Mathew Knowles on Beyoncé, Business and Life After Breast Cancer

Brown Ambition

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Careers, Education, Self-improvement, Investing, Business

4.9 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Hey BA fam! This week, Mandi is joined by none other than Mathew Knowles, who shares insights on everything from parenting and politics, to education and entrepreneurship. Mathew discusses his journey as a father and manager of Beyonce, the importance of family connections, and the legacy of entrepreneurship in his family. Plus, Mathew shares his personal health challenges as a cancer survivor and emphasizes the significance of genetic testing and health awareness. Ultimately, he stresses how it's knowledge and education that always empowers us in the end. Links: https://www.mathewknowles.com/ https://www.23andme.com/ We want to hear from you! Drop us a note at [email protected] or hit us up on Instagram @brownambitionpodcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:23.8	That's B-O-M-B-A-S.com slash listen and use code listen at checkout. Hey, BA fam, welcome to another episode of Brown Ambition. I am your host, Mandy Woodruff
0:51.4	Santos. And, woo, it has been, it has been a week. B.A. fam, I am your host, Mandy Woodruff Santos, and woo, it has been, it has been a week.
0:56.2	B.A. fam. I am still recovering from AfroTech. I don't know if I had told y'all, but I was invited
1:04.8	to attend by Blavity CEO and multi-Brown Ambition host. I think she's been on the show two times at least.
1:14.5	Morgan DeBahn. And I had been invited by her last year, but a lot was going on. I just had a baby.
1:23.7	And then, of course, there was a bunch of, you know, I was back and forth to Atlanta, traveling for some family stuff.
1:30.3	It just wasn't a good time. Last year, it was in Austin. But when I got the invite this year, something just said, you better get yourself in that room. I had not been to AfroTech, which is alarming to me. I think I might have gone to one of the smaller
1:45.4	like offshoot conferences, more local or regional ones that they have hosted over the years.
1:50.7	But for those who are not in the know, AfroTech, God, how do you describe it?
1:55.8	We're talking about a professional. It is where black professionals get their damn life and come together
2:02.9	with a mix of entrepreneurs, CEOs, business founders, business leaders, job seekers, students,
2:14.0	more experienced professionals who are looking for new opportunities or simply want to
2:20.7	be in a community that feels like safe, that feels like us, that feels like in the backdrop of the
2:31.6	2024 election that we just went through, y'all, I can't think of a better
2:35.8	place to have landed just a week later than in the smack in the middle of 35,000. Yes, 35, I did not
2:42.3	even know the scope of this thing, y'all, 35,000 people descended upon Houston, Texas for AfroTech.
2:50.1	I have never been to something that big in my entire
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