Black Businesses Matter podcast

Black Businesses Matter

Black Businesses Matter is a weekly podcast show on the impact of collaborating and advocating for Black Businesses to drive impact. It is hosted by Larvetta L. Loftin. Founder of The L3 Agency, a full service influencer marketing and communications agency. Hear from investors, thought leaders, supply chain leaders, DEI practitioners and business owners on why engaging minority businesses should be a social responsibility when black businesses are the largest employers of black people. Each episode will provide inspiration and actionable tools to help you become culturally sensitive in growing your business or brand. Each episode are about 30 - 45 minutes in length to help you to pledge to support Black businesses EVERY DAY in EVERY WAY and REIMAGINE #blackbusinessesmatter.

Black Businesses Matter is a weekly podcast show on the impact of collaborating and advocating for Black Businesses to drive impact. It is hosted by Larvetta L. Loftin. Founder of The L3 Agency, a full service influencer marketing and communications agency. Hear from investors, thought leaders, supply chain leaders, DEI practitioners and business owners on why engaging minority businesses should be a social responsibility when black businesses are the largest employers of black people. Each episode will provide inspiration and actionable tools to help you become culturally sensitive in growing your business or brand. Each episode are about 30 - 45 minutes in length to help you to pledge to support Black businesses EVERY DAY in EVERY WAY and REIMAGINE #blackbusinessesmatter.

 

#125

“I definitely want to eradicate entrepreneurial poverty ” says Susanne Mariga

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20 Oct 2025

1 HR 11 MINS

1:11:25

20 Oct 2025


#124

“I tell my clients, T + F = A. Your thoughts lead to feelings, and your feelings lead to actions,” s...

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13 Oct 2025

1 HR 07 MINS

1:07:26

13 Oct 2025


#123

“What’s different about LAB is we have taken into consideration not just data but stories from peopl...

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06 Oct 2025

41 MINS

41:44

06 Oct 2025


#122

“Nonprofits are the backbone of the community ” says Marc Alexander

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29 Sep 2025

1 HR 07 MINS

1:07:33

29 Sep 2025


#121

“Are you building yourself into a trap?” asks Rachel Bernier-Green

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22 Sep 2025

50 MINS

50:00

22 Sep 2025


#120

“If there’s an impact that you want to make that out of yourself, know that you need community, ” sa...

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15 Sep 2025

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:51

15 Sep 2025


#119

“Success is not done in a silo it’s done in community,” says Canetha Amour-Porter

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08 Sep 2025

59 MINS

59:36

08 Sep 2025


#118

SPECIAL EPISODE: Evolution of Entrepreneurship

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01 Sep 2025

1 HR 16 MINS

1:16:47

01 Sep 2025


#117

“Journey to mastery is much more than a business it’s a calling, "says Elzie Flenard

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25 Aug 2025

59 MINS

59:53

25 Aug 2025


#116

“Why don’t we dig into how trauma shows up in our businesses? ,"says Larvetta L. Loftin

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18 Aug 2025

46 MINS

46:46

18 Aug 2025


#115

“Inclusive leadership is just good leadership. You cannot lead a team where you don’t recognize that...

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05 May 2025

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:50

05 May 2025


#114

All Butter’d Up mission is to give us practical ways to implement self-care in our daily lives, ”Sa...

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28 Apr 2025

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:14

28 Apr 2025


#113

“I just waited for my turn in regards to finding what that unique disruption would be into this indu...

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21 Apr 2025

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:12

21 Apr 2025


#112

“Come up with your exit strategy right now so we can put things in place ” says Sanja Noble

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14 Apr 2025

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:57

14 Apr 2025


#111

“ Deals are not made unless you’re in front of somebody because people do business with people they ...

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07 Apr 2025

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:36

07 Apr 2025


#110

“I wake up and go to bed with ‘ how can I move the community forward?’,” Says James Parker

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31 Mar 2025

1 HR 11 MINS

1:11:26

31 Mar 2025


#109

“I don’t create things if I’m not passionate or in love with it” says Kudzai B. Mutasa

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24 Mar 2025

56 MINS

56:22

24 Mar 2025


#108

“I like to demystify the law, I like to take complex issues and break it all down,” says Katrice Mat...

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17 Mar 2025

1 HR 11 MINS

1:11:11

17 Mar 2025


#107

“We’re not here to win each other over we’re just here to provide a perspective ” says Larvetta L. ...

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10 Mar 2025

43 MINS

43:44

10 Mar 2025


#106

“ We don't measure ourselves by traditional standards why would we I’m not the traditional wine make...

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24 Feb 2025

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:07

24 Feb 2025


#105

“You have to put goals out there for yourself ”says Melinda Herron

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17 Feb 2025

1 HR 20 MINS

1:20:00

17 Feb 2025


#104

We are not babysitters we are EDUCATORS” Says Tonia Evens and Tamera Fair

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10 Feb 2025

51 MINS

51:13

10 Feb 2025


#103

“I didn’t know I could be me because I never saw me,” says Yvonne McNair

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03 Feb 2025

43 MINS

43:00

03 Feb 2025


#102

“Soft skills are all the unsaid things that will dictate a company’s culture,” says Kevin Davenport

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27 Jan 2025

49 MINS

49:50

27 Jan 2025


#101

Special Episode: The Evolution of Entrepreneurship

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20 Jan 2025

58 MINS

58:30

20 Jan 2025