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John Hope Bryant and Zondwa Mandela in Conversation: Shaping the Future of Africa
I enjoyed spending some time this week with the great Nelson Mandela’s grandson, my new friend Zondwa Mandela of the Mandela Legacy Foundation. His colleagues work to train and create jobs in South Africa for South Africans. I am honored to join the advisory board of...
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John Hope Bryant discusses top policy agenda challenges at DealBook DC Strategy Forum
I was honored to take part in the inaugural DealBook DC Strategy Forum at the historic Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC last week. The forum was led by my friend, journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times. I worked alongside other influential leaders to...
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John Hope Bryant Travels to Announce New HOPE Inside with the San Francisco 49ers. SF49’s Owner Jed York Joins Global Board for Operation HOPE.
John Hope Bryant and Jed York in conversation at the HOPE Global Forum. I was exceedingly proud to travel to the west coast on yesterday to participate in an intimate conversation with community and local non-profit leaders around the coming HOPE Commitment by...
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How You Come Up: Let your 9-5 job finance your 5-9 dream
In my latest video for the How You Come Up Series, I give you tips for growing your small business, WITH a full time day job. Watch the video and comment...
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IF YOU CAN’T PAY WORKERS MORE, TREAT THEM BETTER. INTRODUCING THE HOPE INSIDE THE WORKPLACE MODEL.
I am so very excited about the newest innovation at Operation HOPE, namely HOPE Inside. And most recently, the HOPE Inside the Workplace model. The premise for HOPE Inside is simple: to get FDIC insured banks 'out of the no business, and back into the yes business.'...
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John Hope Bryant and T.I. Mix It Up at Smart City Expo Atlanta
Last week I had a pleasure of sitting with my friend and fellow business leader and philanthropist Tip (you know him as hitmaker, music legend and entertainer Tip 'T.I.' Harris) and brilliant moderator Rose Scott, at the closing of Smart City Expo Atlanta 2019. We...
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Saluting a BE100 Leader. My Father in Law, Dr. David Dalton.
Sometimes greatness is sitting right under your feet. Such is the case with my father-in-law Dr. David Dalton. Talk about greatness under the radar -- Dr. Dalton certainly qualifies. Two decades ago, Dr. Dalton and two other early business pioneers built what the...
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Building Your Empire
Are you doing what you need to do to build an empire? Or are you building the wrong things instead? Like keeping a list of your gripes, and the people you don’t like. Or spending time gossiping about others, and trading in drama. Or showing up with an attitude at a...
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A Lesson on Preparing for the Future
We could all learn a thing or two about preparing for your financial future from former New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski. He made headlines this year when he announced his retirement from the NFL. Rob recently said he doesn't rule out a comeback, but he...
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Self Confidence vs. Self Esteem. They are Different!
People can make the mistake that just because they have high self confidence, they are of course supposed to have high self esteem too. Not. True. It’s time to cut yourself a break, and better understand how you tick, so that you can re-tune and refine yourself to...
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