Black Entrepreneur Blueprint : 04 - Ahmad Islam

BLACK ENTREPRENEUR BLUEPRINT

Jay Jones

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4.8 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2014

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Mr. Ahmad Islam is the co-founder and Managing Partner of the full service marketing agency Commonground with over 150 employees with locations in New York City and Chicago. Commonground focusses on marketing to multicultural audiences which include the Black and Latino sector. Mr. Islam has used his experience to garner large clients such as Coca Cola, Nike, Sprite, Nissan and others. Mr. Islam takes us on his personal entrepreneurial journey and discusses the strategies and techniques he has used to become successful and thrive in the tough advertising landscape.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Black Entrepreneur Blueprint Show.
0:21.5	I am your host, Jay Jones.
0:24.5	Black Entrepreneur Blueprint was created specifically to educate and inspire black entrepreneurs to launch, build, and grow successful businesses.
0:35.7	Join us as we help build an economic power base in the black community by promoting
0:40.8	business ownership.
0:42.8	If you are currently an entrepreneur or want to be an entrepreneur, we invite you to join
0:48.7	us every week here at Black Entrepreneur Blueprint.
0:59.4	Thank you. at Black Entrepreneur Blueprint. Welcome to Black Entrepreneur Blueprint, Episode number four.
1:03.7	I'm your host Jay Jones, and today we have another great show installed for you.
1:08.2	Our guest today is Brother Ahmed Islam from Common Ground Agency,
1:13.7	which is a multicultural marketing agency with offices in Chicago and New York City.
1:20.2	Common Ground has such notable clients as Cores, Coca-Cola, and Nissan, just to name a few.
1:26.9	And without further ado, here's our interview with Brother Ahmed Islam from Common Ground Marketing
1:33.8	Agency.
1:35.1	Please note that the audio quality of this interview is not our normal quality due to the
1:40.7	fact that Brother Ahmed Islam was traveling while we did this interview.
1:44.9	Thank you.
1:46.3	Good morning, Mr. Islam.
1:48.0	How are you?
1:49.5	I'm well.
1:50.1	I'm well.
1:51.0	Doing very well today.
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