Scale with Resilience (How Blavity's Morgan DeBaun Built Her Media Empire)

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Luvvie Ajayi Jones

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🗓️ 25 June 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Luvvie explores the inspiring journey of Morgan DeBaun, the visionary founder and CEO of Blavity Inc., as she discusses building a media empire for black millennials. Morgan shares her path from Silicon Valley to establishing a diverse and mission-driven company, highlighting the challenges of fundraising, overcoming skepticism, and the importance of resilience and innovation. Offering valuable insights on leadership, team building, and navigating entrepreneurship, Morgan's story is a powerful testament to ambition, community, and staying true to one's vision. More about Morgan: Morgan DeBaun is a serial entrepreneur and the founder, CEO, and Chairman of Blavity Inc. Under her leadership, Blavity Inc. has become a market leader, reaching over 100 million readers per month with its brands including Blavity, 21Ninety, AfroTech, Travel Noire, Home & Texture, and Shadow & Act. Her achievements have earned her accolades such as ADCOLOR’s Innovative Award, Forbes 30 Under 30, and recognition among America’s Top 50 Women in Tech.

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0:00.0	I need to be able to be able to talk to you directly because I'm an adult who doesn't have all this time to waste I can't put eight
0:10.8	emojies in the email to you just to soften my tone,
0:14.1	because I don't have a tone on this end,
0:15.9	so you projecting tone to me.
0:18.0	Creating a life that is authentic, bold, and purposeful
0:21.0	takes audacity and truth- telling. It takes disruption. That is what it means to be a
0:26.2	professional troublemaker. Professional troublemaker is a best-selling book, his
0:30.8	podcast, and frankly a life habit.
0:34.0	And I'm your host, Lovey Ajay Jones.
0:36.0	I'm here to bring you perspectives, deep dives, and conversations
0:40.0	about culture, business, life, and leadership. And welcome to season five, which I'm really
0:45.5	excited about. This season is dedicated to the glory and great of entrepreneurship.
0:51.2	2023 was my toughest year as a business owner.
0:54.0	And there was a point where I was three months away from being bankrupt.
0:57.0	So let's talk about it.
0:59.0	Let's get really real about running your own business.
1:02.0	The good, the bad, and the ugly, because
1:05.8	while people love to glorify entrepreneurship, they often leave out the tough lessons,
1:10.1	the failures, and the pivots that had to happen.
1:13.0	My hope after this series of episodes is that you feel more informed about what it truly takes to run a purpose-driven business.
1:20.0	You feel less alone about all the times you messed up
1:23.2	and you walk away knowing what to avoid so you don't make some of the same mistakes
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