Tales From the GRIND

Aireka and Cory interview celebrity publicist Taiisha Bradley, pronounced [ty-e-sha] like the Immature song. During this episode Taiisha shares her most funny experiences as a celebrity publicist. Listen in you may hear a story about your favorite celebrity. Taiisha is also Founder and CEO of Modernoire and partner for Corner to Corner Rutherford. She is an advocate and mentor to first-time entrepreneurs and helps them learn strategies for branding their companies.

Aireka and Cory interview single mother, registered nurse, volunteer firefighter and now the first Black woman to own a juice franchise in downtown Nashville, Tara Mitchner. During this episode Tara shares why she chose to franchise and the steps she took to build her cafe as a first time entrepreneur and franchise owner.

Aireka & Cory are back from a month long break. During this episode the hosts catch up with each other and discuss their new mantras for 2021.Aireka's experience with quarantining for a monthRecognizing opportunities after a loss (Jingle Jangle reaction)Law of Giving and ReceivingThis show was sponsored by Nodat Inc. Nodat is a local deals app that makes it easier to search find time-sensitive and limited deals for your local area. Download Nodat on Android and iOS today.

Aireka & Cory are back from a month long break. During this episode the hosts catch up with each other and discuss their new mantras for 2021.Aireka's experience with quarantining for a monthRecognizing opportunities after a loss (Jingle Jangle reaction)Law of Giving and ReceivingThis show was sponsored by Nodat Inc. Nodat is a local deals app that makes it easier to search find time-sensitive and limited deals for your local area. Download Nodat on Android and iOS today.

This episode is the continuance of the first episode with public speaker and mortgage banker Troy M. Smith. Continuing the conversation about the mindset of the Black Lives Matter protesters.

In today's episode we discuss the mindset of protesters for the Black Lives Matter movement as well the role motivation plays. Our guest Troy M. Smith is the Founder of #MostMotto (Mindset Of Successful Thinking). Troy is a public speaker and mortage banker. This show has two parts.

In this episode Cory and I talk to Miriam Black the Founder and CEO of Skin by Miriam Be an all natural skincare product line. Miriam shares her story of how she fought through stage 3B Breast Cancer and the sudden death of her mom on her 30th birthday to continue what she feels God gave her to create, Miriam Be products. Her skincare products have taken Nashville by storm and are now one the most popular skincare products on the market.

This is the first interview of a Two Part Series with ReBrand the Black Man. ReBrandTheBlackMan is committed to changing the way the global community views and evaluates the Black male. Within the context of “perception is reality”, Black men have been cast as one dimensional, lazy, & unessential. Much of what the Black man is and does has been exploited and devalued. It is our mission to highlight the valuable contributions that have been made and are being made by Black men all across the globe, and provide individual and collective examples for a positive change in the contemporary worldview.

In this episode we talk to Bankruptcy Attorney Michael Hollins of Hollins Law Group to discuss the financial ramifications that could possibly hit your household after the pandemic. Michael discusses popular myths about bankruptcy as he shares his personal journey to bankruptcy law.

Black America is being hit hard during Covid-19 by misinformation, lack of information, access to funding, and resources to survive the pandemic. During this series will sit down with Black community and business leaders to open a much needed conversation about what our focus and messaging should be to the Black Nashville Community during and after the crisis.

SPECIAL EDITION: FB LIVE VIRTUAL TOWN HALL & FORUM. Black America is being hit hard during Covid-19 by misinformation and lack of information. We sat down with Lee Molette, Charles Winfrey, Shaterial Starnes, and Attorney Michael Hollins, and Attorney Amy Brown to open a much needed conversation about how C-19 will affect the household spending of the Black community. Listen as these 8-Figure earners share advice about: Buying Stocks Holding on to your assetsGetting over the stigma of apply for SNAP and TANF aid for nowApplying for the SBA Economic Hardship Loans and Pay Check Protection PlanThe Black community is in the middle of a reset so push the Reset Button

In this episode, we talk with Bill Lee McCleskey, Founder & CEO MiTech Partners. We hear about how he started his business as a side hustle while still working for one of his biggest competitors today. When his supervisors found out about his hustle they called him in the office and immediately he felt resolved to resign and continue his grind.Bill shares with us his funniest, worst, and best entrepreneurial moments:His car getting repoed from his girlfriend's house and pretending he thought someone had stolen it. This led him to make a decision that changed his life.A difficult situation where he lost $30,000 on previous business endeavor. A specific rule he set for himself helped him deal with that lost and forced him to get a job and pay off debt. Listen how this job got his entrepreneur juices flowing and led him to the success he has today.As always we hit that Kendrick Lamar moment when he realized that he could propose to the girlfriend who didn't judge him for having his car repoed.

In this episode, we talk with Thommy Lewis, Founder & CEO of Square Footage Maintenance and Remodeling. We learn how he went from grinding in the streets as a young man to being forced out by his former employer Peterbilt after being hurt on the job to deciding to create his own economy by teaching himself how to be a General Contractor. Thommy shares with us his funniest, worst, and best entrepreneurial moments:a time when a client assumed he was an employee and demanded he calls his boss so she could have him reprimanded. Listen to hear how humorously he handled this situation. he was in a difficult situation where he completed a project after fronting over $150K of his own money and the client refused to pay. He talks about how that affected him mentally, how it affected his household, and how he got through it.he shares with us his Kendrick Lamar moment when he realized that he could pay child support off out of pocket and still have money left to provide his wife and kids a comfortable life.

Kicking off the inaugural episode of Tales from the GRIND we introduce you to the hosts Aireka and Cory. We hear true stories about their grind from hilarious shit, like running out gas a mile before a meeting and trying to push her car the rest of the way, to hardships like forgetting that he's an entrepreneur without the luxuries of auto-draft and getting behind on child support, to high moments and wins like his first 5-figure revenue month and being honored as a Nashville Business Journal 40 Under 40. We learn what to expect from these two why the show was created.