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Is Entrepreneurship Just? - Ep. 2

The ReCity Team

Is entrepreneurship just? Tune into our podcast to hear more about national and local entrepreneurship trends and how they impact necessity driven entrepreneurs. Listen now to hear Geraud Staton of the Helius Foundation speak to how entrepreneurs overcome adversity through their work.

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Quick Episode Summary

  • :00 Sponsor highlight - ReCity

  • :15 Intro!

  • 1:00 Personal Checkin

  • Jes is trying to sell her car while not getting taken advantage of.

  • Rob is also in the market for a car and offers to help Jes buy a new car. 

  • 3:55 Rob and Jes Introduce Geraud

  • 4:30 Is entrepreneurship just?

  • Afrotech regional ranking for blacks in tech. 

  • MDC stats on social mobility in Durham and Wake counties

  • Monopoly study and how the system is rigged.

  • 8:45 Necessity driven entrepreneurs

  • What makes someone a necessity driven entrepreneur, and what makes them different from other entrepreneurs?

  • How learned helplessness contributes to the hurdles entrepreneurs face.

  • Changing from scarcity to abundance mindsets 

  • 12:20 Dr. Seligman's studies on learned helplessness

  • 14:44 Sponsor Highlight - Coastal Credit Union

  • 14:45 Finding hope in injustice

  • Why do you have hope?

  • 16:30 What does The Helius Foundation tangibly do?

  • 10-week cohort model & training

  • Monthly personal mentorship and business training

  • 19:00 How can we show up?

  • donate

  • mentoring

  • supporting Helius entrepreneurs 

  • 21:30 Episode debrief

  • 26:00 Outro

  • 26:30 Next episode preview

Our Guest

  • Geraud Staton - The Helius Foundation

Thank you to DJ Pdogg and Producer Lo Key for our awesome music throughout the show!

Follow DJ Pdogg online:

  • www.djpdogg.com

Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Jes

  • Capitol Broadcasting Podcast Network

  • Bryan Stevenson - Just Mercy

  • MDC on social mobility in North Carolina

  • Dr. Muktha Jost - Monopoly Study - When the rules are fair, but the game isn't.

  • Dr. Martin Seligman - Learned Helplessness


Our sponsors:

  • ReCity Network

  • Coastal Credit Union

Our hosts:

  • Jes Averhart, cofounder of Black Wallstreet Homecoming

  • Rob Shields, executive director of the Recity Network.

Our Producer:

  • Michael Baylor