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

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

by | Apr 12, 2023 | 1MBB, Community Reinvestment: Social Justice through an Economic Lens, Entrepreneurship, Events & Appearances, Financial Literacy, Financial Literacy for All (FL4A)

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

by | Mar 3, 2023 | 1MBB, Bryant on Leaders and Leadership, Bryant Traveling Man, Entrepreneurship, Financial Literacy, HOPE Office of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, John Hope Bryant Authored, Operation HOPE, Silver Rights

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

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

by | Jul 28, 2022 | Bryant Group Ventures, Entrepreneurship, John Hope Bryant Authored, John Hope Bryant Live, Operation HOPE, Up From Nothing:: The Untold Story of How We (All) Succeed

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?

Why I Do Criticize My Own Community?

by | Jul 28, 2022 | Bryant on Leaders and Leadership, Bryant Quotes & Bryantisms, Entrepreneurship, John Hope Bryant Authored, Operation HOPE, Up From Nothing: The Untold Story of How We (All) Succeed

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...