Wayne discusses landing his first IT role, building websites, being the first black person on Twitter (X), why he didn’t join X, regular websites costing $50,000 back in the late 90s, Raleigh-Durham tech scene, the reasoning behind leaving Raleigh, starting his own co-working space, leaving Raleigh to move to San Francisco, being married, leading tech events, and being overlooked in the Raleigh-Durham Triangle scene, launching his first app, organizing one of the first social media tech conferences.

We discussed chop and screwed music, learning business tactics from Jay-Z lyrics, importance of confidence with networking, life experiences giving him high self-awareness, importance of delegation, Tech Fest Live’s vision for empowering Black and Brown children into technology space, switching his non-profits strategy to the Covid pandemic, using Clubhouse during the pandemic, treating event planning as a music album release, Magna Carter and Samsung partnership key learnings, importance of parents’ in children’s future aspirations, changing the connotation around bing a nerd.

Nick Soman discusses his inspiration for creating Decent, an insurance marketplace platform, compassionate patient care, cybersecurity, United Healthcare Group’s hack, the future of Social Security, and balancing marriage and parenting with his career.

Dr. Kike discusses what the "African Diaspora" means, transitioning into American culture, American misconceptions of Nigeria, why medical school is so hard, medical doctor burnout, over demand in healthcare, Pandemic and Baby Boomer generations’ aging problem causing strain on healthcare, pandemic spurring faster digitalization in healthcare, importance of microbial, top 3 best and worst foods for gut health, how to leverage multi-vitamins to limit micro vitamin deficiencies, using food as a preventative medicine, founding Wellness Wits, how she avoided thyroid removal surgery by making huge lifestyle changes.

In this interview, Fred discuss how he was able to move from Houston, Texas to San Francisco, California, work at AT&T, he broke into tech, going to IronYard, coding BootCamp, learning from technical interviews, investing in African-based startups, and his wife's supporting his dream.

D’Jaris going to a HBCU and how it made her love her blackness, tonality impacting your peoples’ perception, code switching, geechie dialect and culture, reverse code switching, transitioning into DEI from a recruiting background, future of DEI, the gut controlling the recruiting process, the property brothers effect, how hiring managers can be better, salary pay bands, and how to properly negotiate your compensation.

Khalil discusses how he made it through the pandemic, joining Meta, moving from Oakland to Oklahoma, his entrepreneurial journey, and launching Khalab.

Indyana discusses her entry into the cannabis industry, working as a mediator for the Georgia Supreme Court, working at Yelp, and where she sees the future of recruiting and the tech industry changing with AI.