As the founder of My Home Pathway, Castleigh Johnson possesses a burning desire and passion to help communities of color gain access to the opportunity to create wealth through homeownership. With a background in business and finance, Castleigh is an alumnus of both Penn State and NYU. Having worked at companies such as AIG, Ernst & Young, and Goldman Sachs, Castleigh not only understands the rules of the game as it pertains to finance, but he also understands that wealth is a long-term mindset. In this episode of our Driven Minds Podcast, Castleigh chats with us about the importance of understanding the rules of personal finance, how we might want to go about maximizing our time, and investing in our future through the acquisition and application of knowledge. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drivensocietypodcast/support

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The Guide to First-Time Home Ownership by My Home Pathway

In this episode we speak with Paulanna Lamonier, the Founder of Black People Will Swim. B.P.W.S is organization dedicated to teaching people of color the valuable life skill of swimming. Travis and Franz discover Paulanna's motives for founding such an organization, overcoming inequities and  challenges and her plans to teach black and brown men and women how to swim in 2021 and beyond. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drivensocietypodcast/support

Black People Will Swim w/ Paulanna Lamonier

In this episode, we spoke to media & talent relation strategist and author Christina Hammond, about her career and latest book release, Dear Black Girl. Christina talks about the purpose and importance of the affirmations for young black girls and designing a legacy her daughter can be proud of. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drivensocietypodcast/support

Dear Black Girl with Christina Hammond

In this episode TJ Stouder talks to us about his company HOLISTIK Wellness, a CBD Wellness company. He talks about FDA regulations, and his approach to clean product and responsibility to consumers, Tj also touts the opportunity and level playing field available in the CBD industry and his plan to make CBD a household product. Visit www.holistikwellness.com (HOLISTIK with a ‘K’) and enter the promo code DRIVEN for 25% off any of their products available at www.holistikwellness.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drivensocietypodcast/support

HOLISTIK Wellness w/ TJ Stouder

Brandon N. Gibson is the CEO of Light Rock Holdings LLC. a real estate investment, development, and consulting firm focuses on acquiring undervalued and underutilized assets in NYC and Northern New Jersey. In this episode  Brandon talks the concepts of chasing success, ego and avoiding failure through your purpose. He also discusses the real estate investment landscape and FLUME his latest endeavor providing high speed internet to low income households across NYC. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drivensocietypodcast/support

"Stay faithful to your purpose" w/ Brandon N. Gibson

Mae Abdelrahman is the founder of Nour, a skin care line that seeks to empower minority and marginalized groups to create equity where it does not currently exist, she is also an MBA candidate at Harvard Business School.  In this episode, Mae talks about representation in the skin and beauty vertical as well and the importance of relationships and the access afforded therein . --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drivensocietypodcast/support

Black People Need Sun Screen w/Mae Abdelrahman

Sylvia K. Alston is the Founder and CEO of Momentum risk management an insurance brokerage firm that provides consultative risk management advice and insurance products for individuals, businesses and organizations. She is also the host of Sirius XM's NeXt Nation. A show highlighting the new school of burgeoning thought leaders, social business disruptors, tastemakers. In this episode Sylvia talks about her entry into the risk management industry, Momentum's mandate to promote inclusion in the insurance field. She also touches on keys for entrepreneurs looking to start businesses in the post Co-vid 19 climate and how she became an on air talent with her own show on Sirius XM. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drivensocietypodcast/support

Preserve Your Wealth w Sylvia K. Alston

In this episode, Travis and Franz speak with Tazin Khan, founder of the Cyber Collective, a community-centered organization dedicated to educating people on the ways data and privacy impact consumers.  Taz talks about her start and transition from sales to cyber security,  the risk small to mid level business face in a digital marketplace, the difference between privacy and security and creating tech with consumer ethics in mind. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drivensocietypodcast/support

"Don 't get got, get Psycho..." Tazin Khan

Azeem Khan is the Head of Growth at Aglet. Aglet is a sneaker app that aims to solve sneakerheads’ frustrations of not being able to buy limited and grail-level sneakers by giving them a chance to do so digitally. In this episode, Azeem talks about his professional path from medical student to tech magnate, his formula for career pivoting and recognizing opportunity in the simple things. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drivensocietypodcast/support

Azeem Khan Head of Growth at Aglet

On July 26th Driven Society produced it's first ever online virtual marketplace experience with over 20 vendors and 200+ attendees. We kicked off this experience with an entrepreneur panel discussing everything from brand development to client management with guest speakers Keenan WilliamsCo-Founder & President of Resi, Pauleanna Reid Senior contributor at Forbes, Keenan Beasley Founder & CEO of Supply Factory Brands, and Tatianna Illa Jewlery Designer and Founder of ILLA.   --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drivensocietypodcast/support

The Digital Reserve Entrepreneur Panel

In this episode COO of Revolt Media and TV, Detavio Samuels talks about his new position, directional goals for Revolt, and their pivot to social impact content. He also talks about his “jumping ladders” philosophy for career building, and how his father's passing reinvigorated his commitment to advancing culture through business. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drivensocietypodcast/support

Revolt Revolution with Detavio Samuels

In this episode Travis and Franz speak with New York State Senator Brian Benjamin. Senator Benjamin speaks about the passage of the anti- choke hold and anti-police discrimination bill, and his initial ideas on what community policing can look like. He also touches on the relationship between finance and the public/ private development sector and what it means for rehabilitated communities and his commitment to serving his constituents and all New Yorkers. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drivensocietypodcast/support

Real Reform w/ State Senator Brian A. Benjamin

 In this episode, We speak to Chloe Cheyenne Founder / Ceo of Communityx, a social impact tech company that's dedicated to creating and helping cause driven communities scale  globally through their app. Chloe shares about her father being a surviver of a "mistaken identity" attempted murder and misconduct by the Chicago Police department. How the sentiment of her colleagues over Mike Brown's murder led her to leave google to create community x, and the future of activism through tech.  Click Here to Learn More about Communityx Click Here to Check out the Communityx App --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drivensocietypodcast/support

The Future of Digital Activism is Global. Chloe Cheyenne & Communityx

Selena Hill is an award winning journalist and currently the Digital Editor at Black Enterprise. In this episode, Selena talks about creating change through journalism, her experience covering the historic Rocnation x NFL Meeting, and the future of media and storytelling. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drivensocietypodcast/support

Selena Hill - Advancing Culture through Media (and vice versa)

Danielle Young is a power house in the media sphere. As a successful host, writer, and producer. Young has lent her expertise and crafted her journalistic style at companies like, Hello Beautiful, The Root, and Essence. As a journalist, Young is passionate about telling authentic and over looked stories of People of color and celebrating the ingenuity and magic. In this episode Danielle talks with Travis and Franz about her career, the importance of developing quality relationships, and navigating the ever evolving entrepreneurial media/ and social media space. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drivensocietypodcast/support

Real Quick with Danielle Young

Driven Minds Podcast Co-hosts, Franz Bowen and Travis Weekes, explore the narratives of success of individuals across various industries with one specific question: “What drives you?” Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drivensocietypodcast/support

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