The JQ Lifestyle Podcast: Recent Episodes
Jeffron Smalls
The JQ Lifestyle podcast presents stories and experiences from people with differing backgrounds discussing a variety of topics ranging from lifestyle, tech, entrepreneurship and philanthropy. The purpose of this podcast is to share wisdom, actionable advice, and personal experiences through sharing others' perspectives.
In this episode, I invited Malcolm Hodge again to kick off season 3 after paying off $92k worth of student loan debt within 2.5 years. Malcolm and I worked together at Microsoft for almost 3 years. We discussed our journey in corporate as supply chain professionals together after graduating from North Carolina A&T State University.
In this episode, I invited Malcolm Hodge to have a conversation on what sparked his interest in changing the world through financial literacy. Malcolm also shared his advice around investing, paying off debt, and strategic saving strategies.
“Step one to building wealth is to figure out how to level your expenses. It’s not about how much money you make, it’s about how much money you keep.”
-Kia Young
This episode is a discussion with Kia Young who is a full time engineer, real estate investor and realtor based in New Orleans. She hit $2M sales in less than 6 months! Kia is also the founder of @hbcutravelers, a non-profit organization.
We talked about her real estate journey, house hacking, and budgeting advice. Kia is currently working on a budget workshop to help others build wealth.
“When you're an entrepreneur, you will experience a lot of ups and downs. It’s never really a middle ground."
-Mr. Yuck
Great discussion with @yuck_pke — who is the owner and CEO of @thepolarmovement, a visionary, and an artist. We talked about his journey as a black entrepreneur, father, husband, and what it takes to balance it all while chasing your dreams.
In this episode, I invited Desmond Sumpter and Bobby Gay to have a real conversation around the journey of overcoming your environment. The purpose of this dialogue was to share perspectives on what type of struggles we experienced growing up and how to overcome adversity.
“A lot of people make ego moves and not business moves.”
-Justin Carpenter
Justin Carpenter is a successful black entrepreneur that founded Carpenter Tax Accounting & Business Solutions (@carptaxco) which is a boutique professional accounting firm based in Atlanta, Georgia.
We talked about his journey leaving Cisco Systems, his first job after graduating college and his journey to becoming a full-time entrepreneur. He shared insight about his services and how he’s also helping entry level accountants gain clientele through apprenticing under him.
A great conversation with AJ Richardson about his journey working with NBA All-Star, Chris Paul, as a Project Manager. His most recent project centered around spreading awareness of the importance and value of HBCUs through various campaigns and partnerships.
I had the opportunity to have a conversation with Tuskegee University graduate Archie Clay, who’s the Co-Founder/CEO of @wearbrims, a luxury hat company .
His brand has been featured by @wwd, @beyonce, and @blackownedeverything. He was also nominated and selected for @hbcubuzz 2020 Top 30 under 30 class.