John’s Blog
Black Tech Green Money: The Golden Rule I Learned From Oprah
December 13, 2024Will Lucas had me on AfroTech’s Black Tech Green Money podcast, and one story from our conversation became its own article. Before Oprah gave me her Use Your Life Award, her team investigated me. That taught me her golden rule: she only partners with people who have as much reputational capita
HOPE Global Forums 2024: The Future
December 11, 2024HOPE Global Forums returned to Atlanta December 9 through 11 at the Signia by Hilton, with Mayor Andre Dickens and Ambassador Andrew Young as my co-chairs. This year’s theme was simple: The Future. We opened with a conversation on the future of AI, then The Big Think with Dr. Frank Luntz and a
Cognia Leader Chat: Leveraging Education to Disrupt Struggle
November 6, 2024Cognia’s Leader Chat podcast speaks to educators and school leaders, so I was glad to make the case to them directly: financial literacy belongs in every school. We talked about how financial literacy became federal policy under Presidents Bush and Obama, and why teachers are the front line of
Trick or Treat? Facing the Future with AI, Inclusive Economics, and Financial Literacy
October 30, 2024From the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Operation HOPE, John Hope Bryant. Halloween is a season of transformation—a time when we dress up, play roles, and share both treats and …
The Breakfast Club with Alex Rodriguez: Money Mindset
October 25, 2024Alex Rodriguez and I sat down together on The Breakfast Club to talk about the money mindset, life after the game and building real businesses. A-Rod is proof that the second career can be bigger than the first, if you learn the rules of money while you still have the platform. Source: The Breakfast
The Business Plan for Cleveland at United Way’s Signature Fall Event
October 9, 2024United Way of Greater Cleveland asked me to keynote its Signature Fall Event at Playhouse Square. My subject: the business plan for Cleveland, and the untold story of how we all succeed. Every great American city has the same choice. It can manage poverty forever, or it can invest in the financial l
Earn & Invest: Fixing Bad Capitalism
August 25, 2024On the Earn & Invest podcast we talked about Financial Literacy for All, the problems of bad capitalism, and how to bring everyone, no matter their color or zip code, into the economy as participants. Source: The Earn & Invest Podcast, August 2024.
Keynote at the 100 Black Men of America Awards Breakfast
August 23, 2024100 Black Men of America invited me to speak at the awards breakfast of its annual conference. These are men who have spent decades mentoring young people in their cities. Mentoring changes lives. Add financial literacy to it, and a young person walks away with tools for a lifetime: a credit score,
Stacking Benjamins: Financial Literacy for All Is Your Problem Too
August 19, 2024Joe Saul-Sehy and the Stacking Benjamins crew invited me onto one of the most popular personal finance shows in the country. Their audience already loves money. My message to them: even if you are a money geek, financial literacy for everyone else is your problem too. We talked about credit card deb
TIME: Improving Credit Scores Can Transform Lives Across America
August 18, 2024From the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Operation HOPE, John Hope Bryant. This piece was published in TIME Magazine, where John is a regular contributor. A special thank you to …