Blog Posts
Good Soil Forum 2025: Faith, Capital and the Third Reconstruction
October 23, 2025The Good Soil Forum asked me to give its morning keynote on the Transformation Agenda. I spoke about faith, financial literacy and what it will take to rebuild our communities in what I call the third reconstruction. Faith and capital belong in the same conversation. One gives you the reason to buil
FOUR LESSONS FOR ENTREPRENEURS AT A CROSSROADS
October 21, 2025Sherrie Savage’s entrepreneurial journey began with a simple idea: a self-published coloring book. As an illustrator, she sought a unique way to promote her work beyond social media and found …
How Are You Future Proofing? Preparing Today for a Stronger Tomorrow
***Share how you’re future-proofing in the comment section below*** How Are You Future Proofing? Preparing Today for a Stronger Tomorrow The future doesn’t wait but we can prepare for it. …
More Than Skin Deep: Entrepreneur and Operation HOPE Share the “Care Factor”
October 20, 2025As a spa owner and esthetician instructor at a technical college, Xiomara’s philosophy of care goes beyond the surface. As an instructor, she teaches the required courses on skincare techniques …
Operation HOPE & HOPE AI Ethics Council on OpenAI’s Pause of Sora Generations Depicting Dr. King
October 17, 2025Operation HOPE—and the HOPE AI Ethics Council co-chaired by John Hope Bryant and Sam Altman—was honored to serve as a bridge between The Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. …
ForbesBLK Summit 2025: A Financial Playbook for the Year Ahead
At the ForbesBLK Summit, I joined Wemimo Abbey of Esusu and a Wells Fargo leader for a panel on five practical steps to a stronger financial year, from investment strategy to expanding financial literacy across the country. Forbes also asked me about my own daily routine for making sound business de
The Real Key to Wealth and Why It Starts with Trust
October 16, 2025We talk about money like it’s the first step to wealth. It’s not. From John Hope Bryant’s Unlocking Success newsletter.
Honored at the Black Enterprise XCEL Summit for Men
Black Enterprise honored me at its 2025 XCEL Summit for Men in Orlando, alongside men whose work I have admired for years. I told the audience I think of myself as an economic plumber for the Black community. Most people never see the plumbing, but nothing in the house works without it. My job is [&
Andrew Young Comes Home to Howard University
October 9, 2025Ambassador Andrew Young came home to Howard University on October 9 for a tribute and fireside conversation in Cramton Auditorium, moderated by Jonathan Capehart, with clips from the upcoming documentary on his life. I was honored to join the conversation. My point to the students was simple. Andy h
Retiree Leans on God’s “Will” and Operation HOPE’s “Way” to Serve Community
October 7, 2025From a bitter divorce to homelessness to cancer, Dr. Monroe Johnson Jr. has had more than his fair share of challenges in life. Dr. Johnson faced these trials with resilience …