#41 A Great Entrepreneur's Principals for Closing the Racial Income Gap w/ Robert Blackwell Jr, Founder of Quant16

Check out https://www.DitchDiggerCEO.com/ for this week's TOP 8 Business Growth strategies and subscribe to our newsletter to download Gary’s 13 Keys to Creating a Multi-Million Dollar Business. Follow us on Instagram @DitchDiggerCEO (https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerceo/) for more helpful Business Growth tips. Our goal is to inspire everyone to start their own business and help you grow it to millions or even billions in value so if you feel any benefit from this episode please let us know by leaving an iTunes review, sharing this episode on social media and emailing a link to anyone you think would also find benefit here. Thank you. Robert Blackwell, Jr is the founder of Quant16 as well as a successful entrepreneur and former trader. He also founded Killerspin, the world’s leading table tennis engagement brand. The Killerspin experience reaches hundreds of thousands of people annually in over 160 countries around the world. Robert has served on many civic boards over the course of his career, and he currently serves the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, Civic Federation of Chicago, Business Leadership Council as well as being on the executive committee to Choose Chicago.   http://robertblackwelljr.com/  https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-blackwell-jr-4218023/   2:00 - How do people go from poverty to prosperity?  15:30 - The advantage of growing up without money  22:15 - Robert’s long-time friendship with former president Barack Obama  25:30 - Why Robert sold his car to use ride share services exclusively  26:30 - Robert’s life-changing visit to West Africa  34:30 - Learnings from the ‘87 market crash  45:30 - Robert’s formula for decision making  49:30 - Killerspin’s company values  52:30 - Investing in ongoing economic opportunities for those with special needs  54:00 - Lagniappe: a little something extra you weren’t expecting  56:30 - What’s next for Robert and Killerspin?  1:02:30 - Why you should have an innovation budget   1:08:30 - Quantitative analysis vs. quantum computing  1:18:35 - You can get mentorship by reading, listening, and watching  1:19:05 - Rob’s takeaways   Connect with Gary Rabine and DDCEO: Visit the DDCEO BLOG: https://www.DitchDiggerCEO.com/ Follow DDCEO on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DitchDiggerCEO Like DDCEO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DitchDiggerCEO Follow DDCEO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DitchDiggerCEO Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh03Px5ez_xe_oE_iJMMNIg