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Are you a black creative trying to monetize your art? A corporate creative advancing your career? Or an entrepreneur trying to grow your business? Well, BlackXecutive has entered the chat. BlackXecutive is a podcast for black creatives created by a black creative. We share inspiration and actionable advice for black creatives going pro. With each episode we’ll chat with black creatives thriving in entrepreneurship, corporate careers and the nonprofit sector. You'll wrap up with a few key takeaways, and be a little more inspired, and a little more connected.
**In this episode, we chat with Senior Vice President of Marketing for Def Jam, Jeff Burroughs. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because this man’s resume is long y’all long.
The episode will cover:**
- Creating a work-life circle of balance
- Nurturing creative ideas
- The timelessness of true artistry
Jeff is the Former Vice President of Sony (Sew-knee) Music Entertainment, Former Executive President of Bad Boy Entertainment, Former Head of Commercial Relationships for some of America’s favorite fan crazed shows like the X Factor and the Got Talent Franchises and he still managed to be an entrepreneur and grow his own marketing, branding and consulting company, Rise Entertainment throughout all of that. And lastly, if you name a prominent figure in the entertainment industry, he’s probably worked with them L.A.Reid, Puff, Biggie, Amerie, Q-Tip, Simon Cowell, 2Chains, Kanye, YG and many, many, many more artists.
We're back! Get a quick update on what to expect for Season 3 dropping Monday, August 30th.
Attorney Lyvonne Jones didn’t see herself as an attorney early in life, but her path to Intellectual Property Law was inevitable. In this episode, The Creator’s Law Firm Attorney Lyvonne discusses the importance of black women entrepreneurship, important legal tips to having a legally sound business as a creative, and the different layers of a trademark and copyright protection. Timestamps: 0:00 - Stepping out of your comfort zone and walking in your calling
12:00 - Twice as good: landing a job as a black attorney
19:00- Creating a lawyer that caters to black women entrepreneurs
27:00 - 5 things to do to make sure your business is legally sound
Books:The Personal MBA https://amzn.to/3sRyJRY
Contact Lyvonne:
https://www.instagram.com/lyvonne.jones/
https://ticoradavis.com/creators-law-firm
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Cody Kelly, MBA, Finance, keeps it real about what it takes to handle your damn business as a mature business owner. From his beginnings in Chicago to his role as VP, Cody gives a down-to-earth perspective of a corporate journey. In this episode, Cody talks about nurturing your entrepreneur and intrapreneur callings, the power of mergers and acquisitions, and the realities of climbing the corporate ladder.
View the full show notes: www.blackxecutive.com/episodes/codykelly
Check out books recommended on this episode:
The Experience Economy https://amzn.to/3spECpa
The Millionaire Next Door https://amzn.to/3v8j7uV
The Storehouse Principle https://amzn.to/3tr43rH
Becoming https://amzn.to/3annjyI
The Covenant with Black America https://amzn.to/3gzxiVR
The Law of Nations https://amzn.to/3dt2ML2
Thick https://amzn.to/32rafnB
Contact Cody:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cvmk33/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cody-kelly-mba-6aa77924/
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Disclaimer: Blackxecutive does not provide financial or career advice. Consult a professional about your personal circumstances. The opinions of the guest of Blackxecutive are their own and do not represent Blackxecutive or the guest's professional affiliations.
Artist Nariscia is all about being intentional in her art, from every detail within her creation process, to the final product, Nariscia uses her spirituality to guide her artistic expression. In this episode, Narisicia talks about artistic expression as a spiritual journey, the importance of setting an environment for the creative process, and being inspired by a variety of muses. Her digital pieces combining nude bodies with creative illustrations create striking expressions of visual art embedded with intention down to the binary code.
Timestamps:
3:08 - Creative journey and spiritual journey intertwined; art as evolution of spiritual journey
9:59 - Being mindful of stimuli in your creation space
12:58 Intentionality in each piece
20:03 - Juxtaposing nudity and illustrations to create digital pieces
28:58 - the many muses of creation
44:19 - Creative process
View the full show notes:
www.blackxecutive.com/episodes/narisciahenriques
Contact Nariscia :
Artist instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nariscia/?hl=en
Artwork: https://www.instagram.com/nudeities/?hl=en
Website: https://thepatternlife.com/
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In this episode, serial entrepreneur Carlos Harden talks about his journey of learning to balance entrepreneurship with family life. Carlos shares how he started his janitorial business, investment group, and trucking company. He talks about the power of group investing and managing your risk in entrepreneurship. There are also some great gems on starting kids early with stocks and the importance of ownership.
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https://www.blackxecutive.com/episodes/carlosdharden
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Carlosdharden@gmail.com
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When a young Andre Rodriguez had the opportunity to learn 3D Modeling while serving time, he picked up a skill that would shape the course of his career and his life. Now a successful Environments Artist for big-name animation giants like Pixar, Blue Sky Studios, and Dreamworks, Dre has films like Spies in Disguise, Megamind, How to Train Your Dragon, the Madagascar films, Rio 2, and more racked up on his resume. He continues to inspire the youth by teaching at prestigious visual arts programs and mentoring the youth. In this episode, Dre shares his journey, landing witty, insightful advice with each gem he drops.
Timestamps:
1:32 - Learning 3D Modeling while serving time
13:46 - Journey to teaching at SVA New York
21:51 - working with diverse toons
26:04 - Shaping young mind with authenticity
38:16 - Imposter syndrome and building the Spies in Disguise Drone
44:35 - Adapting to creative collaboration in a pandemic
1:00:25 - Steps to get started
Read the full show notes: https://www.blackxecutive.com/episodes/andrerodriguez
Contact Dre
https://www.dre3d.com/
Email: andrerodriguezsr@gmail.com
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BlkWmnAnimator Deborah Anderson found her passion and stuck with it as a 3D Modeler, Teacher and Speaker. When she took an unrelated teaching job in South Korea, she walked into an opportunity that set off her career in animation. In this episode, she talks about her experiences teaching youth and adults animation, working with Digital eMation, a premier animation studio in Seoul, South Korea, and creating for Family Guy, The Cleveland Show, Batman: The Brave and The Bold, Scooby-Doo, and the LeBrons. Her range of teaching experience from training employees in the oil and gas industries to teaching young professionals makes her YouTube Channel BlkWmnAnimator all the more educational.
Watch this interview on YouTube: https://youtu.be/TrBwftF-vRU
Timestamps:6:25 - helping kids and adults become passionate about animation
18:30 - First job in animation and working overseas in Korea
28:25 - Crediting creatives in big production studios
46:58 - The Importance of anatomy in animation
Contact BlkWmnAnimator
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/BlkWmnAnimator/featured
Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/blkwmnanimator/?hl=en
BlkWmnAnimator website: https://www.blkwmnanimator.com/about.html
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Artist AJ Moore shares his journey from sketching to animation to painting and more in this episode on finding the balance between creating for the love of it and creating for monetization. AJ talks making a living as an all-around artist, drawing boundaries between work and pleasure, making black stories with black characters, and carefully managing your leisure time.
Read full show notes: https://www.blackxecutive.com/episodes/artistajmoore
Timestamps:
0:00 Journey from animation to painting
13:09 - Art for the sake or art vs art for the grind
30:50 How to make a living vs enjoying it and art’s impact on the kids
37:35 Soul, the little mermaid and telling black stories instead of remaking nonblack stories with black characters
104:20 Sharing art on Twitch and tools for creation
123:40 - Actionable advice to get started
Follow AJ:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artistajmoore/?hl=en
Deviant Art: https://www.deviantart.com/gudfit
YouTube: It's Nature Y'all https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu_yRjokiHSnyuv8XL7mCaQ
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Tap in for my first solo episode of the season. I’ll talk about a few of the side hustles I’ve dabbled into in my twenties: what each entailed, pros, cons, and what I would do differently in the future. We’ll talk about my journey selling clothes on eBay, Poshmark, and traveling consignment shops, and my whirlwind adventure into the world of personal training and fitness modeling.
Time stamps
1:40 Flipping clothes: Selling on ebay, Children’s traveling consignment shops, Poshmark,
1:55 Selling clothes on eBay
5:49 Traveling consignment shops Rhea Lana and Duck Duck Goose
13:45 Selling clothes on Poshmark
23:56 Personal training as a side hustle
37:20 Local modeling as a side hustle
Show notes at https://www.blackxecutive.com/episodes/jassidehustleslessons
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Educator Dominnica Washington expanded her passion for the youth outside of the classroom when she founded the nonprofit SHEChicago to mentor girls and teens in the area. Her background as an English major and desire to self-publish her own line of books for brown and black children, helped her not only monetize her craft, but inspired her to teach others in the community, including the youth, to do the same. In this episode, she talks merging nonprofit passion and business, impacting youth of color with strategic business education, and creating a publishing company to educate the community.
Timestamps
15:27 Becoming a self-publisher and passing along the knowledge
24:00 Rewards and challenges of nonprofit work
36:00 Daily workflow and running a nonprofit
40:00 Tools
Find show notes:
https://www.blackxecutive.com/episodes/shechicago
Cairo & Zoey’s bookstore
http://shechicagopublishing.com/
Books:
Caste: https://amzn.to/3dxeHIb
The Color of Money: https://amzn.to/37AKyUM
Hood Feminism: https://amzn.to/3pLaIdr
From Designer to Business Analyst to Product Manager, Entrepreneur Rod Pride talks about his creative journey to the business side of the tech and marketing industries in his professional career and to his creative agency, We Brand Culture. In this episode, Rod talks balancing business with creativity to be a well-rounded creative and taking his product management to his own creative agency. We also talk about ClubHouse, the current “in” app, from a product perspective.
Timestamps:
5:55 - Balancing business and creativity to be a well-rounded creative
15:00 - Collaborating with creatives as a Product Manager
18:22 - taking product management to an entrepreneur space for a design agency
26:50 - mentorship and knowing when you’re ready to be mentored
32:40 - Hot takes on the clubhouse app: Is clubhouse a product or a feature?
42:08 - Daily workflow of being a PM during the day a
View the show notes: https://www.blackxecutive.com/episodes/rodpride
Contact Rod: https://www.webrandculture.com/work/
Follow his IG: @iamcreativerod https://www.instagram.com/iamcreativerod/
The Daily Stoic: https://amzn.to/3pn4fWb
The Daily Stoic journal: https://amzn.to/3b0VrQA
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When Shay Potter woke up one night with some things heavy on her heart, she didn’t know it would turn into an 8-month long journey of telling her story growing up as an LGBTQ+ adolescent in the 90s on her podcast Crack This Shxt Open. In this episode, Shay talks about finding the bravery to tell her story, putting together a solid team, and the emotional labor of working through her life’s story for a public medium.
Markers
12:20 min - Story development and collaborating with a team
17:24 min - Managing emotions when writing a memoir
35:00 min -Creating each episode of the memoir podcast
43:00 min - Writing tools and Workflow management
50:00 min - Steps to getting started
Follow Shay on IG: https://www.instagram.com/shayla.d.potter/?hl=en Visit her site: https://shayladpottermedia.com/ Order Building a Storybrand: https://amzn.to/2MJI0wfDisclosure: Blackxecutive is a female, black-owned business. By clicking these links, Blackxecutive may be compensated if you make a purchase.
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In this episode, I interview the hometown homie Nel P Arts, a talented painter whose created pieces for Big K.R.I.T., Bankroll Freddie, and, most famously, her Nipsey Hussle chalk art featured on The Shade Room. In this episode, Nel talks about documenting history through art, creating with multiple media, being an unconventional painter, and a hilarious story of presenting her painting to rapper Big K.R.I.T. while toothless.
Markers:
Intro - Inspiration, working with various media, and intimacy in creative expression
16:54 - Documenting history through art
24:00 - Love, trap, and monetizing painting
33:10 - Breaking out the box of the stereotypical painter.
44:30 - The hilarious Big K.R.I.T. story and taking risks to get exposure
Order your Valentine's package from Nel: https://nelparts.bigcartel.com/
View Nel's work: https://www.instagram.com/nelparts_/
Coverage of Nipsey art: https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/arkansas-woman-paints-viral-picture-of-nipsey-hussle/522-16bb0d2e-9c42-426e-9049-fca450624614
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https://www.blackxecutive.com/episodes/nelparts
Economist Dominic Hardaway is on a mission to keep economics simple for the black community. From his Keep It Simple Podcast to his Clubhouse rooms, Dom is straightforward about what information is need-to-know for the black community to make strategic economic moves in the Biden Administration and the future. Dom talks the realities of a $15 minimum wage, preparing for Biden's economy, Universal Basic Income, and job automation.
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Contact Dom @dapperdomo on Twitter / @djdapperdomo on Instagram
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With acumen in analytics and business, CEO of WHTWRKS Martin Ekechukwu found his way into the creative industry of the music business pushing forward brand strategy for some of the biggest names in business, including working alongside A-list DefJam legends like Sean Diddy Combs and Janet Jackson. From music strategy to advising major brands like Burger King, Nissan, and Dorito’s #Black Lives Matter campaign, Martin’s business acuity for authentic representation in branding has crafted his career as a POC branding guru. In this episode, Martin talks about finding a business partner who’s the yin to your yang, navigating predominantly white spaces in business, and leading branding initiatives that have long term impacts on POC media representation and communities.
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Contact Martin: https://whtwrks.com/work/
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Get a sneak peek into what's in store for season two dropping January 18th on YouTube, Blackxecutive.com, and wherever you stream.
This short and sweet episode provides a recap of the most popular episodes and most countries listening in to Blackxecutive every week. If you're new to the Blackxecutive fam, this episode is a good place to start and work your way backward.
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Podcast music:
Found by Shaolin Dub / Ketsa
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Faith by Yoitrax
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As a young kid, Antwon took interest in the stock market. He had his mind set on bringing something to the table he hadn’t yet seen represented in his family. Today, Antwon is a successful serial entrepreneur with business ventures across real estate, B2B technology, marketing, and other passive sources of income. In this episode, Antwon talks taking advantage of your Black American privilege, testing a business idea for market-need and scalability, and building a virtual black Wallstreet.
Podcast music:
Found by Shaolin Dub / Ketsa
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Faith by Yoitrax
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With the tools and technology at our disposal in 2020, there’s no longer a need to please the Hollywood gatekeepers to become a filmmaker. Film Director, Ryan Barnes, shares his journey from graphic designer to film director in this episode. Ryan talks about accumulating equipment as procrastination, sharing our unique lived experiences on screen, and collaborating with a team working to execute a vision.
Podcast music:
Found by Shaolin Dub / Ketsa
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Faith by Yoitrax
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Set your kids up to be successful creative entrepreneurs by teaching them the finances now. Financial Educator Kevin Young shares his techniques as a creative teaching financial literacy to children and adults. From cultivating creativity in your kids to creating a plan for your financial freedom, Kevin provides an overview of finances and the creative entrepreneur.
Podcast music:
Found by Shaolin Dub / Ketsa
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Faith by Yoitrax
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To celebrate the 10th episode of Blackxecutive, host, Jas takes the hot seat and invites former guest, Tae Ebison, to probe her into deep questions about her creative career and professional path. Facing the very real potential of being a “starving artist,” Jas took her childhood dream of being a writer and merged it with her love of tech and advocacy to find her ideal career, adaptable to corporate or entrepreneurial settings. In this episode, Blackxecutive host, Jas, talks about breaking language rules, embracing your natural language, creation processes, and being the voice in the room.
Music
Found by Shaolin Dub / Ketsa
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Faith by yoitrax | https://soundcloud.com/yoitrax
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In this episode, Yogi, Photographer, and Designer Ericka East shares her experience as a black, lesbian creative paving space for black and LGBTQ+ yogi practitioners. She took the “try everything” route and turned her creative talents into a set of career options that keep her fulfilled. Oftentimes pioneering in spaces, she challenges the status quo and pushes for accessibility for underrepresented communities. Ericka talks being a curious creative, trying things that challenge you, and showing up to show out.
Emmy Award Winning Creative Mark Eubanks took his journalism career to different heights when he fused his passion for videography and photography with his passion for community issues. Throughout his multi-decade career, he’s used creative work from documentaries to news coverage to shed light on important historical moments in the black community. In this episode, Marcus talks about having journalistic integrity, illuminating black history, and doing work that resonates with your soul.
Intro and Outro Music: Found by Shaolin Dub / Ketsa
Transition music: Faith by Yoitrax https://soundcloud.com/yoitrax Music under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License
From being seen by potential clients to being seen as an influencer, educator, and performance driver, Tae talks about the importance of visibility as a black creative in entrepreneurship, corporate environments, and in shaping legacy,
Start a movement for a cause. Founder and CEO of Girls Chronically Rock, Keisha talks about coming to terms with her chronic illness, continuing her dreams of pursuing fashion, and being an activist for black disabled lives.
Black Activist Natalie Brown talks about the importance of being true to yourself in all spaces, building connections to secure your seat at the table, and having a legacy focused mindset.
Observe the hustle and make it your own. Terrance saw a representation gap in the modeling industry and filled it, quickly becoming a published and highly sought after photographer. He talks conceptualizing ideas into art as you perfect your craft.
Get tips on how to pitch and approach content like a pro with Celebrity Feature Writer Shanelle Genai. She talks pitching ideas, landing interviews, writing across genres, and writing for those who need their stories told most.
Black love manifests into a podcast with Loveology hosts, Jason and Ashley Harris. In this episode, they talk about marriage, relationships, and turning it into a business with their podcast and couples brand. Jason and Ashley share a little about their story, how they ideated on their podcast theme, how they got started, how they split the workload balancing each partner’s strengths, and how they’ve fine-tuned their knowledge about their audience to a science.
In this episode, we talk to Michael Jackson, a West Coast Promotions Coordinator for Def Jam Recordings. Michael shares his story of growing up in a small town in Arkansas as the son of a DJ and neighborhood CD man. He went from aspiring to be a rapper to reframing his goals to be apart of the business sides of the music industry. Along the way, Michael shares life lessons on stepping into his own as a professional, persevering through the death of his parents, and not only meeting but working with his idols as a peer.
Are you a black creative trying to figure out how to monetize your art? Are you a black creative working in a corporate space? Or maybe you're an entrepreneur with an established business? Well, BlackXecutive has something to share with you. In this quick 17 minute intro, you'll learn about the purpose of the show, the overall goals, what you can expect from our interview format, and who's the host.