John’s Blog
Forbes: Three Pieces of Financial Wisdom
August 27, 2025Elizabeth MacBride of Forbes asked me to boil down what I tell entrepreneurs. I gave her three things. Read the interview at Forbes. Source: Forbes, August 27, 2025.
No Free Lunch with Ndamukong Suh: Stop Saying This About Capitalism
August 26, 2025Ndamukong Suh had me on No Free Lunch, and one moment from our conversation took off on its own. If you pay rent, buy gas, get your nails done or listen to a podcast on a phone you bought, you are participating in capitalism. You can hate it, or you can learn to master it […]
Black Enterprise: Leading Blackness to Financial Literacy
August 4, 2025Black Enterprise profiled me in its Elevating Your Excellence series ahead of the 2025 XCEL Awards, tracing the work from Operation HOPE to the AI Literacy Pipeline to Prosperity Project we began with Sam Altman. The line from the piece I would most want a young person to remember: persistence and r
FOX 5 DC: Motivation with Marissa
August 2, 2025Marissa Mitchell gave me close to 40 minutes on Motivation with Marissa to talk about personal finance, generational wealth, and how the values you live by show up in the business decisions you make. Source: FOX 5 Washington DC, August 2, 2025.
Published in TIME: Yes, AI Is Coming for Your $100K Job. It Could Build Great Jobs for Many More.
July 31, 2025TIME published my essay on what artificial intelligence means for American work. AI automation is coming for white-collar jobs. Handled with strategy and inclusion, that same disruption could become the greatest opportunity of our generation. Consumer spending drives most of this economy, so replaci
Market Mondays with Earn Your Leisure: AI, Ownership and Invest Fest
July 21, 2025Troy Millings, Rashad Bilal and Ian Dunlap had me on Market Mondays ahead of Invest Fest. We talked about AI and the future of everything, ownership, and how property becomes power. Ian posted the conversation in four parts. Here is the first, on AI and innovation. Source: Earn Your Leisure, Market
Butternomics: The Trillion-Dollar Opportunity We Can’t Miss
July 12, 2025On Butternomics, I laid out an opportunity hiding in plain sight. Millions of baby boomers are retiring, and many of them own profitable businesses with no succession plan. That is the Silver Tsunami. We spent the hour on how to spot those businesses, approach the owners and acquire what already wor
Houston Defender: Money Moves to Avoid
July 1, 2025The Houston Defender asked me for the money moves people should avoid. My first answer surprised some folks: stop spending your time with people who are committed to staying broke. Source: Defender Network, July 1, 2025.
A Fireside Chat at the 40th AMAC Airport Business Conference
The Airport Minority Advisory Council marked 40 years at its annual Airport Business Conference, and I joined Farad Ali for a fireside chat at the general session. Marc Morial of the National Urban League also addressed the room. Airports are some of the biggest economic engines in any city. Making
Sean Croxton: Capitalism Ain’t the Enemy. Ignorance Is.
June 30, 2025Sean Croxton and I talked about the difference between good and bad debt, the myths people have been sold about capitalism, and how wealth building actually works, from jewelry to mortgages and from Malcolm X to modern banking. Source: Sean Croxton, June 30, 2025.