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The Five-Thirds podcast is dedicated to offering a platform to Black entrepreneurs, experts, and professionals in a range of fields including technology, venture capital, academia, and medicine. Five-Thirds is produced...
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The Five-Thirds podcast is dedicated to offering a platform to Black entrepreneurs, experts, and professionals in a range of fields including technology, venture capital, academia, and medicine. Five-Thirds is produced by members of build21, a collective of Black Venture For America fellows dedicated to supporting the next generation of Black entrepreneurs and investors.
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10 DEC 2021 · Senay Daniel (VFA 20' Columbus) and Jason Chato (VFA 18' Philadelphia) interview Ashton Keys (VFA 19' Detroit), co-founder of Athlytic, a platform dedicated to helping student-athletes partner with brands offering lucrative endorsement deals. Ashton takes viewers through his journey building Athlytic while attending Michigan State University, offers insights and information about how the landmark NIL (name, image, and likeness) rule change by the NCAA in 2021 has changed college sports, outlines the new opportunities for student-athletes to monetize their image, and even gets around to talking sports with the Five-Thirds hosts!
(Recorded 10/15/21)
Corrections:
-YouTuber and former college football kicker Donald De La Haye, a.k.a. "Deestroying," played for and attended The University of Central Florida (UCF) before being banned by the NCAA, not Florida State University as was incorrectly reported on this episode
-Ohio State quarterback Quinn Ewers at the time of recording was listed as the fourth-string quarterback on the Ohio State Buckeyes' football roster, not third-string as was incorrectly reported on this episode.
8 NOV 2021 · Senay Daniel (VFA 20' Columbus) and Jason Chato (VFA 18' Philadelphia) interview Nassir Criss (VFA 20' Kansas City). Nassir is an Associate at Sixty8 Capital, a seed-stage venture capital fund dedicated to investing in startups led by undercapitalized founders, including Black, Brown, women, and LGBTQ+ led startups. Nassir describes his career path leading to joining Venture For America and entering VC, informs viewers about Sixty8 Capital's work and the challenges faced by undercapitalized founders, and offers his perspective on the future of the country's entrepreneurship ecosystem.
21 JUL 2021 · Senay Daniel (VFA 20' Columbus) and Jason Chato (VFA 18' Philadelphia) moderate a panel discussion featuring several Black VFA fellows from build21. Recorded roughly one year after the wave of protests following a sequence of murders of Black men and women at the hands of U.S. police in the summer of 2020, our panelists dive deep into what blackness personally means to them, their educational and professional experiences, the state of America's current related to race, and their views on how build21 should execute its mission going forward.
Panelists are listed below in no particular order:
Trevor Nelson - VFA '19, Detroit
Destinée Mentor-Richards - VFA '18, St. Louis
Gregory Hunter - VFA '20, Baltimore
Allison Murdock - VFA '20, Detroit
Darren Douglas - VFA '16, Philadelphia
Floyd Jones - VFA '17, Baltimore
2 JUN 2021 · Jason Chato (VFA ’18 Philadelphia) and Kendall Easley (VFA ’20 Birmingham) interview Dr. Freeman Culver about the history of the Tulsa race masssacre, the significance of the 100th anniversary of the attack on what was then America's wealthiest Black community, the history and present state of Black entrepreneurship in Tulsa and the United States, the current status of Black history education in America, Dr. Culver's own life and career journey, and his work as President and CEO of Tulsa's Greenwood Chamber of Commerce, an organization dedicated to expanding Black entrepreneurship in Tulsa, preserving the remaining historic buildings of Tulsa’s Black Wall Street, and supporting education regarding the history of Tulsa’s Greenwood District.
Greenwood Chamber of Commerce homepage: https://www.historictulsagreenwoodchamber.org/
26 MAY 2021 · Nico Addai (VFA '20 Kansas City) moderates a panel for Black female entrepreneurs featuring Rebecca Allen and Rielle Jones. Rebecca Allen is the founder and CEO of Rebecca Allen, a footwear line made with Black women in mind, and Rielle Jones is the event producer and owner of Rielle Events, her own event planning company that serves many Fortune 100 companies and large nonprofits. Rebecca and Rielle discuss their journey towards founding their own businesses, as well as their unique experiences as Black women in the world of entrepreneurship.
3 MAY 2021 · Jason Chato (VFA ’18 Philadelphia) and Kendall Easley (VFA ’20 Birmingham) host our first-ever episode featuring Jadyn Bryden. Jadyn is a Vice President at Xfund, a Harvard-affiliated venture capital fund focused on investing in early-stage startups. Jadyn outlines her road to a career in venture capital, shares her insights on the state of play for underrepresented founders and venture capitalists, and offers advice to hopeful founders and those looking to join her in the field of venture capital.
The Five-Thirds podcast is dedicated to offering a platform to Black entrepreneurs, experts, and professionals in a range of fields including technology, venture capital, academia, and medicine. Five-Thirds is produced...
show more
The Five-Thirds podcast is dedicated to offering a platform to Black entrepreneurs, experts, and professionals in a range of fields including technology, venture capital, academia, and medicine. Five-Thirds is produced by members of build21, a collective of Black Venture For America fellows dedicated to supporting the next generation of Black entrepreneurs and investors.
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| Author | Senay Daniel |
| Organization | Senay Daniel |
| Categories | Entrepreneurship , Business News , Tech News |
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| fivethirdspodcast@gmail.com |
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