Duane Rollins

I recently read a McKinsey report on Building Supportive Ecosystems to Support Black-owned Businesses [https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-and-social-sector/our-insights/building-supportive-ecosystems-for-black-owned-us-businesses] and came across an interesting stat: > Black Americans have never had an equal ability to reap the benefits of business ownership. While about 15 percent of white

I wanted to share more about a new group I discovered called the Black Innovation Alliance [https://blackinnovationalliance.com/]. Here’s their manifesto [https://blackinnovationalliance.com/manifesto] – It Has To Come From Us. Black people have power. Our talent and ideas have value. We envision a world where Black prosperity

‘Tis the season to express gratefulness. But is it ok to be happy when a lot of other people are sad? 2020 has been a year that we will talk about for the rest of our lives. It has been bad on bad for many people on many levels to

How long are you willing to pursue your dreams? Can you continue on through setbacks and disappointment? Can you overcome doubt, that faceless monster that tells you stop? Tinia can. I met her 15 years ago during my time at Virginia Tech (Go Hokies!). She’s somebody that I can

I sat in a talk yesterday with Melissa Bradley of 1863 Ventures [https://1863ventures.net/] and she was talking about fundraising strategies for startups. In one section, she broke down the seven strategies startups can use define their competitive advantage. Content courtesy of1863 VenturesThese strategies are: * Cost leadership: You can

I read a ton on the web. I did the math. Over the last 10 years, I have consistently read at least 3 articles and 2 videos per day on various topics. This means that a minimum, I’ve consumed 10,950 articles and watched over 7,300 videos over

We did it. GEW is coming to a close very soon and thank you all for your support. We have a good lineup of events today and a few more through Monday (see below). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So about the Verzuz last night between Jeezy and Gucci. I like both but I’

No one in the world has created more hyperlinks than me this week lol. But alas, we push on to Day 3 of Global Entrepreneurship Week [https://innovatecoalition.org/gew/]. This has been a great, wild ride to help bring GEW together, but I’m looking forward to the end.

Kicking off Global Entrepreneurship Week DC was so much fun yesterday that I’m coming back for more on Day 2! Event planning is hard work. You have to sell people on a vision, get them committed, schedule them into the week, and then promote, promote, promote. Even after all

#GEW2020 [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=gew2020&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6734085787836661760] DC is finally here! I'm excited for the amazing events happening all around DC! Register at bit.ly/gew2020dc [http://bit.ly/gew2020dc] and join some of the amazing events we have on