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James Forten was born in 1766 as a free Black man in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Over the course of his lifetime, he would make an impact upon the fortunes of industries and the lives of his fellow man. Forten was the son of Thomas and Sarah Forten and the grandson of slaves. He was raised in  [ Read More ]

Almost every product sold in the United States spends at least some time in a truck. While planes, trains, and ships are also used to transport goods, no other form of transportation has the same level of flexibility as a truck. As a result, trucks are used to transport everything from canned food to automobiles.  [ Read More ]

You know I hate this question when someone asks me like I can look at them and say Ohh you would be a good Bike Salesman. LMBAO man I don’t know about you but I can tell you the process that works for me. I always start every business idea from the A.G Gaston point  [ Read More ]

I get a lot of emails where people are wondering exactly how do they go about quitting their job to start their business. So I decided to create a podcast telling you how, what to do and when to do it. Just FYI I quit my full time job in the middle of New York  [ Read More ]

Either I don’t know how they are piecing the hustle together or this is another propaganda commercial. I know some of you have seen those commercials where people are walking around with the numbers totaling millions under their arm. They seem like it gets beat up, fried at Benihana and defecated on by a dog  [ Read More ]

Joseph Jacob Simmons, Jr. (January 17, 1901 – March 24, 1981) was a prominent African American oilman. He “rose above humble beginnings to become the most successful and most recognizable black entrepreneur in the history of the petroleum industry.” As an internationally known oil broker he partnered with Phillips Petroleum Company and Signal Oil and  [ Read More ]

An individual who services a public pool by maintaining the cleanliness, water quality and chemical balance of public pools shall be certified. To be certified an individual must demonstrate knowledge of public pools. Examples of such knowledge include: pool cleaning, general pool maintenance, make-up water supply, bacteriological, chemical and physical quality of water and water  [ Read More ]

Sometimes you just have to make up a reason to stay motivated. I personally like to imagine all the things I want in life will not come into being unless I take care of this meaningless task. Money comes to those who concentrate and perfect one thing over and over and over. So unless you  [ Read More ]

All of the people you know are not rich. Even the ones you see on TV they aren’t really that rich. I mean the way they calculate being rich is based on how much credit they can be loaned and everything they have to show for it is on lease from the bank. If they  [ Read More ]

Sometimes it’s just going to cost you to play the game of Big Money. You coming out of nowhere to buy a NFL team is going to cost you more than normal because most cats can’t outright discriminate against you but they can raise the prices to a point where they weed people out. You  [ Read More ]