DIVINE is a reformed felon, serial entrepreneur, and rapper. In this interview, we discuss his startup, Solvent, a financial empowerment platform for underrepresented communities, his early affinity for technology, the early days of Hip Hop, and the origin of the 5% Nation.

Anthony Chidoro, AC Cool, discusses growing up as a first-generation Nigerian American, moving to the Bay Area, turning down job offers, how to prepare for a potential layoff, the origin of his rap name, his musical influences, Amapiano, and Afrobeats, impacts of streaming music on the music industry, and how to use Spotify analytics to do better audience targeting.

Dr. Dayanara Thompson discusses becoming a chiropractor, co-organizing the BLM protests on the Bay Bridge, her EMT accident that led her to Reiki sound bathing, her psychic powers, the importance of self-care, becoming a chiropractor, social media’s impact on society’s perception of chiropractors, how to handle “no’s” and how she joined The Money Team.

Lakeisha Poole discusses growing up in the South Bay Area (San Jose), how to manage and launch in-person events, the Onyx meetup group, the Black Career Job Fair, how to engage event sponsors, and what drove her move to Dallas, Texas.

Shruti Shah is a former teacher, former MoveLoot Cofounder, Y-Combinator Alumnus, and now Venture Capitalist and Fractional COO/CSO. In this interview, she discusses growing up in Memphis, Tennessee with a Jewish Father and Hindu Mother, attending UNC-Chapel Hill, her experiences as a school teacher that informed her desire for creating financially inclusive tools, cofounding MoveLoot, joining Y-Combinator, and now being a venture capitalist at Symphonic Capital and serving as a fractional Chief Operating Officer. Enjoy!

Wanona discusses juggling parenthood, marriage, and entrepreneurship, trials and tribulations of being a Black founder, Bigg Dipp showing her love, living in a former Trap House, working with Nasa, New Atlanta, growing up in Atlanta, Young Thug’s Case, Trump’s judicial woes, Atlanta becoming a Rap Mecca, long term goal of creating afforable housing, and launching her startup, Mākhers Studio, transforming shipping containers into equitable living spaces.

In this interview, Wadnes Castelly discusses product marketing, not knowing anything about TikTok before joining company, product marketing making you a better entrepreneur, art and science of product marketing, Joel Embid’s marketing presence, his dad teaching him to write checks, how he scored his first internship via networking after skipping class from the VP of Marketing, using ChatGPT as a coach, advisor, or mentor, the 12 week-year concepts, importance of mentorship circles, sponsor vs having a mentor, the importance of remembering peoples’ name, his favorite speakers, and luminaries.

Abdul Foster talks about growing up in Albuquerque New, Mexico, his African American and Mexican ancestry, training his brother, Arian Foster, former NFL running back and other star athletes, what makes Trainers so valuable, practicing Tai Chi, adjusting to black southern culture, opening his own training facility, his son inspiring him to become a software entrepreneur and lastly, starting Trainr, business management platform for physical trainers, and product growth strategies.