Ep 494. How to Build It Boldly with Dr. Kimberly McGlonn
Around The Way Curls
Antoinette Lee & Shanti Mayers
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2026
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
This week, Shanti sits down with Dr. Kimberly McGlonn, award-winning social entrepreneur, author, speaker, and founder of Grant Blvd, Blk Ivy Thrift, and author of the book, Build It Boldly. Together, we explore what it means to lead with courage in a world that often rewards extraction, scale, and speed over care, accountability, and community.
Kim shares her wisdom on social entrepreneurship, values-led business, the tension between profit and purpose, and why optimism is not naïve but necessary. We also talk about the grief and clarity that can come with closing a chapter, what Black women founders truly need beyond public applause, and how small businesses can become powerful sites of culture, care, and resistance.
If you are building something, questioning what success really means, or trying to stay brave in the middle of transition, this conversation is for you.
Find Kimberly McGlonn:
Website: drkimberlymcglonn.com
Instagram: @kimberlymcglonn
Build It Boldly: builditboldly.com
Grant Blvd: grantblvd.com
LinkedIn: Kimberly McGlonn, Ph.D.
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| 0:00.0 | Do it a little faster. |
| 0:04.4 | It's a little faster. |
| 0:04.4 | And it's your girl, Shantee. |
| 0:20.2 | And it's Antoinette. |
| 0:21.5 | And we are around the way curls. |
| 0:24.6 | Join us as we share our unique life experiences, |
| 0:28.0 | aka tell all our business. |
| 0:29.8 | And explore both the profound and the profane. |
| 0:33.1 | Because duality is a thing. |
| 0:36.6 | Yizzo! |
| 0:38.1 | Hi, everyone. |
| 0:40.1 | It's just me. |
| 0:41.6 | We all know Antoinette is recovering from her surgery. |
| 0:46.3 | She's doing beautifully. |
| 0:47.7 | She's quite miserable this week, but in terms of her health and, everything is green lighted, she's, everything went |
| 0:58.5 | beautifully. So everyone's prayers, we appreciate. But she's doing well and probably will be back. |
| 1:05.1 | We don't know. We'll see how she feels. But I'm very excited. I'm here with a friend, a fellow business owner, someone that I just |
| 1:16.3 | admire and does not cease to amaze me. You all have asked me numerous times to talk about |
| 1:24.4 | business stuff. And I'm getting into it. |
| 1:29.3 | I'm doing the best. |
| 1:30.2 | And I got one of the best to talk about it, a real one. |
| 1:34.0 | Shout out to Kimberly McLan. |
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