Welcome to our new season. I know you've been waiting for a patiently for a while.

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We've grown a lot, but we can always grow more.

Now, get ready for this new episode that features Ryan Wilson of The Gathering Spot,

and you talk about an amazing episode full of information about

partnering and building but thinking about Ryan it got me focused on a company

called Valence being real clear this is not an ad.

This is something that I actually like.

Valence is a new tech platform and community.

It's focused on connecting black professionals globally

with mentorship, job opportunities, and

capital. They just launched last year and as a founding member of Valence I

wanted to make sure our listeners got priority access to the platform during the

beta which is still happening now. So check out the show notes. There's a link

that you can use there to go and register. Peace and joy. I mean there's been some interesting moments.

John Singleton's last talk was the 25th anniversary of Boys in the Hood

to watching you know Minister Farrakhan speak

and be a very different master Farrakhan speak and be a very different minister Farrakan than people

No or Harry Belafante talk about activism. I mean there's been a lot of... I mean, Stacey Abrams, right, like, the first real, real conversation after,

she, you know, she's lost, right? I mean, we gathered like after Charlottesville to talk about what the world was going on there.

I've been, you know, very fortunate that there are a lot of different events that like I feel like

have I've totally shifted people's thoughts on particular topics right people

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