John’s Blog
Squawk Box: What the Next Economic Agenda Should Look Like
August 15, 2024I joined former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Squawk Box to talk about the economic agendas taking shape in the 2024 race. Whoever wins, the measure is the same: are more Americans getting a credit score, a job, a business and a home? That is the scoreboard that matters to working fami
CNBC The Exchange: The Solution Is Inclusion
August 8, 2024CNBC’s The Exchange asked me what our second-quarter HOPE survey was showing about American consumers heading into the 2024 election. People are worried about costs, credit and whether the economy has room for them. My answer was one word: inclusion. Bring more people into the economy as owner
The Stephen A. Smith Show: On a Mission to Create One Million Black Businesses
July 21, 2024Stephen A. Smith brought me onto his show for a long conversation about money, ownership and our mission to help create one million Black businesses by 2030. Stephen A. reaches millions of people who would never pick up a book on finance. That is exactly the audience that needs to hear that ownershi
The CUInsight Experience: Financial Dignity
July 8, 2024Randy Smith had me on The CUInsight Experience to talk with credit union leaders about financial dignity. Credit unions were built to serve working people, so they are natural partners in this work. We talked about making financial literacy non-negotiable, for members and for employees, and about ho
Walker Webcast: HOPE for Financial Equality
June 27, 2024My friend Willy Walker, chairman and CEO of Walker & Dunlop, had me back on the Walker Webcast for more than an hour. We talked about relationships over transactions, how adversity builds you, and capitalism with a conscience. God gave you two ears and one mouth, so listen twice as much as you t
Black Information Network: Good Capitalism and Bad Capitalism
June 18, 2024The Black Information Network ran a three-part conversation with me about Financial Literacy for All. In part two we got into the difference between bad capitalism, where one side wins at the other’s expense, and good capitalism, where both sides benefit. If you’re not financially litera
A Business Plan for America at the 2024 Milken Institute Global Conference
May 7, 2024At the 2024 Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles, I laid out what I call a business plan for America. America is becoming a majority-minority country. Our economic future depends on whether the people driving that change can participate fully: as earners, owners, savers and builders. Th
The Business Plan for America. It Depends on Diversity: A Case for the Big Tent
May 5, 2024Everyone wants to be an American, except seemingly many Americans. The facts of the matter on demographics, diversity and the economy. From John Hope Bryant’s Unlocking Success newsletter.
The Breakfast Club: Financial Literacy for All, Credit and DEI
May 3, 2024I spent almost an hour on The Breakfast Club talking about Financial Literacy for All, Operation HOPE, credit and why diversity is an economic strategy, not a favor. Half of Black Americans have a credit score below 620. That one number locks people out of the free enterprise system. Fix the score a
Navigating the Hybrid Work Model: A Dynamic Approach to Modern Workplaces
April 30, 2024The world of work is undergoing a transformation, driven by a profound shift in how we look at and understand the workplace. From John Hope Bryant’s Unlocking Success newsletter.