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• 5 Steps To Turning Your Expertise Into Career Leverage

  July 26, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

  Hello stars, What a treat to see so many of you tune into my live this morning! Anyone who couldn’t make it, catch the recording here and on my YouTube. My biggest pet peeve with building “personal brands” is that most people compare…

• Crying at the Ritz Paris

  July 6, 2026 · 1 hr 8 min

  In 2023, on my very first trip to Paris, a man I loved leaned across the bar at the Ritz and told me I didn't have the resilience to be an entrepreneur. I cried. Three years later I walked back into that same bar after speaking at Cannes…

• We paid $250k to learn how to build an empire. Here's how it's going...

  May 20, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

  a year after walking across the wharton stage, all three of us ended up somewhere we didn't expect: in a portfolio career, in the creator economy, and nowhere near the linear corporate path we were sold. so we went live on substack to talk…

• From Nurse to Billion-Dollar Founder | Monique Rodriguez (Mielle Organics)

  March 23, 2026 · 56 min

  Monique Rodriguez went from being a registered nurse to building Mielle Organics, an organic multicultural haircare brand that was acquired by Procter & Gamble in a 9-figure, non-controlling deal — making her the first Black woman to…

• No one is coming to give you permission: how to activate your power

  March 16, 2026 · 33 min

  If you're tired of waiting for the right job, the right opportunity, or the right moment to finally feel powerful — this episode is your wake-up call. The truth is, power isn't something you build from scratch. It's not waiting for you at…

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