Black Entrepreneur Blueprint: 156 - Chris Gardner - The Pursuit Of Happyness

BLACK ENTREPRENEUR BLUEPRINT

Jay Jones

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🗓️ 10 July 2017

⏱️ 61 minutes

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"The Pursuit Of Happyness"

Chris Gardner was determined to work on Wall Street even though he did not have a college degree. Join us as Chris tells his amazing story of going from homeless father sleeping in subway bathrooms with his young son to becoming a multi-millionaire entrepreneur on Wall Street.

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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.
0:42.7	If you are currently an entrepreneur, we will want to be an entrepreneur.
0:47.6	We invite you to join us every week here at Black Entrepreneur Blueprint.
0:59.7	Thank you. at Black Entrepreneur Blueprint. Welcome to the Black Entrepreneur Blueprint, episode number 156.
1:04.9	I'm your host Jay Jones, and today we have another great show installed for you.
1:09.6	Today we're going to be listening to a talk
1:11.8	by Mr. Chris Gardner. And if that name sounds familiar, it's probably because you've seen
1:18.4	the movie about his life called The Pursuit of Happiness starring Will Smith, which came out,
1:24.2	I believe, in 2006. Now, this talk was taken in 2007, but it's a talk that I go back to
1:32.0	and revisit very frequently when I need motivation or when I need to continue to move forward
1:38.3	through obstacles. And if you don't know about Chris Gardner's story, he was a single father that was homeless.
1:46.0	He never graduated from college, but he always wanted to be on Wall Street.
1:49.8	And he talks about how his struggles raising his son, being homeless, and finally getting
1:55.7	that opportunity on Wall Street.
1:57.6	And he turned that into a multi-million dollar brokerage career on Wall Street.
2:03.6	So stay tuned for Mr. Chris Gardner.
2:06.5	This whole part of my life, I always like to let people know right off the bat.
2:11.1	Folks wonder, and it's a fair question, how did you become homeless in the first place?
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