GHOGH with Jamarlin Martin

Jamarlin talks to Ryan Wilson, founder of Atlanta's Gathering Spot. They discuss Wilson's plans to scale his profitable subscription and events business, and whether Kamala Harris' candidacy will result in a civil war in Black America. They also discuss the term “people of color” and why Atlanta is one of the hottest cities for tech.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jewel Burks discusses her M&A process when she sold her tech company, Partpic, to Amazon. She and Jamarlin debate whether Sen. Kamala Harris should be held accountable for policing Facebook and Google in Silicon Valley when she was the attorney general of California.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Partpic founder and CEO Jewel Burks discusses how she developed an idea to streamline the purchase, repair and maintenance of parts. Partpic was acquired by Amazon in 2018. On Part 1, Jewel shares her sacrifices, research process (she talked to potential customers before investing time and money in the venture) and how she raised the first $2M.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamarlin goes solo and talks about flawed thinking within Black America. He covers R. Kelly's alleged sexual abuse, Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the FBI, support for the late Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha and Sudan in the '90s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamarlin Martin discusses the nasty stock market decline and why there's trouble ahead for the global economy. He also discusses Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's proposal for a 70-percent tax rate on the wealthiest Americans, and why the military industrial complex and regime-change hawks hate 2020 candidate Tulsi Gabbard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamarlin talks to Jade Martin and Victoria Jordan, branded entertainment producers for Urban One (NASDAQ: UONEK). They discuss their work for Toyota, P&G and Coke, and the cultural impact of reality TV on Black America. They also discuss the business prospects for REVOLT TV and Diddy becoming more pro-Black. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamarlin talks to family wealth advisor Tunde Ogunlana, CEO of Axial Family Advisors, about estate planning and Snoop Dogg's comment that he doesn't need a will ("I don't give a f--- when I'm dead. What am I gonna give a f--- about?"). They also discuss the growing college debt bubble, whether more free tuition will help solve the problem, and why MBAs are like the bachelor's degrees of 30 years ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamarlin talks to Tony Effik, SVP of Client Strategy at NBCU Universal, about where the digital media business is going. Tony talks about directing strategy across the largest multi-billion dollar media portfolio, opportunities with subscriptions, and the business of podcasting. They debate whether there is a bubble developing with podcasting and whether podcasting benefits from Google and Facebook's advertising claws are not being in the pot yet. They also discuss Silicon Valley's love affair with MBS and how much regulation is needed to check psychopathic corporate behavior when dealing with massive data and user scale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamarlin talks to Alvin Blanco, managing editor of HipHopWired, about #MeToo, allegations against Michael Jackson, and they revisit Spotify's efforts at censorship. They also discuss the gentrification of the term "woke" and how Vanity Fair used it to describe Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon, culture vultures in digital media, and Jay-Z's legacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamarlin talks to Alvin Blanco, managing editor of HipHopWired, about #MeToo, allegations against Michael Jackson, and they revisit Spotify's efforts at censorship. They also discuss the gentrification of the term "woke" and how Vanity Fair used it to describe Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon, culture vultures in digital media, and Jay-Z's legacy.

Jamarlin talks to Jacques Bastien, founder and CEO of SHADE, a leading influencer management agency. They discuss Jacques' concept of "hustlepreneurship", developing a culture that embraces the benefits from entrepreneurship failure and navigating the complex business of social influencers.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamarlin talks to Isa Watson, founder and CEO of Squad by Envested, a VC-backed software company that is scaling a next-gen platform to build relationships at work. They discuss her nuanced views on race and gender in tech, raising capital, and Richelieu Dennis's $100M investment fund that represents Black folks "owning" our rise.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamarlin talks to Score 3 Angels founder and investor Rashad Moore about his transition from engineer and employee to boss of his own software consulting company, which he sold to a subcontractor for a U.S. intelligence agency. They discuss Moore's experience growing up geek and the benefits of angel investing in a group.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamarlin talks to Dr. Gina Paige about African Ancestry, the company that used DNA to pioneer a new way of tracing African lineages and helped 500,000+ people reconnect with their roots. They discuss whether acquiring a knowledge of self and reconnecting with the motherland is the key to scaling African-American cultural optimization and economic empowerment in America. They also discuss whether folks with resources can be "about that life" with no curiosity to visit the motherland.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamarlin talks to serial entrepreneur and technologist Shireen Mitchell about whether Black tech investors invest enough in Black entrepreneurs. They discuss Facebook and Google de-platforming Black activists and how the algorithms disproportionately censor people who speak out against those in power. They debate whether Silicon Valley's so-called "diversity" problem is connected to systemic content-policing against Black folks online.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices