisesTarik shares his unconventional career path from attending the top schools to moving to another country to build hotels to his current position as President of Combs Enterprises. Great listen and inspiration to go for it.2021-09-201h 06
Reverse Ambition PodcastRAP #31-RNB House Party Founder & Tech Exec Charles "Beloved" kuykendoll Talks about his JourneyCharles discusses his journey from humble beginnings in Chicago, Meeting the love of his life, challenges, and wins in NYC, San Francisco, and LA.2021-07-161h 05Reverse Ambition PodcastRAP #30 : HBCU Change Founder : Xavier PeoplesXavier shares his career journey and what inspired him to create HBCU Change, a fundraising app for Historically Black Colleges & Universities.2021-04-2840 minReverse Ambition PodcastRAP #29- Listen to the journey of Angel Investor, Angela JacksonAngela Jackson shares her journey from Chicago to Paris to founding her own nonprofit to becoming an Angel Investor. A great inspiring story for all looking to find purpose.2021-03-231h 01Reverse Ambition PodcastRAP #28- Listen to the Journey of Brittany K. Barnett, Attorney & Criminal Justice Reform AdvocateBrittany shares her journey from a great childhood to becoming a corporate lawyer and how she found her purpose in criminal justice reform.2021-03-0240 minReverse Ambition PodcastRAP #27- Listen to Scadi Etienne Journey to Becoming A Successful Real Estate InvestorScadi shares the story of his extremely humble beginnings to joining the Army, then corporate America to Successful Real Estate Investor. He talks about vulnerable, scary, challenging, to exciting moments that happened to him on his journey. A great listen for all.2021-02-201h 46Reverse Ambition PodcastRAP #26- Listen to Lekeith Taylor Share his creative Journey from Chicago to NYC to ATL.Lekeith shares the ups and downs of his creative journey. Great listen.2021-02-0951 minReverse Ambition PodcastRAP #25 PT 2-Continue to Listen To Lauren Casimir Journey into Surprising Lucrative Industry in NYCLauren continues to share her journey into ownership opportunities in a lucrative industry in NYC. She discussed the responsibilities and setback that comes along with it. She discussed the skills she used to deal with and maneuver as an entrepreneur successfully. A fun listen.2021-01-1952 minReverse Ambition PodcastRAP #25 PT 1-Listen To Lauren Casimir Journey to Becoming an HR Ace in Surprising Lucrative IndustryLauren shares her journey from college and traveling abroad to becoming a Human Resource professional in a surprisingly lucrative industry in NYC. She shares other skillsets she acquired while immersed in her new company and how they lead to ownership and entrepreneurial opportunities.2021-01-1953 minReverse Ambition PodcastRAP #24- Conversation with Fred Smith Founder of Where Are You From ApparelGreat conversation with entrepreneur and world traveler Fred Smith. We covered his background and what made him fall in love with traveling. We discussed his venture into real estate development, becoming a trader then an events planner to ultimately what inspired him to find Where Are You From Apparel. Great listen especially during the current pandemic where things are unprecedented and uncertain.
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Join the community on Instagram and Facebook @whereareyoufrom.us2021-01-0436 minReverse Ambition PodcastRAP #23- Listen to the Entrepreneurial of Celebrity Dentist Dr. Catrise Austin, The Queen of Smiles.Dr. Catrise shares her incredible journey of how she became a celebrity dentist, business ups and downs, and how she was able to pivot after challenges.2020-10-2557 minReverse Ambition PodcastRAP #22: Lola Banjo shares Her Journey of How She finally Went after Her Dream after 10 yrs DeferredLola shares her journey of how she finally leaped to follow her dream after deferring it for 10 years of creating luxury luggage and accessory brand Silver & Riley. She dived into a very difficult period when she loses her mother and how she overcame various setbacks.2020-09-171h 04Reverse Ambition PodcastRAP #21- Listen to Raval Davis Share Her Journey of How She Became an Actress After a few DetoursRaval shares her journey of how she finally became a successful working actress after being discouraged to do so during her freshman year in college by her counselor.2020-08-0550 minReverse Ambition PodcastRAP #20- Listen to Andre Woolery's journey to Jamaica and back as an Artist & Content CreatorAndre shares his journey from Duke University to Jamaica and back as an artist and Content Creator striving to be great.2020-06-1551 minReverse Ambition PodcastRAP #19- Listen to the Journey of Dora Belle, a Young Accounting EntrepreneurDora shares her journey after working 18 hour days in India, led her to quit her well paid job at Ernst & Young job in search of work-life balance and happiness.2020-05-1939 minReverse Ambition PodcastRAP #18- Listen to the entrepreneurial journey of Jatali Bellanton, Wife, Mother, Author, InvestorJatali shares her amazing journey from a successful career in finance to become a self-publishing author and investor. Inspired by experiences growing up, she learned how to channel her focus and passion into building a legacy for her son by betting on herself even when the odds were against her. A great listen for those looking for inspiration and direction during these trying times.2020-04-2949 minReverse Ambition PodcastRAP #17- Listen to the entrepreneurial journey of husband & wife Julia & Waziri GarudaHusband and wife Julia and Waziri Garuba share their story of how they are able to be fulltime entrepreneurs with three kids.2020-04-2048 minReverse Ambition PodcastRAP #16- Listen to the Extraordinary Journey of Brooklyn Borough President Eric AdamsEric Adams shares his amazing journey from a troubled youth to become the first Borough President of Brooklyn.2020-04-061h 08Reverse Ambition PodcastRAP #15- Listen to the Incredible Entrepreneurial Journey Tiffany HardinTiffany shares her story as a creative, music enthused, and entrepreneur. Great listen.2020-03-221h 09Reverse Ambition PodcastRAP #14- Listen to the Entrepreneurial Journey Claire Sulmers, Founder & EIC of FashionBombdaily.comClaire shares the story of her background and what inspired her to start the most influential fashion media platform featuring people of color.2020-03-0835 minReverse Ambition PodcastRAP #13- Listen to the Amazing Journey of Camara Aunique, Celebrity Makeup ArtistCamara shares the amazing journey of her crazy ups and downs of how she became the makeup artist to the starts.2020-02-2549 minReverse Ambition PodcastRAP #12- Listen to the incredible challenging Entrepreneur Journey of Lola Gayle Patrick-OdeenLala shares her very challenging story as an entrepreneur and the roadblocks she faced because she was black and her business focused on celebrating blackness.2020-02-011h 06Reverse Ambition PodcastRAP #11- Listen to Dr Nicole Grimes as She Shares Her Professional Journey to Do What She LovesListen to Dr. Nicole Grimes as she Shares Her professional journey from what she was great at to do what she is passionate about.2020-01-2959 min
Thee Amateur Expert Podcast@theeamateurexpert IG Live Show Episode 35 | Meeting Calcie Cooper @calciecooperThank you to Calcie for being my guest this week. Follow Calcie on social media @calciecooper.Thank you for listening to this week's episode! The concept of the show is to see how people evolved into the careers they have, to discuss the journey to...2019-12-2827 minReverse Ambition PodcastRAP #10- Listen to the Journey of Victoria Anderson Who Started Her Own Insurance AgencyListen to the journey of Victoria Anderson, a Human Resources Exec Who Quit to Open her Own Insurance Agency2019-08-0245 minReverse Ambition PodcastRAP#9- Listen to the Journey of Reggie Smith, A Finance Professional & Co-Founder of Boombox BoxingEntrepreneur and finance professional Reggie Smith shares how he convinced his boss to let him work from home in another city so he can focus on building his boxing studio.2019-06-1732 min
Reverse Ambition PodcastRAP #8- Listen to the Entrepreneurial Paul Carrick Brunson, Author, Matchmaker, T.V. PersonalityThis is a bit long episode but it is worth the listen as Paul grew from a troubled teenager into an entrepreneur was is booked, busy, and blessed.2019-05-121h 43
Reverse Ambition PodcastRAP #7- Listen to the Amazing Journey Sabrina Thompson MitchellListen to Sabrina Thompson Mitchell Journey from Becoming a TV Producer to NYC Teacher to Partaking in Survivor TV Show to Owning Her Own Production Company.2019-04-0459 min
Reverse Ambition PodcastRAP #6- Listen to the Entrepreneur Journey of Gary Coichy Founder & CEO of Pod Digital MediaGary (GC) Coichy shares his journey from a Haitian immigrant to the founder of Pod Digital Media, an agency that focuses on helping multicultural podcasters monetize their content.2019-03-2828 min
Reverse Ambition PodcastRAP #5- Listen to the Entrepreneurial Journey of Julian Riley Founder and CEO of Harlem Blue BeerListen to Julian Riley who is Founder and CEO of Harlem Blue Beer Company about his journey from Boston to Harlem and what led him to start his company.2019-03-2748 min
Reverse Ambition PodcastRAP #3- Listen to the Journey of Cherae Robinson Founder & CEO of TasteMakersAfrica.comThe RAP episode is a little longer than normal but its very much worth the listen. Cherae Robinson kept it all the way raw and real as she shares her personal and professional journey as Founder and CEO of a Tech startup. Enjoy.2019-03-171h 13
Reverse Ambition PodcastRAP #4- Listen to the Journey of Felicia Pride, Hollywood Writer & ProducerHollywood Writer and Producer, Felicia Pride shares her journey from Baltimore to Hollywood.2019-03-1753 min
Reverse Ambition PodcastRAP #2- Listen to the Entrepreneurial Journey of Renae BluittMiss. Renae Bluitt dive into her journey from college to a successful pr career, blogger, and documentary film producer.2019-03-0751 min
Reverse Ambition PodcastRAP #1- Listen to Shana Renee Stephenson entrepreneurial JourneyThis podcast dives into the journey of Shana Renee Stephenson as a budding entrepreneur.2019-03-051h 02