Yo Business

We’re back, loves! This week, J.J. makes us nervous about facial recognition in our apartments, Shayna opts-out of watching black trauma or white girls twerking, and Oprah & Auntie Maxine give clap-backs heard around the Twitterverse. + We try a new segment called Eavesdropped, where we share gems we picked up from our run-ins with black excellence. For our inaugural session: A Harlem fashion staple turned worldwide legend, and the most recently elected in ATL's consecutive line of African-American mayors. Show Notes: Support Us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yobusinesspod Take Our Listener Survey: https://iter.ly/5vt4f Follow Us: https://www.instagram.com/yobusinesspod/ https://twitter.com/yobusinesspod?lang=en --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yo-business/support

Shayna and J.J. are taking a little breather this week and working on dope new episodes for the rest of Season 1. Take a break with us - listen to old episodes you may have missed, tell all your friends about Yo Business, and rate/review/subscribe pleaseeeee. We will be back next week with a new episode!  Support Us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yobusinesspod  Take Our Listener Survey: https://iter.ly/5vt4f Follow Us: https://www.instagram.com/yobusinesspod/ https://twitter.com/yobusinesspod?lang=en --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yo-business/support

This week, we add to the ever-growing list of trash cop behavior, J.J. anticipates using silent mode to meditate during his next Uber ride, and Shayna double-locks her uterus as the U.S. gets closer to Handmaid’s Tale with each passing abortion bill. + Our guest, Don Elivert, former National Director of Global Accounts at TransPerfect Translations & current voice-over artist, gives his tips on saving for your passion from your corporate gig, the importance of honest feedback, and how he is using his voice to battle the absurd label of “sounding white." Interview Themes: Freelancing, Voice Acting, Diversity, Code Switching, Savings, Sales, Failure, Passion, Financial Plan, Communications, Children of Immigrants  Follow Don on Instagram: @voiceofdon Denzel Washington Speech, Dillard University: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlY0PkWxCW8 Black Planet: Facing Race During an NBA Season, by David Shields Support Us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yobusinesspod Take Our Listener Survey: https://iter.ly

Our guest last week, Tristan Walker, creator of Bevel and founder/CEO of Walker & Company Brands—alongside his dope wife Amoy— dropped so many gems that we had to share this full, unedited interview. Listen to the Walker duo get real about staying true to your voice, filling those gaps in financial literacy, and talking to your parents about budgeting and aging. When you're done, head back and binge-listen the rest of our first season - we will be back next week with a brand new episode! Support Us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yobusinesspod Take Our Listener Survey: https://iter.ly/5vt4f Follow Us: https://www.instagram.com/yobusinesspod/ https://twitter.com/yobusinesspod?lang=en --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yo-business/support

It’s Mental Health Awareness Month! This week, both hosts shout out their therapists, J.J. finally bursts with all the Facebook news he's been holding in, and Shayna wonders when Jesus himself is going to come down and cancel Kanye's Sunday Service nonsense. Plus our guest, Tristan Walker, creator of Bevel and founder/CEO of Walker & Company Brands—alongside his dope wife Amoy—give us a compelling look inside the personal struggles that can come with entrepreneurship, and the harrowing experience that pushed him to budget therapy into his finances. Interview Jump: 30:40 Interview Themes: entrepreneurship, work/life balance, wellness, mental health, generational wealth, financial literacy, therapy, 401k, budgeting Support Us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yobusinesspod Take Our Listener Survey: https://iter.ly/5vt4f Follow Us: https://www.instagram.com/yobusinesspod/ https://twitter.com/yobusinesspod?lang=en --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yo-business/support

In this special episode, Shayna & J.J. take a break from canceling, and instead stan for six black entrepreneurs/creators who are doing awesome things for the world and The Culture.  Positive Pod Lineup:  Jeff Lindor, Gentleman’s Factory  - https://gentlemensfactory.com/ Sheena Allen, CapWay - https://capway.co/ Malenga Mulendema & Malcolm Wope, Mama K’s Team 4 - https://deadline.com/2019/04/netflix-africa-super-hero-mama-k-team-four-triggerfish-cake-1202599170/ Jasmine Crowe, Goodr - https://goodr.co/ Chakra Zulu Crystals - https://chakrazulucrystals.com/ Brandon D. Anderson, Raheem AI - https://www.fastcompany.com/90335499/this-platform-wants-to-fix-the-disturbing-lack-of-data-on-police-violence Please take our listener survey!: https://iter.ly/5vt4f Support Us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yobusinesspod  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yo-business/support

Please take our listener survey!: https://iter.ly/5vt4f This week, J.J. forces us all to listen to that awful AncestryDNA commercial, Shayna thanks Lizzo for getting her through the Harlem-to-Brooklyn trek, and they both ponder the causes that could have used the attention (and $1 billion) given to the Notre Dame fire. + Our guest, Simmone Taitt, executive mentor & Founder of Heartspace NY, spills on creating productive content, pinpointing revenue opportunities, and her secrets to working smarter. Interview Jump: 30:59 Interview Themes: Startups, Sales, Revenue Growth, Revenue Streams, Tech Ecosystem, Content Creation, Strategy, Productivity Support Us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yobusinesspod  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yo-business/support

Please take our listener survey!: https://iter.ly/5vt4f  Support Us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yobusinesspod  This week, we remember Nipsey, somehow find more to debate on reparations, and pre-stan the gift of #BeyonceHomecoming. Our guest, Jocelyn Walters, career advisor and founder of Anew Advisory, gives us the inside tips on keeping your network warm and getting your resume noticed—then cracks our faces on how easy it can be to research before your job interview (especially if you have time to insta-stalk

Our guest last week, Justin Garrett Moore—urban designer, founder of UrbanPatch, and executive director of the NYC Public Design Commission—had so much to share that we wanted to let y'all in on the full version of our talk with him. In this unedited interview, we chat more about social entrepreneurship, gentrification, zip code disparities, and just how deep the system of housing discrimination in the U.S. goes.  Show Notes: We would love your support! - https://www.patreon.com/yobusinesspod --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yo-business/support

This week, J.J. petty-claps at a few tech giants finally facing consequences for their mess, Shayna reckons with climate change’s potential effect on her uterus, and Stacey Abrams telling y’all’s Uncle Joe to have a seat is our entire mood. + Our guest, Justin Garrett Moore, urban designer and executive director of the NYC Public Design Commission, fills us in on how to get involved in our community and drops the mic on the miseducation that service and success don’t go together.   We would love your support! - https://www.patreon.com/yobusinesspod  Show Notes:  *Interview Jump: 20:41 to 52:02  Interview themes: community involvement, black spaces, urban planning, urban design, gentrification, housing discrimination, climate change, social enterprises, nonprofits  *Correction - Naomi Wadler, host of DiversiTEA, is 11 years-old (!!)  *Kirby, “Thank God You Didn’t Love Me”: https://youtu.be/zd-4Iu_3a3M --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yo-business/support

This week, J.J. tethers Jordan Peele’s Us to U.S. politics, Shayna gets emotional over the verdict in the Antwon Rose case, and both hosts say "okuurrr!" before it will cost them. (Oh, we also wonder how Theranos raised $700M when Arlan Hamilton couldn’t get to $36M…) Our guest, Javier Royal, entertainment attorney and counsel at Viacom, offers tips on negotiating our worth and gives us the one-word business advice we never expected.   Light Us spoilers: 21:00-22:30 Interview jump: 29:33 PM Jacinda Ardern banning automatic weapons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsiOn2Lkoro Patreon link: patreon.com/yobusinesspod Rate Us! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yo-business/support

This week, J.J. & Shayna debate Solange’s best hits, cheer on cannabis industry equity, and just cannot stop rolling their eyes at these rich white folks scamming their kids into college (#AuntBecky). Our guest, Erik Zambrano, founder of Bricolage growth consultancy, gets us all the way together about our lazy networking habits (

This week, Shayna and J.J. get a chuckle out of Mark Zuckerberg promising us a “privacy-focused” Facebook, wave bye-bye to the (real) sharing economy, and unpack the effects of cancel culture. Our guest, Chloe Taylor, founder of @ChloeTaylorTech, drops knowledge on the life-saving benefits of STEM skills and how Instagram hashtags helped her secure the bag. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yo-business/support

This week, the Gap & Old Navy split teaches Shayna a lesson about stale relationships, 5G replacing 4G catapults us back to 1984, and J.J. gives Green Book the final drag. Our guest, Denaka Perry, Esq., takes us to school with steps to make that LLC thang official—and explains once and for all why googling will never replace professional legal counsel. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yo-business/support

It's our first official episode! J.J. and Shayna discuss reparations (they're back on the table, apparently), Amazon hitting its biggest lick yet, and how the most in-demand fashion trend of the season is...blackface? Plus, our guest Mark Rutledge, VP & head of research product management at one of the nation's Big Three credit ratings agencies, reveals his super-clutch list of digital resources that inform his stock investing. Mark also explains why you should hire a professional financial planner—and follow the hashtag #WhereTheMoneyAt. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yo-business/support

The first official episode of Yo Business will drop 2/27 and every Wednesday after that. Until then, get to know us as we talk Facebook takeovers, stanning Yara Shahidi, and diversity in influencer marketing. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yo-business/support

The first official episode of Yo Business will drop 2/27 and every Wednesday after that. Until then, get to know us as we talk the government shut down (we're done working for free), 2020 presidential hopefuls (