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Revolutionizing Food Systems: Transforming Communities for Generational Wealth Creation, with Tom McDougall
Today we explore how a transformed food system can pave the way for generational wealth creation, equity, and a sustainable future for communities.4P Foods is working ...
Rodney Williams, Changing Access to Capital with SoLo Funds
SoLo Funds is the outgrowth of co-founder and chairman Rodney Williams’ lived experience of a mother who regularly needed access to short-term cash to stay current wit...
$100M in Capital Funding, with Minority Business Accelerator CEO Darrin Redus
Today's guest is Darrin Redus, CEO of the Cincinnati Minority Business Accelerator within the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber of Commerce. The Accelerator has recently...
Lyneir Richardson, CEO of Chicago TREND
As we talk about the racial wealth gap it’s critical to highlight the importance of owning appreciating assets. At the end of 2020, 44% of Black Americans owned their ...
Jennifer Shieh, US Small Business Administration Director of Ecosystem Development
When you’re running a small business, you’ll take all the resources you can get, especially access to capital. But many founders have no idea where to begin to look fo...
Aaron Walker, CEO of Camelback Ventures
Median Black wealth is 12 times less than median White wealth, and it is estimated that median Black wealth by 2053 will be zero. While there are myriad historic and c...
Race, Privilege, and a Mission to Close the Wealth Gap: Johnathan Holifield and Christopher Gergen Share Their Stories
Christopher Gergen and Johnathan Holifield come from completely different backgrounds. One was born into power and privilege in a political family in DC. One grew up i...
Tracy Palandjian, CEO of Social Finance
Tracy Palandjian is moving the needle. She's the CEO of Social Finance, a national impact finance and advisory nonprofit that has mobilized $350 million in new investm...
North Carolina A&T Chancellor Harold Martin
This episode of Moving the Needle features Harold Martin, the esteemed, immediate past Chancellor of North Carolina A&T State University. As America's largest-ever his...
Investing in the American Dream, with US Economic Development Administration’s Alejandra Castillo
President Biden appointed today's guest, Alejandra Castillo, to head the Economic Development Administration. In this role, she leads the federal economic development ...
Economic Development and Communities That Get It Right, with IEDC CEO Nathan Ohle
Historically there are so many communities that have done a poor job of economic development and inclusive competitiveness, but we're talking about the communities tha...
Trailer
Welcome to Moving the Needle, a podcast that explores how innovators and problem solvers are doing transformative work in cities and rural communities to create new pa...
Revolutionizing Food Systems: Transforming Communities for Generational Wealth Creation, with Tom McDougall
Today we explore how a transformed food system can pave the way for generational wealth creation, equity, and a sustainable future for communities.4P Foods is working ...
Economic Development and Communities That Get It Right, with IEDC CEO Nathan Ohle
Historically there are so many communities that have done a poor job or economic development and inclusive competitiveness, but we're talking about the communities tha...
Investing in the American Dream, with US Economic Development Administration’s Alejandra Castillo
President Biden has appointed today's guest Alejandra Castillo to head the Economic Development Administration, leading the federal economic development agenda by prom...
$100M in Capital Funding, with Minority Business Accelerator CEO Darrin Redus
Today's guest is Darrin Redus, CEO of the Cincinnati Minority Business Accelerator within the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber of Commerce. The Accelerator has recently...
Rodney Williams, Changing Access to Capital with SoLo Funds
Rodney Williams saw it firsthand. His mom would get paid on Monday, and the bill would be due on Thursday. With getting to the bank, having the check clear, and having...
Race, Privilege, and a Mission to Close the Wealth Gap: Johnathan Holifield and Christopher Gergen Share Their Stories
Christopher Gergen and Johnathan Holifield come from completely different backgrounds. One was born into power and privilege in a political family in DC. One grew up i...
BONUS: Social entrepreneurship and moving the needle, with Forward Impact Solutions' Christopher Gergen
Today we're sharing an episode of a podcast that shares our mission to move the needle - Inside Impact with Alisa Herr. Christopher Gergen's first entrepreneurial v...
Jennifer Shieh, US Small Business Administration Director of Ecosystem Development
When you’re running a small business, you’ll take all the resources you can get, especially access to capital. But many founders have no idea where to begin to look fo...
Lyneir Richardson, CEO of Chicago Trend
As we talk about the racial wealth gap it’s critical to highlight the importance of owning assets. At the end of 2020, 44% of Black Americans owned their homes, accor...
Tracy Palandjian, CEO of Social Finance
Tracy Palandjian is moving the needle. She's the CEO of Social Finance, a national impact finance and advisory nonprofit that has mobilized $350 million in new investm...
Aaron Walker, CEO of Camelback Ventures
Median Black wealth is 12 times less than median White wealth, and it is estimated that median Black wealth by 2053 will be zero. Our guest today is Aaron Walker, C...
NC A&T Chancellor Harold Martin
On the first episode of Moving the Needle, we are thrilled to bring you Harold Martin, the esteemed Chancellor of North Carolina A&T State University. One of the gr...
Trailer
A podcast about needle moving sh!t. Moving the Needle is hosted by Christopher Gergen & Johnathan Holifield. Trailer and episode 1 edited and produced by The Aspen ...