Inspiring the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs and Capitalists: Celebrating the Launch of the PNC’s National Center for Entrepreneurship at CAU

This week I had the pleasure of joining Clark Atlanta University (CAU) and PNC Bank for the launch of their National Center for Entrepreneurship, and the first of a speaker series that I’ll be leading at the school where I serve as both the institution’s...

Operation HOPE, U.S. Small Business Administration and U.S. Treasury Host Roundtable to Celebrate Freedman’s Bank

Operation HOPE hosts roundtable discussion in DC on advancing Black entrepreneurship with SBA and leaders from the public & private sectors. (Pictured L-R) Wally Adeyemo –US Treasury; John Hope Bryant –Operation HOPE; Stephanie E. DeVane– National Urban League;...

The Promise Homes Company Secures Additional Equity Investment from Leading US Bank

Transaction Is Second Multimillion Dollar Investment to Expand and Enhance Portfolio of Single-Family Rental Homes Benefitting Low- and Moderate-Income Individuals December 12, 2022 08:00 AM Eastern Standard Time ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Promise Homes...

1.5M+ Views: Video “There is a Difference Between Broke and Being Poor.”

As I had said since the day I founded Operation HOPE following the Rodney King Riots of April 29th, 1992, “there is difference between being broke and being poor. Being broke is a temporary economic condition, but being poor is a disabling state of mind, and a...

Why I Do Criticize My Own Community?

The simple answer here is, I don’t. But I do lovingly critique my own community, as I do own family, and everyone and everything I love. Because I want them to be better. I want them all to succeed. Even the Bible suggests ‘you cannot grow without constructive...

100 Black Men of America and Chairman Dortch Present Chairman’s Award for Economic Empowerment

D-Nice and John Hope Bryant I arrived in Hollywood, Florida this week for reasons familiar and comforting to me — a dear and trusted friend asked me to. In this case, it was none other than successful business man and community builder Tommy Dortch, Jr., whose also...

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