In this episode of the Founders Talk Podcast, Morgan DeBaun, CEO of Blavity Inc. AfroTech and author of our April Founders Club Book Pick Rewrite Your Rules, shares powerful insights on entrepreneurship, lasting success, and building wealth.

Morgan discusses how to rewrite the rules for success, balancing intensity and joy, the secrets to avoiding burnout, and why originality is key to attracting attention in business. She also goes into the importance of mastering growth and navigating the challenges of building Blavity into a game-changing company.

Timestamps:

0:01 – Intro
1:15 – Dreaming Beyond Boundaries
3:08 – Being a Change in the World
4:45 – Balancing Intensity and Joy
6:35 – Mastering Your Growth
8:24 – Avoiding Burnout
10:04 – The 6 Pillars of Stability & Freedom
13:02 – The Early Days of Blavity
15:48 – The Power of Originality
17:04 – Thinking in Terms of Data
17:50 – Mergers and Acquisitions
19:01 – Travel Noire
19:55 – Selling a Black Company
21:23 – Liquidity Events for Black Companies
23:54 – AfroTech
25:00 – Black Economic Wealth
25:57 – The Wealth Code
27:47 – Rich vs. Wealthy
28:44 – Shifting to a Wealth Mindset
30:33 – Stop Following the Rules
32:44 – Fundraising & Rewriting Your Rules
33:18 – Risk vs. Stability
36:31 – Hiring & Managing a Company
38:38 – Writing the Book
41:05 – Rapid Fire Questions
42:18 – What Should Be in a Founder’s Toolkit?

Buy Morgan's book, Rewrite Your Rules: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738848/rewrite-your-rules-by-morgan-debaun/

More from Morgan:
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/morgandebaun/
Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/morgandebaun/
Blavity - https://blavity.com/

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