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Perils of a Black Entrepreneur

In this podcast episode of the Minister of Balance your host and producer Rodney Holt will share the story of a Billionaire businessman Billy Con and a successful minority entertainment agent Willy Bo Jingles they both decide to team up on a business venture. To make a long story short Willy Bo decides to take a big risk; already one of the only minority agents at the biggest firm in Hollywood, decides to go out on a limb and start a new business. The reason, he wants to give his people a hand up and a happy smile and help grow minority economics. However, he found the effort to be more challenging than he first thought. However, Willy remained hopeful although his spirit is so besieged with anger from all the, hurt and pain that he’s endured over the years in his incredible climb up the corporate ladder. Willy’s unconceived notion that being in business for himself would open doors and change perceptions, is blatantly false he’s learning that racism is even more illuminated on that level. Tune in and find how this story of two business partners from the opposite sides of the tracks culminates.

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