by Louis Deas | Dec 12, 2024 | Money and Wealth Podcast
Early in my career I took a very wealthy man named Harvey Baskin to dinner so I could ask him every question I had. When the check came, he slid it across the table to me. I slid it back. He slid it back again and asked me a question I have never forgotten: do you...
by Louis Deas | Dec 11, 2024 | Events & Appearances, HOPE Global Forums, Operation HOPE
Image: Operation HOPE HOPE Global Forums returned to Atlanta December 9 through 11 at the Signia by Hilton, with Mayor Andre Dickens and Ambassador Andrew Young as my co-chairs. This year’s theme was simple: The Future. We opened with a conversation on the...
by Louis Deas | Dec 6, 2024 | Money and Wealth Podcast
John Hope Bryant with his mother, Juanita Smith. Everything I know about money, I learned first from my mother. Juanita Smith raised me in South Central and Compton on the kind of budget that leaves no room for mistakes. She made every dollar do two jobs. She kept a...
by Louis Deas | Nov 29, 2024 | Money and Wealth Podcast
John Hope Bryant with his mentor and friend, the late Quincy Jones. This one is dedicated to Quincy Jones. A mentor, a musician, a brother, and a friend. Rest easy, Q. I have told pieces of my story on stages all over the world, but I have never sat down and told it...
by Louis Deas | Nov 21, 2024 | Money and Wealth Podcast
Who won the Mike Tyson and Jake Paul fight? Look at the scorecards and you get one answer. Look at the contracts and you get a completely different one. I was rooting for Mike, and I believe the respect he received that night was fully earned. But this episode is...
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