Blog Posts
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 […]
Knowledge “Transmission” from Operation HOPE Helps this Entrepreneur to Scale-up
August 22, 2025Launched in November 2020, Tafari Roberts’s business, RoveSoapsheets, was one of the more than four million new businesses started during the pandemic. Tafari’s product, paper that dissolves and disappears completely …
“Your vision is valid. Your voice matters”
Dr. Angie Arrington is Founder and CEO of Evolve Consulting, LLC — a leadership and organizational development firm based in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. She went through the Small Business …
iHeart Media to feature Operation HOPE CEO John Hope Bryant’s Podcast to Empower Black Entrepreneurs Throughout National Black Business Month
August 18, 2025The podcast, “Money and Wealth with John Hope Bryant” is regularly in the top 100 of all business and finance podcasts ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In honor of National Black Business Month, Operation HOPE …
How a Small Business Loan is Fueling a Memphis Mission
August 15, 2025Jeffery had a vision to train young athletes around Memphis to develop their confidence and find community. Once he started this business, he knew he needed capital to expand it. …
AI Ethics Council – Co-Chaired by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Operation HOPE Founder, Chairman & CEO John Hope Bryant – Appoints Two New Board Members
August 13, 2025Robert Silvers, former Department of Homeland Security Under Secretary, and Richard D. Phillips, Dean of Georgia State University’s Robinson College of Business, join the AIEC to strengthen its cross-sector mission …
From Hustle to Holdings: A Black Wealth Blueprint
August 11, 2025August is National Black Business Month, a time to celebrate Black entrepreneurship, innovation, and the powerful role that Black-owned businesses play in fueling our economy and communities. This year, Operation …
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.
Empowering Columbus: Building Pathways to Financial Freedom with Operation HOPE
August 1, 2025COLUMBUS, OH — August 1, 2025 — In the heart of Ohio, Operation HOPE is empowering individuals and families across Columbus to rewrite their financial stories. Through its nationally recognized …