by Louis Deas | Sep 5, 2024 | Money and Wealth Podcast
Early in the life of Operation HOPE, I drove out to Lancaster, California, to ask a small bank president for a thousand dollars. His office was glass, his desk was bare except for a newspaper, and his feet were up. So I asked him, respectfully, why he was so lazy. He...
by Louis Deas | Aug 30, 2024 | Money and Wealth Podcast
John Hope Bryant, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Operation HOPE. You read that title right. I get asked all the time how a kid who was once homeless on the streets of Los Angeles ended up building a company worth a hundred million dollars. This week I finally sit down...
by Louis Deas | Aug 25, 2024 | Bryant | Media Interview, Capitalism for All, Media Interview
Image: The Earn & Invest Podcast On the Earn & Invest podcast we talked about Financial Literacy for All, the problems of bad capitalism, and how to bring everyone, no matter their color or zip code, into the economy as participants. Source: The Earn &...
by Louis Deas | Aug 23, 2024 | Entrepreneurship, Events & Appearances
Image: 100 Black Men of America 100 Black Men of America invited me to speak at the awards breakfast of its annual conference. These are men who have spent decades mentoring young people in their cities. Mentoring changes lives. Add financial literacy to it, and a...
by Louis Deas | Aug 22, 2024 | Money and Wealth Podcast
Drive fifteen minutes across almost any American city and you can cross from a neighborhood of check cashers, payday lenders, title loan shops, and liquor stores into one with banks, bookstores, and good schools. The residents on both sides love their families and...
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