Chris Bennett's appreciation for education goes back to his parents, Honduran immigrants, who made sure he had access to an excellent education. Tarik sits down with the Wonderschool founder to talk about his journey, challenges and successes d

Season 2: Episode 5 - How Trayvon Martin’s death inspired this founder to create a space for Black professionals and creatives

Nov 15th, 2021 42m 33s

Ryan Wilson is the co-founder and CEO of TGS Holdings, a consumer lifestyle and hospitality company based in Atlanta. The company’s holdings consist of The Gathering Spot, a private membership club; and A3C, a music, tech, and ﬁlm conference an

Season 2: Episode 4 - How Dana Guthrie's hoop dreams turned into a $13 million VC fund for Milwaukee

Nov 8th, 2021 55m 30s

As Managing Director at Gateway Capital, in addition to financial returns, Dana Guthrie generates social returns through investment in low-to-moderate income communities. Prior to her current role, Guthrie self-studied and founded Alchemy Angel

Season 2: Episode 3 - How Harlem Capital's Henri Pierre-Jacques is changing the face of entrepreneurship

Nov 1st, 2021 36m 43s

Henri Pierre-Jacques founded Harlem Capital with friend and colleague Jarrid Tingle in order to impact culture by investing in innovative companies led by women and diverse entrepreneurs. The firm has a mission of changing the face of entrepren

Season 2: Episode 2 - Priya Amin, Founder of Flexable aimed to tackle America's childcare $54 billion problem

Oct 25th, 2021 42m 28s

Priya Amin is an entrepreneur, TEDx speaker and mother of two boys. After fighting to balance a career and parenthood, Amin started Flexable with the mission to make work and life fit better for professional parents. However, because of the eff

Season 2: Episode 1 - Milwaukee's Ruben Gaona is changing how we think about the formerly incarcerated

Oct 18th, 2021 47m 39s

Ruben Gaona co-founded the anti-bias employment platform, The Way Out, after experiencing struggles with reentry after being incarcerated. The Way Out specializes in the hiring of justice-involved job seekers, and also provides additional socia

Season 1: Episode 6 - Kelly Burton and Erin Horne Mckinney, Black Innovation Alliance

Apr 5th, 2021 38m 12s

The Black Innovation Alliance is on a mission to ensure that Black ownership is increasing through equitable participation in the innovation economy. On this season one finale of Diverse Disruptors, Host Tarik Moody speaks with BIA Executive Di

Season 1: Episode 5 - Ryan Johnson, Founder of Cxmmunity

Mar 29th, 2021 38m 22s

Ryan Johnson founded Cxmmunity to eliminate barriers to entry and underrepresentation in esports. He shares with host Tarik Moody how, through a unique partnership with Twitch and a growing list of HBCUs, his nonprofit provides underserved comm

Season 1: Episode 4 - Lita Mallett, Founding High School Principal of Milwaukee Excellence Charter School

Mar 22nd, 2021 37m 19s

At Milwaukee Excellence Charter School, every student in high school grades learns about computer science. Host Tarik Moody speaks with High School Founding Principal Lita Mallett to learn about her goal of quadrupling the number of Black stude

Season 1: Episode 3 - Nash Ahmed, Founder of Undock

Mar 15th, 2021 36m 23s

Host Tarik Moody talks with Nash Ahmed about his unique journey to raise $1.6M to launch his startup, Undock. Ahmed’s platform allows users to instantly schedule, host and document meetings in their networks. He explains how he beat the odds wi

Season 1: Episode 2 - Arlan Hamilton, Founder of Backstage Capital

Mar 8th, 2021 26m 26s

Arlan Hamilton founded Backstage Capital to invest in companies led by underestimated founders, including women, people of color and LGBTQ+ founders. In a little over five years, the firm has invested in over 150 companies. Host Tarik Moody tal

Season 1: Episode 1 - Dorsh Deans, Founder of AIXA

Mar 1st, 2021 43m 25s

On Episode 1, host Tarik Moody chats with Dorsh Deans, a musician turned UX architect. He is the founder of the AIXA -- pronounced "Eye-Eesh-Uh" -- an AI chatbot that "provides answers to common (and obscure) UI dev and UX design questions" whi

Pilot: Sherrell Dorsey, Founder of 'The Plug'

Jan 18th, 2021 41m 46s

On the pilot episode of Diverse Disruptors, "The Plug" Founder Sherrell Dorsey sits down with Tarik Moody to discuss her work to establish a premium news service dedicated to sharing stories from the Black innovation economy.

Diverse Disruptors Teaser

Nov 16th, 2020 1m 36s

The staggering underrepresentation of people of color and women in the tech, startup, innovation and entrepreneurial spaces has been well-documented. Large companies promise they’ll do better, but still struggle to attract and retain diverse ta

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