Podcast appearances and mentions of henry rock

For most of his adult life, Henry Rock working in advertising sales. He represented a wide range of black media including Ebony, Jet and Black Enterprise magazine. His work brought him in direct contact with a number of inspiring, African-American entrepreneurs and that gave him an idea: what if we could inspire young black males in inner cities to explore entreprenurial opportunites? After relocating to North Carolina, Henry began pursuing this idea with the help of National Urban League and it's local chapter in Charlotte. His TEDx Talk, Creating A New Class of Entrepreneurs, put the wind in his sails to launch City Startup Labs. Over the past decade, the organization has trained over 220 young men and women to get into the startup game. Recently, City Startup Labs has focused on helping formerly incarcerated individuals pursue their business dreams. Now 72 years old, Henry reports he's the happiest he's ever been. "And I owe it to not taking my hands off the steering wheel but not gripping the steering wheel and trying to steer my life but rather allowing my life to unfold...And it has unfolded in a very beautiful way."   

Pop Art Painter Jamie Roxx (www.JamieRoxx.us) welcomes Mrs Henry (Rock & Roll) to the Show!    (Click to go there) ● WEB: www.mrshenry.com ● IN: @mrshenryrocks   ● FB: @mrshenryrocks   ● TW: @mrshenryrocks   ● SC: @mrshenry ● YT: www.youtube.com/channel/UCCP3nmUHMs5UyaoS5-xLxDQ     San Diego, CA -- Electrifying rock and roll band, Mrs. Henry, has released their newest single and video, “Peace, Love, Rock N Roll,” from their upcoming three-part rock opera, Keep On Rising. With an exhilarating melody and inspiring vocals, the band brings their ambitious project to its peak with a worthy rock anthem. “Peace, Love, Rock N Roll” is available now to stream or download wherever you listen to music, alongside the video on their YouTube channel. Blazing musicianship, exuberant harmonies, and propulsive grooves: San Diego, CA based Mrs. Henry is a hard-hitting rock and roll band, a quartet of singular spirits on a shared journey, paying homage to a historical legacy as they introduce a new chapter in American roots music ● Media Inquiries: Amanda Blide Executive Director of Publicity TREND: PR | Branding | Social Media www.TrendPR.com

City Startup Labs conducts a Center of Excellence, where African American Millennials and Returning Citizens (the formerly incarcerated) learn how to research, plan, launch and operate startup enterprises. While they learn about what it takes to start a successful venture, they also learn a lot about themselves along the way. Learn how founder, Henry Rock, turned his vision into this entrepreneurial venture. Thanks to Henry Rock of City Startup Labs for sharing his entrepreneurship story – learn more about his business here: https://citystartuplabs.com/

Henry Rock, founder of City Startup Labs, works to help build young men into entrepreneurs, so it makes sense that he knows a thing or two about the value of a mentor in building social capital. It's no surprise then, that he himself had several influential figures in his life that helped shaped him into the leader he is today. In today's episode of Who Built Me, we talk to Henry about the lessons he learned from his great grandmother Ella, a suffragist and historian, his father and uncles who were pilots and engineers, and a professional influence who helped Henry built his foundation in Black-owned media. Find out more about City Startup Labs here.

The United States recently celebrated the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. In the midst of a resurgent call for racial equity and justice it’s time to renew our understanding of – and commitment to – “The Dream” through Educational Equity, Inclusive Entrepreneurship and Economic Access. In this week’s CLT Alliance Talks podcast Rod Garvin SVP of Talent Insights for the Charlotte Regional Business Alliance Speaks with Dr. Shante’ Williams, Founder and CEO, Black Pearl Global Investments; Henry Rock, Executive Director, City Startup Labs and Don Thomas, Jr., Executive Director, My Brother’s Keeper Charlotte Mecklenburg.

Henry Rock II is the founder and director of City Startup Labs, an entrepreneur's academy for African American millennials that develops human, social and economic capital within inner-city America.  In partnership with Ventureprise, Inc., a non-profit venture development organization, CSL operates a Center of Excellence for Entrepreneurial Competency, Innovation and Leadership at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Henry has over two decades of experience in media sales, advertising and marketing. His career includes business development and strategic planning for small black-owned and operated ventures. He has given a TEDxCharlotte Talk on creating a new class of African American entrepreneurs. Henry does more than inspire young men and women to live powerful and rewarding lives.  He gives them the tools and shares the mindsets to make it happen. This episode is perfect for anyone interested in the education of entrepreneurs, a discussion on black cultural nationalism, and a basis for hope in our lives. IN THIS EPISODE Henry shares what City Startup Labs is and what it is designed to do. He explains the four modules that make up CSL that guide young entrepreneurs from acceleration to incubation to market.   He discusses the development of his curriculum and how he makes use of lean startup principles and Barry Gordy's autobiography to reach his students.   Henry talks about the mindset of young black men and how perceptions of them affect them psychologically and physically. He shares what has surprised him leading CSL.  He reports where CSL is now and what he wants for the program going forward. Henry explains the three classes of assets that CSL is seeking to build. He discusses how his family story parallels the arc of African American history. Henry talks about the influence of black activists Amiri Baraka and Ron Karenga in his thinking and development as a young man. He explains the difference he sees between black and white nationalism. Henry describes himself as a young man, why he chose to take courses in economics, and his transition into a career in media and advertising. He talks about an amazing period in black media and how it informs what he is doing now. He discusses guiding forces in his life and why he is hopeful about the future.    After the conversation, host Mark Peres adds a personal word that begins this way, "The discussion you heard was the second one I had with Henry.  The first one did not record. This is what you did not hear..." To learn more, visit On Life and Meaning.

The wealth gap between white and black families has grown since the 1960s. But one man thinks he might have an entrepreneurial solution.

Millennials are feminist, progressive, and care a lot about gender equity. Right? According to Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg and Dan Cassino, it’s actually more complicated than that. It’s relatively simple to organize a massive protest using Twitter and Facebook. And Zeynep Tufekci says that can make resistance movements weaker. The average white family has 13 times the wealth of the average African-American family. Henry Rock explains how we can use entrepreneurship to lessen that divide.

Today’s episode of the Charlotte Angel Connection features young entrepreneur, Aaron Galloway. To give you an idea of the type of go get ‘em mentality Aaron has he is the only entrepreneur to date who sought me out and asked to be on the podcast. He’s got a fire to create a successful business and is smart enough to do it. Keep your eyes on him as he develops InfiniGift over the coming quarters. In this episode, we learn Aaron has been writing business plans since the age of 8 – his first business plan was for a jean company. He was always waiting for the perfect business plan but while having beignets with his dad at Cajun Queen he was encouraged just to take the leap. One thing led to another and InfiniGift emerged as the winner of Charlotte’s City Startup Labs in the fall of 2016. He’s working through the development of the website and other necessary steps to launch the business soon. Listening to Aaron you quickly hear his confidence and wisdom that he has created by preparing to launch a startup for 20 years. It’s a great honor to introduce you to Aaron today. What is InfiniGift (www.infinigift.com)? Infinigift is a tool that allows you to turn your life events into the building blocks of a financial future and a financial legacy for future generations. It is a web-based platform turning gift registries from life events into the building blocks of a financial legacy. In essence, it allows people to register for gifts of stock in companies in addition to the physical gifts at major milestones (weddings, births, etc.). What has Aaron learned about writing business plans? “Sometimes you just have to jump.” What made Aaron ‘jump’? His first business was an organic athletic recovery product. It failed and that helped him get more ready for launching InfiniGift. City Startup Labs (http://citystartuplabs.com/) run by Henry Rock and Greg Brown with Charlotte Angel Fund (www.charlotteangelfund.com) have been tremendous resources for Aaron. With Dan Roselli and HQ Charlotte (http://packard.place/) and others, Aaron doesn’t feel there is a shortage of support for entrepreneurs in Charlotte. My favorite quote from Aaron about juggling the roles of entrepreneur, husband, employee, etc. “You make time for what you want to make time for.” Listen to Aaron and you’ll be as impressed as I am. Any recommendations or questions for Aaron can be directed to him (agalloway@infinigift.com).