Uplift: Discusses how he built his business, from early struggles to scaling for success.
Strawberry Letter
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4.4 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Ken Taunton.
Founder and president of The Royster Group, an executive staffing agency established in 2001. Ken shares the challenges he faced while building his business, from early struggles to scaling for success. He emphasizes the importance of mentorship in entrepreneurship and how guidance from experienced leaders can make all the difference. Ken also offers valuable insights on navigating the competitive world of executive staffing. His journey is a testament to perseverance, strategic growth, and the power of strong professional relationships.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I am Roshan McDonald, I host the weekly moneymaking conversation Masterclass show. |
| 0:05.1 | The interviews and information that this show provides are for everyone. |
| 0:08.3 | It's time to stop reading other people's success stories and start living your own. |
| 0:12.5 | I'm here to help you reach your American dream. |
| 0:14.9 | Let's keep listening. |
| 0:16.3 | My guest today is the founder and president of the Rochesteroster Group, a nationally recognized certified black-owned |
| 0:21.5 | professional staffing firm. They provide diverse top talent for both the public and private sector. |
| 0:27.2 | Please welcome to Moneymaking Conversation Masterclass Ken Thompson. How you doing, sir? |
| 0:32.4 | How are you doing, Ms. McDonnell? How's it going? I'm really good. Now, founder and president |
| 0:36.5 | of the Roister Group, please give us some background on that company. |
| 0:40.3 | Yeah, the Rooster Group actually started back in 2001. |
| 0:45.3 | We're an executive search and professional staffing company. |
| 0:49.3 | We've been in business since 2001. The company actually recruits senior level executives in addition to working |
| 0:59.5 | in staffing. |
| 1:01.6 | We recruit physicians, nurses, ancillary staff in the healthcare space within the federal |
| 1:07.8 | government as well. |
| 1:09.3 | And then we also have commercial government as well. And then we also have commercial, you know, business as well. |
| 1:13.6 | So we're basically a company that specialize in various different things on the executive |
| 1:21.9 | search side, we're boutique executive search. |
| 1:24.7 | And then on the staffing side, we do the staffing in the healthcare space as well. |
| 1:30.9 | Now, nationally, correct? |
| 1:32.6 | Nationally, correct. |
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