Residents of two Nigerian states, where there is a lockdown, panicked after fake reports of mass attacks.
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Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Don Lemon Calls Out Donald Trump After Losing a Close Friend to COVID-19
On Monday, Don Lemon shared a heartfelt message where he revealed that he lost his close friend, Robby Browne, due to complications with COVID-19. He also called out Donald Trump for claiming that he has “total authority” to dictate when states reopen during a press briefing.
The outcomes due to the spread of the coronavirus have made it clear that no single person has control as it relates to the crisis. Not the healthcare providers, banks, scientists, or those who practice social distancing. Not even the president. For those reasons, Lemon called out Trump on CNN saying, “I lost a very good friend this weekend. I wanted to hear from the president how he is going to stop that from happening. “Instead, I got a campaign video. What do I need a campaign video for?”
He went on to say, “I want to know how you’re going to stop my loved ones from dying. I don’t need a campaign video, Mr. President. How are you going to keep friends and loved ones from dying? It is crystal clear from what happened today what the president’s top priority is, defending himself rather than focusing on the health and well-being of the American people.”
In a tweet, Lemon paid tribute to his friend:
We lost a good one. #rip my dear friend. https://t.co/J8U82ZNOTO
— Don Lemon (@donlemon) April 13, 2020
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Don Lemon Calls out Trump
Lemon isn’t the only person calling out Trump. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo weighed in on Trump’s statement during an appearance on CNN and reminded people about the Constitution—and that Trump is not above it.
“We don’t have King Donald Trump, we have President Donald Trump. The states created the federal government, not the other way around. And, that is explicit. Certain responsibilities are state responsibilities. Health, welfare, quarantine — those are state responsibilities. So, the president should not even think of going there.”
Related: New York Now Has More Coronavirus Cases Than Any Country Outside of the US
Like Lemon and Cuomo, many Americans are eager for Trump to work with those in leadership as they seek to flatten the curve.
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Tulsa’s Black Wall Street Has Received A Grant To Be Modernized
Black Wall Street, a historic black and affluent district in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was infamously burned down by an angry white mob during the 1921 Race Massacre. Now, almost a century later, the community will be rebuilt thanks to a grant.
In 1921, the thriving black business community was destroyed in race riots, resulting in more than 300 black deaths and nearly 1,000 injuries at the hands of an angry vigilante mob. North Greenwood Avenue is all that remains from the community. The 10 buildings were refurbished in the early 1980s but have not had any major work done since then.
Today, the historic district has been one of many places devastated by the coronavirus outbreak. The grant comes at a time of necessity in order to preserve’s the neighborhood’s history.
The National Park Service (NPS) announced they will be donating $500,000 in grant money to renovate buildings along Tulsa’s North Greenwood Avenue business district known as the former Black Wall Street. The organization will be partnering with the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce, which manages the district.
“These grants will fund important projects that document, interpret, and preserve sites that tell the stories of the African American experience in the pursuit of civil rights,” said National Park Service Deputy Director David Vela in a press release announcing the grants. “Thanks to the coordination of public and private partners, these projects will help connect Americans to historic places that preserve American history.”
Chamber President Freeman Culver told the Associated Press that the money would go to replacing roofs on the 10 buildings and finance reconstruction of the exteriors.
“We hope that it’s obvious we’re committed to preserving the history our ancestors left us,” Culver said. He added that the chamber submitted paperwork for the buildings to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places for further protection.
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Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Ricky Dillard on how ‘Choirmaster’ can help us cope with COVID-19 crisis
Ricky Dillard has been helping people praise God through his music for more than 30 years. The award-winning artist who cultivated the use of choirs on the gospel music scene is ready to release his latest offering, Choirmaster, and it’s just what we need to get us through the terrifying times we’re living in.
TheGrio caught up with the Chicago-bred singer to find out how he’s coping with the coronavirus crisis that has claimed the lives of some of his closest friends.
“I’m processing this in many ways. Of course, I am constantly watching the news. I’m a big CNN and MSNBC supporter and watcher and I have been on the internet getting information. I have a lot of mixed emotions, about a lot of information that’s going out as well that the information coming from the government. It has been a little confusing and a little off. As a man of faith, we walk by faith and not by sight,” he says.
“I have not had any symptoms of COVID but there are a lot of people I am calling and checking in on. I have people very close to me who have been admitted to the hospital and are still there. Some have been released and some have died.”
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Dillard hopes his music will inspire people to cling to their faith now more than ever.
“We are connected to the Holy Spirit, who gives us direction even when the enemy has deceived us. We have lost a lot of people. There are so many people still sick and getting infected, but I am keeping my faith alive. We want to keep our faith high and alive. We want to also have a sound mind and listen to the experts,” he continues.
“I saw a documentary on the 1918 Spanish Flu and it was a horrific time. It wiped out so many people and it looks like the enemy is looking for that to happen again in 2020. We serve a God that is faithful who brought us through in 1918 and before and He will bring us through now.”
The innovative musician and his choir, The New Generation Chorale, better known as New G, will release their eleventh album and their debut recording for Motown Gospel, Choirmaster, on May 1.
“The whole album speaks to the right now. It’s about God getting us through, having songs to sing in our hearts that will bring hope and faith to us. That will increase our faith and trust in God. It will build up our self-esteem. It will let us know that it will be alright,” he says.
“I think that this record is going to speak to everything we have going on in the world today. I have great songs such as “Let There Be Peace on Earth.” We know we need that with the Democratic and Republican parties fighting. Our president has a different spirit and it’s causing the nation to take on our evil place and the evil spirit. However, we know that we serve a God who is more mighty and more powerful than that. The warfare will bring us victory because He will fight our battles.”
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Choirmaster comes at a time when fans need it most, especially when so many followers are unable to attend their churches.
“It’s horrific. It is a painful time because the church is one of our main resources. The church is a place where we go to get refueled and get revived and get re-energized to face spiritual warfare, and to get us on track and to direct and guide us into our future,” he continues.
“Without it, we sometimes can feel detached from our spiritual fuel station. A lot of people work for churches and that’s how we take care of our families and to live our lives. Gospel artists depend on the church to support the music. If we can’t have concerts and gather, that’s a hurtful place for artists. The industry is affected just as the church is impacted.
NEW MUSIC ALERT! Brand new single “Let There Be Peace On Earth” from @rickydillard available now! Plus three others when you pre-order ‘Choirmaster’ 🙌 Y’all don’t want to miss this! Pre-Order 'Choirmaster' here: https://t.co/P1oCPzUttN pic.twitter.com/TnNDQVlQtT
— Motown Gospel (@MotownGospel) April 3, 2020
The two-time Grammy nominee has enjoyed years of success and his influence can be seen across genres and generations, inspiring the sounds of acts like Kirk Franklin and Kanye West. He has shared the stage with the likes of Patti LaBelle, Jennifer Hudson, Queen Latifah, Debbie Allen, Bonnie Raitt, and P. Diddy.
“You never know where your music will land and who’s watching or paying attention. There seems to be a new generation of musicians and singers that have found Ricky Dillard. I am so thankful to see my style or my influence on many other choirs, choir directors, singers, artists, musicians. It is a humbling place to be,” he says.
Three singles from the project are already available digitally including “Since He Came,” and “Release,” featuring Tiff Joy, who penned the group’s “Amazing” the song that held the No.1 spot on the gospel radio chart for six consecutive months.
“This is one of those albums that I’m grateful to deliver,” he says. “Souls are being saved now because people may have been put in fear. They are afraid and they need something to run to. We got somebody who is ready to receive them and his name is Jesus.”
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Lifetime drops trailer for ‘Salt-N-Pepa’ biopic miniseries
Lifetime has finally dropped the official trailer for its upcoming biopic, Salt-N-Pepa.
Viewers caught a glimpse of the project that’s co-produced by Queen Latifah when the network premiered The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel over the weekend and we can’t wait to see the final product.
The biopic stars G.G. Townson as Cheryl “Salt” James and Laila Odom as Sandra “Pepa” Denton. Monique Paul plays Deidra Roper aka DJ Spinderella.
READ MORE: Salt-N-Pepa continues court fight with DJ Spinderella; claim they only wanted to help her
The project also features Jermel Howard as Naughty By Nature’s Treach and Cleveland Berto as the group’s producer, Hurby Azor.
The three-hour project is billed as a biopic miniseries and will chronicle the groundbreaking group that made huge strides for women in hip hop.
Here’s the official description:
The miniseries Salt-N-Pepa follows the story of Queensborough Community College students Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra “Pepa” Denton as they fall into the world of rap and hip hop, after recording for a song for their friend Hurby Azor. Salt-N-Pepa made a huge impact in hip hop by being one of the first all-female rap groups, changing the look of hip hop and unafraid to talk about sex and share their thoughts on men. Salt-N-Pepa became the first female rap act to go platinum and experienced ground-breaking success with multiple awards, including a Grammy, paving the way for all female rappers to follow. The miniseries will also feature the group’s biggest hits like “Let’s Talk About Sex”, “What a Man”, “Shoop” and “Push It” among others.
READ MORE: DJ Spinderella posts ‘termination’ email claiming she was canceled from Salt-N-Pepa tour
We can’t wait to see all the highs and lows of this group’s illustrious career and we’re guessing the drama will be pretty accurate considering both Cheryl James and Sandra Denton are executive producers on the project.
Salt-N-Pepa is directed by Mario Van Peebles and written by Abdul Williams (The Bobby Brown Story, The New Edition Story).
Check out the trailer:
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Coronavirus may spread on shoes, study says
A report out of Wuhan suggests that the novel coronavirus may spread on shoes.
A study published by the Emerging Diseases Journal, posted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, stated that COVID-19 virus can be tracked on floors as the virus droplets float to the ground, News4Jax reported Tuesday. But if there is any good news to this, it may be that the spread is most concentrated on medical wards where coronavirus patients are being treated.
READ MORE: Virginia pastor dies from coronavirus after holding church service
The study used a small sample – just two hospitals in Wuhan, China were involved and the report was done from February 19 – March 2. It showed that workers in both intensive care and general wards could inadvertently spread the virus by walking. The shoes of half the health professionals in the ICU wards tested positive for the virus.
Because of such a small sample, there’s no way to know whether the information is significant, although the study does suggest that health professionals working especially in the ICU should disinfect their shoes before leaving the units. Testing indicated the virus was present on floors, sickbed handrails, computer mice and trash cans.
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The novel coronavirus is easily transmitted through person to person contact and via surfaces but its unknown, aside from transmission via airborne particles, exactly how long the virus lives on surfaces. There are multiple and conflicting reports but the key takeaway is that the virus is highly contagious.
As of April, there have been almost 600,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus according to data by John Hopkins University. 25,000 people in the United States have lost their lives while that toll is over 125,000 worldwide and 2 million are known to be sick in total.
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Black church group asks for compassionate release of Tito Jackson’s ex-wife’s killer
The National Black Church Initiative, a group of 34,000 Black churches, has asked California Gov. Gavin Newsom to release Donald Bohana on compassionate grounds given the coronavirus pandemic.
In 1998, Bohana, now 82, was convicted of the 1994 murder of Delores “Dee Dee” Jackson, Tito Jackson’s 39-year-old ex-wife. She was also the mother of his three sons, TJ, Taj and Tarryl who recorded as 3T.
In a press release, NBIC is asking the governor of California to show “compassion” and release Bohana on “moral grounds” due to the coronavirus pandemic. The pastors are requesting that he be allowed to spend his final days with loved ones.
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The church group further claimed that Bohana, who suffered a stroke in 2010 and has lost the use of his right hand, has unfairly remained imprisoned well beyond his minimum eligible parole date of July 1, 2008.
The NBCI statement read, in part:
NBCI believes there has been a miscarriage of justice in this case. However, even if your office does not support setting aside a twenty-year conviction, there can be no doubt that Mr. Bohana has clearly served his time and should be released out of basic humanity.
The Most Right Rev. Anthony Evans has personally invested in the case of Mr. Bohana’s outcome. “There are many things in life I feel that the Church should speak with the power that God Almighty has to grant it,” he said. “Injustice is at the top of that list. Mr. Bohana has been treated unjustly, and the Black Church is committed to using its moral authority to correct the injustice.
“We urge everyone to read Attorney Thomas V. Girardi’s remarkable letter to Gov. Brown in September 2018 and the Application for Commutation of Sentence, which outlines the strongest arguments citing all the contradictions in the case against Mr. Bohana. Why was this man ever convicted? The evidence is just not there.
“I also appeal to all members of the Jackson family to join with us to ask for the release of Mr. Bohana, to seek forgiveness of the matter and to move forward with your lives.”
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For the loved ones of Jackson, her death has remained a vivid part of their lives. According to ABC News, Bohana and Jackson had been dating about three months when she drowned in the pool at Bohana’s Ladera Heights home after a night of drinking. Bohana says he tried to rescue her but couldn’t because he was intoxicated.
Cuts and bruises found on her body could have indicated a beating, or that she was injured in the rescue. Despite some evidence and conflicting expert testimony, Bohana was ultimately responsible for his own fate when he took the stand. His testimony convinced the jury to convict.
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Bohana and his family believe the Jackson family applied pressure to help win a prosecution. Bohana was convicted of second-degree murder in 1998 and sentenced to 15 years to life. He’s been in jail ever since.
Not only was Bohana convicted on his own testimony, her injuries included 58 separate cuts and bruises on her body. The Jackson family also said a drowning accident was unlikely as Dee Dee was afraid of water and couldn’t swim.
Bohana has been denied parole four times. Each time, TJ, Taj and Tarryl have appeared to opposed his release. However, ABC News reported in 2017 that they are now leaving it up to the parole board to decide. Bohana has steadfastly maintained his innocence over the years.
ABC News further reported that Bohana’s daughter, Donna, a realtor in Malibu, has been reviewing the case files in order to free her father. The Jackson family believes that Bohana, once a wealthy entrepreneur, was angered that Dee Dee wouldn’t provide him with funds to help him out of debt.
Jackson’s death was the focus of a 20/20 special report in 2017. Watch some of it below.
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CNN captions during Trump briefing go viral: ‘Painfully accurate’
As President Donald Trump took part in his daily press briefing yesterday, many eyes were instead glued to the onscreen box just beneath him which CNN used to chronicle what was really transpiring.
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Screen captions such as “Trump refuses to acknowledge any mistakes,” and “Angry Trump turns briefing into propaganda session” changed rapidly on CNN’s chyrons as Trump’s Coronavirus Task Force briefing became increasingly campaign-like. The captions were celebrated by many across social media.
“Talk about speaking truth to power,” tweeted Jerry Mathes II.
Talk about speaking truth to power 😂
— Jerry Mathes II (@jdmathes) April 14, 2020
“Great job! That is the way to talk to that bully,” posted exasperated realist.
Great job! That is the way to talk to that bully.
— exasperated realist (@exasperatedUSA) April 13, 2020
Others criticized CNN for becoming part of the story.
Trump used Monday’s task force briefing to float his own narrative. Trump showed the media a nearly four-minute video touting what he calls his successes in combating the novel coronavirus pandemic.
“We have a few clips that we’re just going to put up,” Trump announced to the White House press corps at Monday’s news briefing before running the reel. “I think you’ll find them interesting.”
Trump told reporters he would answer questions after the video, adding “but most importantly, we’re going to get back onto the reason we’re here, which is the success we’re having.” White House staff produced the video, according to Trump.
At the beginning of the video, the words: “THE MEDIA MINIMIZED THE RISK FROM THE START” appeared, and then newsbytes could be heard discussing the risk of contracting the virus in the U.S. and classifying the risk as low.
Then another caption: “PRESIDENT TRUMP TOOK DECISIVE ACTION,” which was followed by Trump’s timeline of what he did and how he believes it mitigated the spread of COVID-19.
READ MORE: Ohio Dem says Trump should face ‘crimes against humanity’ charges
“Everything we did was right,” Trump told reporters after the video aired, according to CNBC.
The U.S. now leads the world in the number of reported COVID-19 cases and deaths, with more than 577,300 Americans currently battling the disease and 23.232 deaths, according to data on Monday from Johns Hopkins University.
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Black-Owned Luxury Wig Company Donates Thousands of Medical Supplies to NYC Hospital For COVID-19 Relief
The novel coronavirus pandemic has devastated cities and countries around the world and transformed into one of the greatest public health crisis in modern history. One hair entrepreneur is using her company to give back to healthcare professionals who are fighting on the frontlines to combat and contain the viral outbreak.
RPGSHOW, a luxury wigs provider, is teaming up with its sister company, MyFirstWig, to give back to the community with a donation of vital PPE materials to various hospitals in New York City and other areas battling COVID-19. The luxury wigs retailer coordinated a donation of nearly 7,000 masks to medical professionals in New York City. This also includes 1,000 highly sought after N95 masks, 5,500 regular medical masks, and protective eyewear.
Hospitals set to receive these materials include the NYU Langone Medical Center, Mount Sinai, and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts.
#stayhome #staysafe #quarentine #quarantineandchill #healthcareworkers #nurse #doctors #rpgshow #rpgshowwig #myfirstwig
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Black-Owned Businesses Cannot Be Left Behind In Coronavirus Economic Relief
The federal government is trying to keep small businesses alive with the passing of the $2 trillion coronavirus relief package, but black-owned businesses cannot be left behind.
According to the Brookings Institute, black-owned businesses are highly involved in the outbreak. Black-owned firms with paid employees generate over $103 billion in revenue annually. The largest share (about $17 billion) is earned in the healthcare and social assistance sector.
Almost 30% of all black-owned businesses are independent practices of physicians, or continuing care/assisted living and youth services. Another 10% are in the administrative and support services, such as call centers, temp agencies, collection bureaus, as well as recycling and waste management facilities.
These positions put black-owned businesses in the center of the coronavirus outbreak.
According to Contexts, a social research magazine, the median white family has roughly 10 times the amount of wealth as the median black family, meaning black-owned businesses generally have less cushion to overcome economic turmoil. Brookings also found almost two-thirds of white-owned businesses that existed in 2002 were still in business in 2011, compared to just under half of black-owned firms.
Even worse is when the economy reopens and money is moving again, potential black owners rarely get money to invest in new businesses. According to Brookings, before the outbreak, only 1% of black business owners obtained loans in their founding year, compared to 7% of white business owners.
Minority-owned businesses, in general, earn significantly higher ratings on Yelp than white-owned firms according to research by Brookings and Gallup.
African Americans and minorities are especially vulnerable to the coronavirus. They’re more likely to have to travel to work and more likely to work around strangers putting themselves at risk. Even death rates due to coronavirus are higher in African Americans than any other race.
Many national companies are currently running coronavirus-related advertisements pushing unity in a time of crisis but what about when the virus is no longer a threat?
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Smile Natural Products is Revolutionizing Vegan Hygiene Products and Creating Opportunities for Entrepreneurs of Color
What we put into our bodies matters. That realization, paired with a love for entrepreneurship, is what led Brian Mays to create a holistic lifestyle brand focused on building community and moving the culture forward, Smile Natural Products (Smile).
In 2017, Mays launched the company after becoming a vegan and not being able to find clean plant-based oral hygiene products. And in January, he opened the doors to the Smile Space, a retail concept store and community space headquartered in downtown Los Angeles. At the Smile Space, you’ll find everything from minority-owned brands, to community workshops, to pop-ups and other events. Additionally, Smile provides sustainable, organic product options across body, skincare, oral hygiene, and home essentials. A portion of every sale goes toward community initiatives.
We spoke with Mays about his journey and passion for wellness, community, and entrepreneurship.
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Tell us more about Smile Natural Products and where the idea came from?
I started Smile Natural Products in the beginning stages of my vegan journey after finding it very difficult to find plant-based hygiene products. Trying to live a vegan lifestyle, and being the nerd I am, I researched almost every ingredient in the products I used only to find many of the products I was using had animal byproducts hidden behind chemical compounds. And, the products that were plant-based still contained many toxic ingredients. At first, my main focus was on toothpaste being shocked to learn that most major toothpaste brands weren’t free of animal products and many also contained fluoride and warning labels. Prior to launching Smile, I was making my own toothpaste for personal use having researched which natural ingredients were most beneficial to oral health. After getting feedback from friends, I launched the brand with a product everyone needs, toothpaste. Around the time of incorporating my brand, I was reading about some of the Black Panthers programs and I was inspired by their free breakfast program to incorporate reinvesting profits into community initiatives.
What is the process for formulating organic products?
My process for developing products first starts with understanding what benefits consumers are looking to get from their hygiene products. From there we research clean, environmentally friendly and vegan ingredients to achieve the desired benefits. Next, we must understand how these ingredients interact with each other structurally and organically, and once we have our desired minimum viable product we begin testing. We test for shelf life, temperature tolerance, and get feedback from small groups based on their feedback in comparison to similar products. From there we go back to our recipes and make any necessary adjustments.
The Smile Space
You recently opened the doors of the Smile Space! Tell us more about how you were able to scale your online business and open the doors; securing the space; and your vision for the Smile Space.
While it was always a long-term goal to have a storefront, we stumbled upon the space by accident. While looking for a coffee shop with Wi-Fi in the downtown area to do some work I stumbled across a vegan, sustainable coffee shop called Earth Bean Coffee.
While enjoying my latte, I took a walk around the business complex and noticed a few vacancies. After getting the property owner’s number from the coffee shop, I moved into the coffee shop about a month later and began building the space out myself over the next few months. After painting and building all the product displays by hand we were ready for a soft opening with a handful of friends. In February we had our grand opening with a DJ, vegan snacks, and craft cocktails for our shoppers. We are currently still experimenting with the best way to utilize the space between renting our space for private events outside of store hours and facilitating community events and workshops. After we find the perfect balance of monetization and community utility, we plan to franchise the Smile Space concept regionally and then nationally.
Lessons Learned
Ebbs and flows are natural in business. Have you faced any challenges growing your business? If so, how were you able to find unique ways to overcome them?
Growing a business involves constant challenges. The most difficult aspect of responding to these challenges is often determining when to stay the course or being objective about when it is time to pivot. For instance, about a year into the business I reached the point where I was physically at my bandwidth between working a full-time job and managing most of the administrative and operational aspects of the business and unsure how to proceed to continue to grow. After getting some advice from some mentors and studying some of my business role models, it became apparent I had to sacrifice some of the company profits short term to be able to grow long term. The personal sacrifices I had to make to afford an employee paid off significantly and after getting them up to speed I was able to expand sales for an increased net revenue. Also, when we first opened the space, it was challenging to get the word out about the space so we went to the people and started vending at any vegan-focused or black-owned business event we could to drive traffic back to the store and increase our attendance at our workshops and events.
What are some of the business lessons you’ve learned so far along your journey?
One of the most valuable lessons I’ve learned in business thus far is to be adaptable. Markets change, consumer preferences change, competitors change so you have to be forward-thinking in your approach to protect your business model and set quantitative measures to remove the emotion out of when it’s time to make some changes. Also, you have to understand that you can’t be an expert in everything nor should you try to be. Time spent to learn new skills takes away from time spent executing tasks you are an expert in; if time is money you have to understand in some cases while thinking you’re saving by not paying an expert you’re losing “money” by not having tasks done right and also the time it takes to redo them the right way.
Mays’ advice to other entrepreneurs is to focus on what is important early on in their business.
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