by Louis Deas | Jul 31, 2020 | Bryant | Media Interview, Media Interview
Image: CNBC With coronavirus relief negotiations stalled in Washington, CNBC’s Squawk Box asked me what the country needed to spend to keep the economy standing. My view: relief is not charity. It is a bridge that keeps working families and small businesses...
by Louis Deas | Jul 30, 2020 | Bryant | Media Interview, Entrepreneurship, Media Interview
Image: expediTIously T.I. invited me onto his podcast, expediTIously, for an hour and a half on building wealth. We covered Operation HOPE, real estate, credit and ownership. Tip has a real following among young people who need to hear that wealth is not a mystery. It...
by Louis Deas | Jun 24, 2020 | Bryant | Media Interview, Entrepreneurship, Media Interview
Image: CNBC As small businesses began reopening into a new normal, CNBC’s Squawk Box asked me how minority-owned businesses were faring in the real economy. Many had no banking relationship to lean on when the relief money came. They were the last in line for...
by Louis Deas | Jun 17, 2020 | Bryant | Media Interview, Entrepreneurship, Media Interview
Ninety-six percent of Black businesses have no employees. That usually means no accountant, no banker and no one to walk them through a federal loan application. The Los Angeles Standard covered how Operation HOPE was closing that gap in 2020. Our coaches helped...
by Louis Deas | Jun 10, 2020 | HOPE Office of Government Relations and Public Policy, John Hope Bryant Authored, Silver Rights
Black Americans were dying from COVID-19 at higher rates and receiving relief money at lower rates. Congress had a narrow window to change that, and I used my column in American Banker to show lawmakers how. The New Marshall Plan gives them a blueprint: free education...
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