The Anti-Gravity Detroit Podcast: Recent Episodes
Aubrey Agee
The Anti-Gravity Detroit Podcast is here to give you all the tools you need to lift your business off the ground. We'll continue to bring you amazing black and brown entrepreneurs, professionals, and heroes with unique viewpoints that'll change the way you look at business and society. Our guest will be raw, truthful, and inciteful. As your host (Aubrey Agee) I will continue to pull as much information and value out of the guest that set foot on this podcast as possible. Tune in, grow with us, and get ready for greatness.
#Antigravitydetroit podcast #2 with guest caster Myles Morgan of #mindblownlifecoaching topic Black Entrepreneurship and Mental Health, big thanks to #MusicTownDetroit for studio use. As a educator at Cody Highschool in Detroit, Myles realized that the system he was contributing to wasn't working, so he decided to make something that did. This inspired him to start is first business named Pro:Up a social impact technology company that connects high school students to the opportunities and pathways they need to accomplish their goals. On this episode Myles takes you through the ins and outs of getting an investment in Detroit, and gives some tips on mental health in business.
Hear Detroit advocate and native Niles Heron, co-founder of Popdog - an esports second stage startup on the rise! Niles is a strong advocate for black owned businesses and has been unapologetic about this from the start. On this episode Niles takes us through his personal experience not fitting into society. As he continued his journey through life he starting to realize that fitting in, especially as a black man didn't work and made him uncomfortable. As he looked at what he was doing he realized wearing suits, adjusting his language, and pushing to fit into white communities was just a disguise. After realizing that he decided it was time to be himself. Tune in to hear more about his journey and where it leads him. The lessons he shares are extremely valuable.
Listen in on our first Podcast ever! Hear our guest, the prolific marketing expert who is informing the world about the brutal but hopeful truths about Detroit's resurgence, Eric Thomas. As always, we delve into the more difficult but much needed topics on race, business and the city of Detroit. In episode 1, we explore how "white validation" has become dominant in black business since the Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964. How do black business owners overcome the stigma they may posses, how do we rise above our fear of failure, how do deal with the external racial bias that has been in place since the 1500's.