The HEADSTRONG Podcast

We sit down with Derek Hosey from Grind City Racing.

He is the Co-founder of GrindCity Cycling, and team principal of Grind City Racing, 32 yr old Memphis Native. 2022 Tennessee State Champion. Brand Ambassador for “The Setup Drink”

Website - ⁠grindcitycycling.org⁠

IG - @grindcitycucling

FB - ⁠www.facebook.com/grindcitycycling⁠

Twitter - @grindcycling

Youtube - @grindcitycyclingclub4737

Season 3 of The Headstrong Podcast is starting off on the highest note with our special guest Mita Mallick.

Mita is a corporate change maker and is currently The Head of Inclusion, Equity & Impact at Carta. 

She is Linkedin Top Voice winner of 2020. She Co-hosts The Brown Table Talk Podcast with Dee Marshall where they discuss an array of issues that happen every day to women of color in the workplace. 

As a skilled contributer her work has been seen in Harvard Business Review, Adweek & Entrepeneur Magazine. 

My Husband was actually the person who showed me the posts Mita was doing on Linkedin and encouraged me to reach out to get her on the show. Im so happy we connected and I know this discussion will help so many people!

Connect with Mita 

Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mita-mallick-2b165822/

Twitter - @MitaMallick2

Brown Table Talk - https://www.browntabletalkpodcast.com/

Ciara Brown is the award winning founder of The Diamond Hanger, a designer vintage clothing retailer.

Ciara has always had an entrepreneurial spirit. At the age of 10, she was selling pencils and erasers to the neighborhood kids out of her garage. 10 years later, she was a Division l athlete and full-time student at San Diego State University. During this time, she was determined to build a sustainable business from her college bedroom, so that when she graduated she would be able to support herself, her family and eventually hire other young women and men employees.

While the bedroom of an athlete was an unusual place to start, Ciara was determined to build an enterprise to address fashion, impact the environment and create jobs: All things that would make the world a better place for herself and future generations.

Ciara Brown was awarded Ebay’s SHINE Young Entrepreneur and has also been featured on The Today Show.

The Diamond Hanger's customers include some of the largest fast-fashion retail companies who's designers' use vintage fashion for modern day design inspiration. Items can also be seen in TV Shows such as Narcos, Music Videos and in various Fashion Magazines including Off the Rails, Sticks & Stones, & Sheen Magazine.

Now, her online business is poised to take its next steps to becoming a virtual and physical shopping destination.

Ciara has the drive, passion and business acumen to make her vision a reality with an omni-channel presence. She describes the future of The Diamond Hanger as the “ultimate destination” for customers looking to shop, purchase or rent a large selection of unique, high-quality vintage fashions.

Follow Ciara

IG - @ciara__brown & @thediamondhanger

FB - https://www.facebook.com/TheDiamondHanger/

Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ciara-brown-936ab7132/

Website - https://thediamondhanger.com/

Asante is an author, podcast host, and ad tech professional from Sacramento, California. Prior to those careers, he spent four years in the NFL playing for the 49ers, Patriots, and Chargers. As he transitioned away from football, he began a journey of self discovery where he had to address his past traumas of child abuse and began writing his first book Working Through the Dark.

Realizing how tough the transition is, he and his co host created the The Next Season Podcast, where they focus on how to play the game of change. They have interviewed professional athletes, olympians, and high performing business professionals helping shed light on how to best navigate transitions.

Asante also helps other athletes make the transition from professional sports. He helps them address their mental health, find a new creative outlet, and new purpose.

Connect with Asante 

IG - @asantecleveland

Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/in/asante-cleveland-431a93172/

Website - linktr.ee/asantecleveland

Have you heard of a SWOT Analysis before?

Basically its analysing your Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, & Threats. 

This is something a team could do as an exercise, a business owner, or any individual could complete themselves. 

I recommend it every quarter. By laying it all out there you now have a plan of action of what you will need to focus on and do to make improvments. 

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Connect with Danielle 

IG- @headstrongllc & @danielle_mills_walden

Twitter @daniellemwalden

Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniellemillswalden/

Born and Raised in Houston, Texas but currently relocated in San Diego. Will is a full time Entrepreneur and Business Owner with a passion for Personal Development. His purpose is helping people get closer to freedom one products at a time. 

Coming from Corporate America and switching to leaving it all behind to create his own legacy he knew that the most prominent way to freedom financially was by leveraging the power of the internet to sell products. Through ups and downs in the industry for over 5 years and multiple six figures in sales generated, he now helps people across the country do the same by teaching them how to gain freedom of time and freedom financially through selling products online.

He is Owner of Faultless LLC an E-Commerce Empire. 

Connect with Will Allen

Twitter - https://twitter.com/Willallen4__

IG - https://www.instagram.com/willallen4__/

FB - https://www.facebook.com/william.allen.98031506

Website - https://www.faultlessfranchise.com/

Email - [email protected]

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Durran Cage has spent more than 20 years in the Auto Industry. His unique qualifications include serving as an OEM District Sales Manager, High-Performance Internet Director and GSM, led a team of consultants for one of the largest vendors in the automotive industry, and 3 years ago he took the leap into entrepreneurship as the founder of Cage Automotive.  Through Cage Campus and Cage Automotive, Durran along with his team has the drive and passion to reach farther and impact greater to leave everything better than he found it.

Founding Cage Automotive--a company that strives to leave everything better than they found it through their product or service. Durran is passionate about this mission and along with his team works hard every day driven by their drive to impact greater throughout auto markets worldwide.

Away from work, Durran enjoys spending time with his wife Paige(the fearless leader in his home that makes this all possible), and his 4 children Alexander, Preston-James, Addison and Connor. Hobbies include playing basketball, hitting golf balls in the backyard, bowling, and reading books.

Connect with Durran

[email protected]

www.cageautomotive.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/durrancage/

King Hoodie (born Jean Raymond Jean-Philippe) is an American recording artist, label owner, NFT creator, actor, model and songwriter from North Miami Beach, FL. An insightful storyteller, King Hoodie’s lyrics and melodies embody the soul of the inner city entangled with strands of multi-cultural expression. Being of Haitian and Puerto Rican decent, his consistently impactful message pierces through his nostalgic yet, homegrown style and gritty tone. Often drawing comparisons to dynamic lyricists such as J-Cole, Kendrick Lamar & Chance the Rapper, King Hoodie creates a lane of his own and cements his place as a leader in this new generation of multi-genre hip-hop.

Raymond made his music industry debut with his 18-track mixtape, "Under The Bridge" released in 2015. As the founder and co-

owner of his indie record label imprint, House Of Pain Entertainment (a.k.a, H.O.P.E) , Hoodie has organically grown a loyal fan base through carefully curated experiences and masterful content. Releasing subsequent projects such as; "T.R.I.P", "Playgrounds Ep" and his 2019 mixtape "Figuring Out How To Drop Music." Hoodie is gearing up to release the next layer of his growing catalog with his highly anticipated “The Kid Is Unfinished” album set to be released later this year.

King Hoodie has been featured on Sway In The Morning, NPR’s Tiny Desk, Vibe Magazine, WEDR-FM 99Jamz, 1AMFest, SunFest, Getty Images and other highly notable platforms.

@KingHoodieRaps on all social media

Melanie Borden has worked in various atmospheres from public tech companies to private start-ups, retail automotive, and now has established her own marketing consultancy, Melanie Borden, LLC.

As a natural outgrowth of her work as a marketing executive, Melanie recognized the opportunities available to use online marketing strategies to build corporate and personal brands. She has successfully built her own brand, and helped others to do so as well. 

She has been published or interviewed by Good Morning America, Daily Mail, The Epoch Times, Working Mother Media, Auto Remarketing, Hip New Jersey, New York City Biz List, Mega Dealer News, and more. 

Her expertise includes the full gamut of marketing oversight and implementation, such as budgeting, strategic use of vendors, enhancing digital footprints via social media, reputation management, online monetization, and building and managing advertising processes. 

Melanie provides marketing and branding consulting to both businesses and individuals, as a resource for guidance as well as an outsourced marketing department, depending on a client’s needs and preferences.

Worth With/ Connect with Melanie

Website - https://melanieborden.com/

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/melanieborden

Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanieborden/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/melaniebordenllc/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/mbordenllc

Its the beginning of a new week. 

Its a fresh start. How are you going to start your week?

On this episode Danielle shares some key things that she does every single week to ensure she is in the best position possible. 

She talks about the important of Gratutude and having a gratitude journal. 

She talks about setting her intention for the week and how having the right intention is so important. 

This episode is focused on mindset and how by having the right mindset you can be in control of your destiny. 

Danielle mentions her favorite Book The Power of Not and why it is so important to be in the present. 

Please dont forget to Rate & Review the Show this greatly helps!!!

Connect with Danielle 

Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniellenmills/

IG - @danielle_mills_walden @headstrongllc

Twitter- @daniela_boricua

Podcast Website - https://www.theheadstrongpodcast.com/

Book Website - https://headstrong-mind.myshopify.com/products/how-to-master-linkedin-and-separate-yourself-from-the-masses