Black Businesses Matter (BBM) Podcast

Black Businesses Matter is a weekly podcast show on the impact of collaborating and advocating for Black Businesses to drive impact. It is hosted by Larvetta L. Loftin. Founder of The L3 Agency, a full service influencer marketing and communications agency. Hear from investors, thought leaders, supply chain leaders, DEI practitioners and business owners on why engaging minority businesses should be a social responsibility when black businesses are the largest employers of black people. Each episode will provide inspiration and actionable tools to help you become culturally sensitive in growing your business or brand. Each episode are about 30 - 45 minutes in length to help you to pledge to support Black businesses EVERY DAY in EVERY WAY and REIMAGINE #blackbusinessesmatter.

Black Businesses Matter (BBM) Podcast

Episodes

“I definitely want to eradicate entrepreneurial poverty ” says Susanne Mariga

“I tell my clients, T + F = A. Your thoughts lead to feelings, and your feelings lead to actions,” says Dr. Lakeba Williams

“What’s different about LAB is we have taken into consideration not just data but stories from people,” says Jannice Newson

“Nonprofits are the backbone of the community ” says Marc Alexander

“Are you building yourself into a trap?” asks Rachel Bernier-Green

“If there’s an impact that you want to make that out of yourself, know that you need community, ” says Jayla Head

“Success is not done in a silo it’s done in community,” says Canetha Amour-Porter

SPECIAL EPISODE: Evolution of Entrepreneurship

“Journey to mastery is much more than a business it’s a calling, "says Elzie Flenard

“Why don’t we dig into how trauma shows up in our businesses? ,"says Larvetta L. Loftin

“Inclusive leadership is just good leadership. You cannot lead a team where you don’t recognize that you have a lot of differences,"says Dr. Carmen Bell-Ross

All Butter’d Up mission is to give us practical ways to implement self-care in our daily lives, ”Says Lorè Enjoli

“I just waited for my turn in regards to finding what that unique disruption would be into this industry into this market place,” Says Deida Massey

“Come up with your exit strategy right now so we can put things in place ” says Sanja Noble

“ Deals are not made unless you’re in front of somebody because people do business with people they know like, trust”, says Sarah Ware

“I wake up and go to bed with ‘ how can I move the community forward?’,” Says James Parker

“I don’t create things if I’m not passionate or in love with it” says Kudzai B. Mutasa

“I like to demystify the law, I like to take complex issues and break it all down,” says Katrice Matthews

“We’re not here to win each other over we’re just here to provide a perspective ” says Larvetta L. Loftin

“ We don't measure ourselves by traditional standards why would we I’m not the traditional wine maker” Says Rick Nesbitt

“You have to put goals out there for yourself ”says Melinda Herron

We are not babysitters we are EDUCATORS” Says Tonia Evens and Tamera Fair

“I didn’t know I could be me because I never saw me,” says Yvonne McNair

“Soft skills are all the unsaid things that will dictate a company’s culture,” says Kevin Davenport

Special Episode: The Evolution of Entrepreneurship