The BIB Podcast

This Friday, Season 4 of The BIB Podcast, Episode 4 is called, “News from the Margin” with a special guest who's excited to discuss the importance of journalism for communities of color!  

Today's episode is called, “We are all Music” with a special guest who's excited to discuss the importance of knowing music is what drives our everyday lives!   Our Guest born on Long Island during the Nixon administration. An American bachelor of Italian/Irish descent. Professional singer and bandleader (music producer too) in New York City for 25 years before moving to Las Vegas in 2018 for new adventures in the great American west. While singing remains a talent of mine, it is the strumming of ukuleles (baritone and tenor especially) which has become my greener pastures. Using my Fender gear, he strums a thousand songs spanning 1920s to 1980s. Once upon a time he thought he was a musician, until the day he realized that he is music. We are all music. Our very existence is music.    Ladies, Gentlemen, and everyone…The one, The only….Timothy Connolly!!

Brandon Ward is a dynamic entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and certified business and life coach dedicated to empowering individuals and businesses to overcome obstacles and achieve sustainable success. As the founder and owner of “The WE Mentality”, Brandon has committed his life to inspiring and guiding others through innovative coaching, personal development strategies, and collaborative growth initiatives.

Our 1st episode for Season 4 of The Business Information Buffet Podcast also known as the BIB Podcast! We have Tiara Flynn and Shaundell Newsome!!!

Our official last episode for Season 3 on The BIB Podcast! Season 3 Episode 19, We have our Side Hustle Expo winners, Alyssa Daniel & Salvador Sanchez Duer!!!

Our last episode for Season 3 on The BIB Podcast!  Season 3 Episode 18, We have Nijel Murray!!!

Emerging Leaders Our next episode on The BIB Podcast Season 3 Episode 17, Emerging Leaders!!!

Our next episode on The BIB Podcast Season 3 Episode 16, we have the artistic, creative, and faith driven couple CJ & Coop Hayes

2024 is here, HAPPY NEW YEAR!! NEXT THURSDAY, January 11th, for our first episode of 2024, Season 3 Episode 15, we have the Infamous, our favorite couple Adam @adam213isfree & Ro Clausen @ro_clausen of @gritability !!

Our Guest is a renowned motivational speaker, Podcast host of The Elisa Fucci Show, and an internationally acclaimed best-selling author. She is also a skilled relationship life coach and a certified BreathWork Detox facilitator. Elisa specializes in empowering women to break free from recurring painful relationship patterns, facilitating heart healing, and teaching effective communication skills. Additionally, she offers practical strategies to rebuild connection and nurture relationship resilience.

Joshua Igeleke Jr. is an estate planning attorney and mortgage broker. Licensed to practice law in Nevada and Texas, Josh has seen first-hand how a death can rip apart a family when proper planning is not in place. As such, he has made it his mission to provide awareness of the importance of planning through free educational seminars. Josh is currently the Vice President of the Southern Nevada Estate Planning Counsel.  

Kim Dung Ho a professional photographer based in Las Vegas, Nevada. As a woman and minority owned business, she is proud to be a trusted source for high quality headshots and photography for clients throughout Southern Nevada. She specializes in corporate headshots, branding video & photo services, camera presence coaching, full service portrait experience and event photography. Her work focuses on QUALITY, not quantity. Kim can assure that every picture from my studio conveys the professionalism and uniqueness of my clients. Kim is an experienced camera performance coach and her ability to help you relax and engage with the camera will result in images that shine, every time.

Lauren Anderson is an awarded & nationally recognized businesswoman who obtained a Master's degree in Human Resource Management by 22. Upon graduating, she grew her career in HR & Talent Acquisition with 3 of the World's Largest Gaming & Hospitality Corporations from Michigan Ave in Chicago to the Las Vegas Strip.  

Our guest Lamond Powe has progressed within his passion for fashion for over 15 years. He has continued to focus on his exceptional abilities in creative direction, fashion design, strategic campaign marketing, business management, and operations for several companies. Lamond is a Las Vegas native. His most recent endeavor to date, Authentic Supply has begun to garner grassroots acclaim as a black owned streetwear brand, that is focused on using creativity as a medium to foster in a new generation shift of health, wealth and unity, unlike any other before.

Taylor Rogers @lovetaylor_xo is 24 year old Entrepreneur born in Los Angeles, California, resided in Las Vegas, NV for a good while now. Since she can remember she has been a lover of All Things Beauty and lives by the mantra: “You look good, you feel good”. Taylor's love for the beauty industry heighten during her time in college where she had to learn to do her own hair, and also found that I loved to help others do the same. This ignited the already lit flame within her for the beauty industry and after the completion of her college career. After almost 2 years from graduating college, Taylor decided to truly take her passion seriously and be purposeful with her actions. Taylor created Snooty Empress @snootyempress and making impact in the hair and beauty space!

Donnie Lee is a licensed and board certified music therapist in the state of Nevada. He brings his experience as a musician, music director in spiritual settings, composer and teacher to the profession of music therapy. Donnie received his music therapy master's equivalency at West Virginia University. In efforts to begin effecting change in more populations, Donnie began his private practice, Heart Strings Music Therapy PLLC, in 2021. Running his own private practice, Donnie applies the Music Medicine Protocol, a protocol focusing on mood regulation and emotional fluidity, in both music therapy and performance settings. His studies and experiences within the field of music therapy have taken him across the world, as far as Thailand, exploring the use of music therapy within diverse populations and cultures. With his primary focus and application of music therapy now being mental health and recovery, Donnie seeks to expand the application of music as medicine to bring healing and a sense of wholeness to people from all walks of life.

Season 3 Episode 7, we have Lena Khambou @lenakhambou from Empire Dance LV @empiredancelv @empirekidzdancelv ! 

For Season 3 Episode 6 we have Nick Lewis also known as @mr.stealyopounds !!! Fitness Trainer and Entrepreneur!

Ebony Igeleke is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She currently owns and operates Soul Matters, a private practice in Henderson, Nevada counseling individuals, couples, and families.

Caleb Dawkins is a dedicated Banker at J.P. Morgan Private Bank in Las Vegas, specializing in providing financial guidance to entertainers, athletes, tech entrepreneurs, and financial principals. With expertise across investments, banking, strategic borrowing, and estate planning, Caleb helps clients grow and preserve their wealth for future generations. He is particularly experienced in supporting executives with equity compensation and concentrated stock positions.

Regent Amy J. Carvalho was elected to serve District 12 on the Board of Regents in November 2018.  

Darion Weatherspoon a.k.a. “Spoon” was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. attending and graduating with honors from Canyon Springs High School. Darion would go on to graduate from Clark Atlanta University, Magna Cum Laude, with a degree in Fashion Design. He would be the only male fashion design student graduating out of the 2018 class. While in school Darion held the honor of Mr. Fashion Department, and was inducted as a member of Phi Kappa Phi National honor Society. He was heralded as a trailblazer being the first and only student-athlete to play NCAA football and major in design. After graduating college Darion would work from an unpaid intern to the Creative Director of a fashion house in Atlanta, GA growing the company to a multimillion dollar evaluation in a 3 year period. His concepts and designs have graced multiple runways including NY Fashion week and he has been spotlighted in dozens of publications including: CNN, Fox Sports, HBCU Digest and most recently has made MyVegas Magazines top 100 men of success list. Darion is a proud member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. and devout christian. Upon Catching Covid in 2020 and nearly losing his life; he would step down as Creative Director of the fashion house he was employed with in Atlanta, and with the few dollars in his account and pure faith would start SilverSpoon Clothing Co. in the Fall of 2020 with the Mission of “Raising Society's standard of sophistication, one garment at a time”. In October of 2022, Darion would celebrate his grand opening of his Private Design Studio and unveil his first ever SilverSpoon Clothing Co. collection; “Velvet Rope”; and in March of 2023 would develop his own line of shoes. Stay tuned to seen how this conversation with your hosts @theestoryofseantory & @king.chordonn impacted them with her phenomenal story! YouTube, Anchor, Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast & other streaming platforms #TheBIBPodcast #EverybodyEats #Business #Information #Buffet #podcast

Join us for Season 3, Episode 1, as hosts Sean Tory and Chordonn Allen speak with Myriam Lopez! Born in Corona, California, this Mexican American jefa is based in Las Vegas, NV, and frequently moved around Mexico and the U.S. in her childhood and adolescence. Eventually, they moved to Las Vegas, where Lopez would help her mom clean up after floral designers at the MGM Mirage in Las Vegas to pay for architecture school; through hard work and dedication, she began networking with industry leaders and built her own business from the ground up.    Along the way, she discovered her love for floral design & architecture, picked up valuable business skills that would prove to be useful in the future, and spent time being a missionary abroad in Eastern Europe and Asia, allowing her to learn more about the people living there and the challenges they face. Tune into see how this conversation with your hosts Sean Tory & Chordonn Allen impacted them with her phenomenal story!

Join us for Season 2, Episode 28, as host Sean Tory speaks with Derrick Gyamfi, Co-Founder and CEO of CHALE, an AI-powered relationship management platform that reminds, recommends, and automatically mails personalized greeting cards for its users. Derrick founded this company as a way for him to stay meaningfully connected with close friends and loved ones amid the hustle and bustle of his technology career. Outside of CHALE, Derrick works as an Innovation Strategy Senior Manager for MGM Resorts International. He has a background in accounting, consulting, and advisory services working as a member of BDO USA, LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers' various assurance departments while earning, both, his Bachelor of Science (B.S) in Accounting from the State University of New York College at Geneseo and Master of Science (M.S.) in Information Technology Auditing & Cybersecurity from Temple University in just four years. Our guest also serves as a business voice on the Governor's Workforce Development Board.

Join us for Season 2, Episode 28, as host Sean Tory speaks with Nic Steele, Executive Director of Access Community Capital Inc., a community loan fund providing affordable capital to small businesses in Nevada. Access Community Capital is a minority-led mission-driven organization directed by entrepreneurs who understand the plight of business ownership. Prior to managing Access Community Capital, our guest was the visionary and founder of Eclipse Theaters, the only black-owned luxury movie theater in the country. In 2016, our guest built the 72,000 sq facility as an upscale movie-dining experience in Las Vegas.

Join us for Season 2, Episode 27, as host Sean Tory speaks with Akeem Brantley and Matt "DJ Mizzy" Rogers, cofounders of PM Entertainment – two powerhouses in the Las Vegas Entertainment scene. Our first guest, born and raised in Las Vegas, received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Texas Southern University. He currently serves as a Culture Curator continuously connecting entrepreneurs in Las Vegas through a method of what he likes to call “Extravagant Business Meetings.” Our second guest is a pioneer in the Hip Hop / R&B radio community with an impressive 10-year radio career in radio. His musical industry influence is deeply rooted due to his upbringing in Brooklyn, New York, and Las Vegas. He is heavily involved in creating and facilitating events exploring the internet, radio, and podcast space while providing a dynamic experience.

Join us for Season 2, Episode 26, as host Sean Tory speaks with Brandarius Johnson, founder, and CEO of Day 1 Ambition. A survivor of suicide, Brandarius has published his personal biography which reveals a deep and compelling story of hope and resilience. His book titled ‘Mental Hope' highlights the fact that: There is No Surgery For Depression. His readers will feel empowered to know there is always hope - even in their darkest moments. This is why this Las Vegas native has designed a clothing brand called Day 1 Ambition that embodies messages like, 'The World Wouldn't Spin the Same Without You!' and the ‘Mental Hussle Continues'. His personal mantra: 'Everyday Is Day 1' has inspired him and thousands of other people to continue to live the life they aspire!

Join us for Season 2, Episode 25, as host Sean Tory speaks with John Santos, founder, and CEO of From the Ground Up. John Santos is a serial entrepreneur and YouTuber documenting and living the ever changing business and creative landscape. Founder of The Santos Studios, he was honored as the Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2018 (SBA.gov), featured globally on Steve Harvey's Funderdome on ABC, and interviewed by various publications including Inc.com. His channel was also selected among millions to be a part of the YouTube Next Up Program where he continues to work with the platform to expand his reach and influence around the world. John's mission is to bring clarity to business and help entrepreneurs build brands that impact the world, from the ground up. He carries out this mission through collaborations with reputable brands and suppliers in order to equip his audience with the right tools and resources for their success.

Join us for Season 2, Episode 24, as host Sean Tory speaks with Scheherazade Pollins, founder, and CEO of Schae Love. Scheherazade creates confidence-building social media strategies for womenpreneurs while inspiring through fashion, lifestyle & music. Using her knowledge and love of social media, content curation, and creative directing she helps business owners & micro-influencers achieve their own social media goals. Graduating from the College of Southern Nevada, with a degree in Journalism Media Studies & Public relations, Scheherazade has always found herself drawn to content creation and social media. Scheherazade's love for content creation and social media has allowed her to work with brands like Revlon, Victoria's Secret, Aunt Jackie's Hair Care, and Derma-e.

Join us for Season 2, Episode 23, as host Sean Tory speaks with June Matute-Green, founder and CEO of Zen Side Out. Zen Side Out is an organic and natural bath, body, and aromatherapy line of handcrafted products designed to engage the senses into a state of relaxation and harmony. Tune in to this episode to learn more about Zen Side Out and June's more than 20 years' experience in mental health, and physical and spiritual wellness. Entrepreneurs will undoubtedly take away many valuable business lessons from this episode.

Join us for Season 2, Episode 22, as host Sean Tory, and Guest Host Tinya Marie, speak with Maurice Caldwell Jr., Founder & CEO of Heart of Gold. In addition to being a father, Mr. Caldwell is an actor, fitness enthusiast, and philanthropist who dedicates himself to mentoring and advocating for youth struggling with drug addiction.

Join us for Season 2, Episode 21, as host Sean Tory speaks with Dr. Christina Madison! Dr. Christina Madison is the Founder and CEO of The Public Health Pharmacist, PLLC a public health consulting firm offering public health solutions during this pandemic and beyond. She is an Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice with Roseman University of Health Sciences and works as a clinical pharmacist specializing in public health with a focus on infectious communicable diseases. A trusted and valued health care professional with 15 years of experience in Public Health and 18 year's experience as a pharmacy professional. She has received multiple awards and recognitions. Dr. Madison has personally facilitated the administration of over 11,000 + doses of the COVID-19 vaccines to the Southern Nevada Community. Advocating for public health and the profession of pharmacy to improve the health and wellness of vulnerable populations and the underserved is her passion and mission.

Join us for Season 2, Episode 20, as guest host Patranya Bhoolsuwan & host Sean Tory speak with Rose Peterson, founder, and CEO of RP Fitness and Nutrition. In addition to being a mother, Rose is a fitness & nutrition coach in Las Vegas who helps empower women to protect and improve their health through exercise.

Join us for Season 2, Episode 19, as we speak with Chris H Hong about his journey being a full-time entrepreneur and owner of 4 businesses. Tune in to hear our host, Emily Rafael, speak with Chris about his thoughts on entrepreneurship, time management, and helping others through his businesses. Quang “CHRIS” Hong is a native of Sai Gon. At an early age while growing up in Vietnam, he worked hard to help support his family business. There he learned the value of providing great customer service, helping those in need, time management and how to deal with employees. He discovered the fun and excitement of helping people get what they need, his first business venture was a mini-arcade at the age of 14. He would have kids come over to his house to play games for 50 cents, since some families could not afford their own video game consoles at that time. When he became a teenager, he attended a foreign language night school where he learned how to speak Cantonese, Mandarin, and English. His dedication and ambition to learning something new caught the eye of the instructor, who later hired him to teach a few courses. In 2009, he immigrated to the United States with his family for better opportunities and growth for the future. While working as a busboy at Bellagio, he took the opportunity to learn about the food service industry, talking with cooks, wait staff and hosts. After he wanted to test his entrepreneurial skills by opening his own establishments in 2011; Da Lat Vietnamese Cuisine and shortly after Jasmines restaurant. He shares his experiences and lessons learned with other entrepreneurs in Nevada Grow Non-Profit, which is an organization who assists small business ventures to start and grow, providing assistance to new business owners. He is actively involved in the Asian American community, as a board member of the Vietnamese Nevada Cultural committee, he volunteers at events helping to raise awareness and promote businesses within the community to the public. During the 2022 Vietnamese Tet Lunar New Year festival, he was a guest speaker. Being a part of the Premier Financial Alliance (PFA), he is an active Living Benefits Crusader. Helping to educate the importance of having adequate life insurance, and using it as a vehicle to protect assets for business owners and protecting love ones in case of an unforeseen event.

Join us for Season 2, Episode 18, as we speak with Bryan Pham for AAPI month about his journey founder of Asian Hustle Network, Crushing it in Real Estate, Hatels A Virus, and a venture partner at Outlier fund. Tune in to hear our Guest Host Patranya Bhoolsuwan lead this phenomenal episode while host, Sean Tory also speak with Bryan about his passion on about bringing together communities of like-minded individuals through growing AHN to over 200,000 members in a little over 2 years and managing an active CIIRE group of over 2,000 investors.

Join us for Season 2, Episode 17, as we speak with Latasha Alessi about her journey being a full-time entrepreneur—baking from scratch and at home. Tune in to hear our host, Sean Tory, and guest host, Tinya Marie, speak with Latasha about establishing her business, Penny Cakes Las Vegas, and many other interesting topics.

Join us for Season 2, Episode 16, as we speak with Jordan Hankins. Tune in to hear our host, Sean Tory, speak with Jordan on her journey being a full-time Ph.D. student, social justice and education advocate, and learn why she started the Black Educators Initiative!

Join us for Season 2, Episode 15, as we speak with Myka Graham. Tune in to hear our host, Sean Tory, speak with Myka on her journey being a full-time college student and author. Learn how she has been able to balance both paths!

Join us for Season 2, Episode 14, as we speak with Dee Cosby. Tune in to hear our host, Sean Tory, speak with Dee on his journey from being a Technician in electrics to becoming a entrepreneur! Learn how he transitioned into the entrepreneurship journey!

Join us for Season 2, Episode 13, as we speak with Stuart Gili-Ross from Raw Power Management. Tune in to hear our Guest host, Gabriel Interrante, speak with Stuart on his journey from being a music artist to becoming a manager for multiple music artist! Learn how he moved his way up in the music industry from overseas to the USA!

Join us for Season 2, Episode 12, as we speak with Saul Ramos, District Director of Small Business Administration (SBA) for the state of Nevada. Tune in to hear our host, Sean Tory, talk with Mr. Ramos about his dedication to elevating small businesses. Learn how he moved his way up to district director and how SBA has made a impact during the pandemic!

Join us for Season 2, Episode 11, as we speak with Patranya Bhoolsuwan, Founder & Owner of Patranya Media . Tune in to hear our host, Sean Tory, talk with Mrs. Bhoolsuwan about her dedication to helping students, entrepreneurs & companies with their media. Learn how she went from becoming a Channel 8 News Anchor to serving the community through her business!

Join us for Season 2, Episode 10, as we speak with Courtney Haywood, Co-Founder & Co-owner of Art'ism and Founder of Haywood Ranch. Tune in to hear our host, Sean Tory, talk with Mr. Haywood about his dedication to helping youth & adults who have autism with art, inspire the community to own real estate and his journey in owning a Ranch. Learn how He is inspiring the community through art!

Join us for Season 2, Episode 9, as we speak with Aaron Parker, Co-Founder & Co-owner of Sawubona Culture. Tune in to hear our host, Sean Tory, talk with Aaron about his dedication to helping youth read Black and Brown Literature. Learn how He is inspiring the community to continuing reading.

Join us for Season 2, Episode 8, as we speak with Tavarius & Whitney Bolden, Founders & Co-owners of Bolden Blende. Tune in to hear our host, Sean Tory, talk with Tavarius & Whitney about their Faith & Relationship based Podcast & Clothing brand. Learn how they have turned their whole family into a family business and much more.

Join us for Season 2, Episode 7, as we speak with Thomas & Tiesha Moore, Founders & Co-owners of G3 Electrical. Tune in to hear our host, Sean Tory, talk with Tiesha & Thomas about their G3 in the electrical industry, accounting, project management and much more.

Join us for Season 2, Episode 6, as we speak with Dr. Christine Lemon, CEO & Founder of Nevada Dental Anesthesia. Tune in to hear our host, Sean Tory, talk with Dr. Lemon about Anesthesia in the Dental industry, teaching experience and much more.

Join us for Season 2, Episode 5, as we speak with Dontae Scott, president of Las Vegas Homes, INC. and CEO of Housing Assistance Corp. Tune in to hear our host, Sean Tory, talk with Mr. Scott about real estate, the mental health industry, and much more.

Join us for our Season 2 Episode 4 as we speak with the Founder & Owner of Pure Healthy Cosmetics Spa with Chi Kim Vo! Tune in to hear our guest host Emily Rafael speak with Ms. Vo on her journey on building the spa!

Join us for our Season 2 Episode 3 as we speak with Marcus Hill, founder & owner of the Black Wall Street Effect! Marcus discusses his journey in financial services! Learn how he's educating our community on how money works and how he's striving to close the wealth gap! www.BIBPodcastnv.com

Join us for our Season 2 Episode 2 as we speak with the Founder & Owner of the SmallBizLady Melinda Emerson! The SmallBizLady discusses her journey as a media spokesperson, small business influencer, internationally renowned keynote speaker on small business development, social selling, and content marketing! Learn how she became a prolific writer, who has published more than 5000 articles on her blog SucceedAsYourOwnBoss.com.