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    • BIOGRAPHY
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    • OPERATION HOPE
    • FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR ALL
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    • JUST BROTHERS
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Inspired: How anyone can go from a $500 investment in oneself, to running a $1 million company in a year.

by John Bryant | Nov 23, 2015 | Bryant Traveling Man, Financial Literacy, HOPE Business-In-A-Box, HOPE Project 5117, HOW THE POOR CAN SAVE CAPITALISM Book, John Hope Bryant Authored, Operation HOPE, Silver Rights

  Sometimes big, bold dreams come in the most unassuming packages.  This was the case when I stepped into an Uber car during a recent trip to Denver, Colorado and discovered a young man pursuing his version of the American Dream.  He started with a modest $500...

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