477: How Codie Elaine Oliver Brought Black Love To The Big Screen

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Nicaila Matthews Okome | Side Hustle Pro Media

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🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

This week I sat down with Codie Elaine Oliver, the CEO and Co-founder of Black Love, Inc. The 100% Black owned media company, founded by Codie Elaine Oliver and husband Tommy Oliver, is a hub for Black couples and singles to have transparent conversations around relationships, parenthood, dating, and more through their app, podcast network, documentaries, and live events. We get the inside scoop on how Codie built her show from the ground up and grew into a multimedia empire.

In this episode she shares:

How she and her husband Tommy Oliver self funded Black Love, Inc.
The strategic moves she made to pitch Black Love to a network while maintaining ownership
The systems she has in place to manage a thriving career while being a mom of three

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Links mentioned in this episode

Black Love Website: https://blacklove.com/
Own Network: https://www.oprah.com/app/own-tv.html
Black Love-The Interviews Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/black-love-the-interviews/id1552488882
Black Love Podcast Network: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/black-love-network/id6442514914

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Guest Social Media Info

Codie’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/codieco/

Black Love Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blacklove/

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0:00.0	And as an entrepreneur or anyone with a side hustle or just a hustle, right?
0:04.7	It can easily get so scary when you're like, I can't do that, whatever it is.
0:10.5	Instead of having the mentality, how can I do that?
0:14.9	You're listening to Side Hustle Pro, the podcast that teaches you to build and grow your side hustle from passion project
0:22.2	to profitable business. And I'm your host, Nikala Matthews Okome. So let's get started.
0:29.4	Hey, hey guys, welcome, welcome back to the show. Today in the guest chair, I have Cody Elaine Oliver.
0:34.8	Cody is the CEO and co-founder of Black Glove, Inc., which is the premier 100% Black-owned partner for celebrating 360 degrees of Black Love.
0:45.0	The media company, founded by Cody and her husband, Tommy Oliver, is a hub for black couples and singles to have transparent conversations around relationships, parenthood, dating,
0:56.1	and more through their app, podcast network, documentaries, and live events.
1:01.6	Cody is an NAACP Image Award nominated director and co-creator, and she is building her legacy
1:07.5	with a mission of authenticity and love. And in today's episode, she shares
1:12.9	how she started forging her unique path in media. She also shares how she and her husband Tommy
1:19.5	self-funded Black Love, Inc. plus the strategic moves she made to pitch Black Love to a network
1:26.0	while maintaining ownership. And she also talks about
1:29.9	the systems that she has in place to manage a thriving career while being a mom of three,
1:35.0	including twins, and so much more. Hey, hey, guys, welcome back. We have an awesome, awesome
1:43.8	guest in the guest chair today. Cody,
1:45.9	welcome back to the Sidehouse, a Pro guest chair. Thank you for being here. Thank you for having me.
1:50.8	It's been a while. Yeah, now that you've done a few of your own podcasts, like how does they feel now being back in the guest chair?
1:58.0	Oh, my gosh. That's so funny. This is probably the first podcast I ever did.
2:02.1	Oh, wow.
2:03.3	Yeah.
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