Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed J Hackett, the founder of Black Wall Street in Asheville, NC. Black Wall Street is a Black business incubator with a mission to help people start, grow, and scale to turn their ideas into reality and build a supportive community for local Black entrepreneurs.  

• The significance of reinvestment for augmenting revenue growth.
• Five reasons why Black-owned businesses miss out on funding opportunities with their local travel and tourism authorities.
• Strategies for reentry citizens to secure a second chance and forge their path to entrepreneurship.
• Offering insights into what attendees can anticipate at Grind-Fest 2024 and updates on newly confirmed celebrity artists.
• Anticipated challenges in the travel and tourism industry and how to navigate them.
• The importance of building your own Black Wall Street
• Exploring the barriers Black-owned businesses encounter in accessing financing and proposing solutions to address these limitations.
• Owner of s GRIND AVL, Asheville's first black-owned coffee shop, is recognized as the #1 fastest-growing startup in Asheville, the #1 minority-owned business in WNC, and the #3 best coffee shop in NC.