343: From Wall Street Analyst to the Founder of HBCU Prep School

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Nicaila Matthews Okome | Side Hustle Pro Media

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🗓️ 15 March 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

This week I sat down with Claudia Walker, founder of HBCU Prep School. As a proud second generation HBCU graduate, Claudia authored the best-selling book series, The ABCs of HBCUs and The ABCs of Black Wall Street.

In this episode Claudia shares:

How she balances being a full time entrepreneur while working a full time job
The insider financial skills she picked up during her time on Wall Street
How she landed her self-published children’s book on Target shelves
And many more side hustle gems!

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HBCU Prep School Website: https://hbcuprepschool.com
HBCU Prep School Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hbcuprepschool/
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0:57.3	You're listening to Side Hustle Pro, the podcast that teaches you to build and grow your
1:02.5	side hustle from passion project to profitable business. And I'm your host, Nikela Mathusa Komey.
1:08.9	So let's get started.
1:17.0	Hey friends, hey, welcome, welcome back to the show. It's Nikela here and today in the guest
1:21.4	chair, we have Claudia Walker, the founder of HPCU Prep School.
1:26.8	Claudia is an Oakland-based author, speaker and former principal whose work has been featured
1:32.0	in Forbes, Essence, and Black Enterprise. As a proud second-generation HPCU graduate,
1:38.1	her best-selling book series, The ABCs of HPCUs, was inspired by her undergraduate experiences
1:45.0	at Spellman College and as a student in the Atlanta University Center.
1:49.7	After graduating from Spellman, Claudia moved to New York where she helped structure
1:54.2	price and execute multi-million dollar new issue debt securities for a major Wall Street
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