The Color of Influence Podcast Aisha Morgan

Today’s guest is the Dallas-based indie music artist/songwriter and creative entrepreneur, Sha'Lil. This artist transfers her southern upbringing into her music. Sha'Lil meets scripture with southern slang and rhetoric. Yet, Sha'Lil's voice carries a tone of passion, authenticity, and belief. In a world of over-sexualized leading ladies in hip-hop, Sha'Lil is a role model for women & youth, preaching entrepreneurial leadership, individuality, and divinity while sharing her story. Her liberal arts and business undergraduate/graduate education are responsible for her ability to transition across industries and sectors effectively. As a real estate activist for eight years, she brings entrepreneurial experience, hustle, business strategy, and leadership to entertainment and art. Sha'Lil's first album, SHINE, started as an outlet & means of self-stretching and is now a multifaceted project with film, unique art installation experiences, digital courses, NFTs, and web3 components. Her creative works intend to bring Kingdom influence to hip-hop culture to reshape, reimagine and re-identify leadership and influence in a way that changes the behavior of society. SHINE will debut in 2023, followed by her second completed album in 2024-2025, another multifaceted project with an even sharper

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Akeem Shannon is the creator of our favorite cell phone accessory Flipstik and today is the last day to support their Kickstarter campaign. Akeem has upgraded this already amazing accessory and added products to the Flipstik family. We can’t wait to get our new Flipstik Pro!!! Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity! Click this link to make your pledge https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/flipstik/flipstik-pro-phone-accessory-mount-stand-and-grip


Here’s a brief overview of Akeem’s story:

After losing his full scholarship to Howard University to study chemical engineering, Akeem Shannon was determined to out-earn his friends, who would graduate from university in less than 3 years. Akeem found great success as a salesperson at two large telecom companies before being recruited into one of the large fintech companies, Square. As he worked with 100's of small businesses, that entrepreneurial itch kept growing inside him. 

In the fall of 2017 while on a late-night call with his Uncle, a NASA engineer, he learned of a reusable adhesive NASA had researched in the 70s. Within a few short months, he created the Flipstik, taught himself to write a patent and trademarks, and launched his business on Kickstarter in 2018. Flipstik has seen incredible growth in 2 years, with over $300k in sales, winning 1st place at the 2019 CES Retail Pitch competition by TechStars, Impressing Sean “Diddy” Combs & Snoop Dogg with our technology, and content creators nationwide after appearing on Shark Tank.

Happy 1st day of Black History Month!!! On today’s episode I’m going to tell you all about the guest that I would like to have on the podcast. My list is extremely long but I narrowed it down to discuss a few people I want to interview. I’m manifesting this lineup by saying it out loud that I want them on the podcast. If you have a way for me to connect with any of them people let me know.

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In 2003, Dr. Gina Paige co-founded African Ancestry, Inc. and in doing so, pioneered a new way of tracing African lineages using genetics, and a new marketplace for people of African descent looking to more accurately and reliably trace their roots. Paige travels the world helping people demystify their roots and inform on identities so that they may better understand who they are by knowing where they’re from. 

RESPECTED LUMINARY: Paige has worked with and revealed the roots of the worlds’ leading icons and entities including  Oprah Winfrey, John Legend, Chadwick Boseman, Spike Lee, Condoleezza Rice and The King Family. Paige has served as  speaker, presenter and/or partner to McDonalds, Capital One, The Walt Disney Company, Booz Allen Hamilton, Wells  Fargo, The Wall Street Health Forum, New York Times Travel Show, United Healthcare and dozens of community  organizations and faith-based entities. She’s often a go-to resource for African Diaspora communities including the  Embassies of Cameroon, Nigeria and Ghana; The Year of Return 2019 event From Jamestown to Jamestown with the  NAACP; Back2Africa Festival in Cape Coast and various African tourism authorities and leaders.  

MEDIA RESOURCE: Paige has been featured in hundreds of media outlets including The Breakfast Club, Hot 97-FM, Time  Magazine, USA Today, 60 Minutes, NewsOne Now with Roland Martin, HuffPost Live with Marc Lamont Hill, The Joe  Madison Show, Sister Circle Live, Essence Magazine, The New York Times, The Tom Joyner Morning Show, FOX Business  News, Reuters, New York Times, Canal Media Company, Black Enterprise, Ebony, NPR, Metro Source Urban Radio,  American Urban Radio Networks, The Grio.com and TheRoot.com among many others. Her work is featured in PBS’  Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and African American Lives 1 & 2, The Africa Channel, NBC’s Who Do You  Think You Are? CNN’s Black in America series and SiriusXM where she created and served as co-host on African Ancestry  Radio.  

ENTREPRENEURIAL DNA: From a lineage of entrepreneurs, Paige launched her first business at age 8, with a magazine  purposed to raise money for family trips. She went on to start “Pik-A-Pak” Care Packages as a Stanford University  graduate, helping families stay connected with their children while away at school. Prior to forming  AfricanAncestry.com, Paige was the founder and president of GPG Strategic Marketing Resources.  

EDUCATION: Paige resides in Washington, D.C. and holds a degree in Economics from Stanford University and an MBA  from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. Paige was honored with an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy from Global Oved Dei Seminary University. 


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On today’s episode Aisha sits down with siblings, Ericka and William the creators of Puzzles of Color! Puzzles of Color is a black-owned family business. Ericka and William began doing puzzles as a family in elementary school and enjoyed the opportunity to spend time together while reaching a common goal. While working on the puzzles they noticed the images didn’t represent them and their experiences so they created Puzzles of Color, frameable pieces of art created by artists of color celebrating their experiences and creativity.


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Happy New Year! On today’s episode you’ll find out what’s to come for 2023. I’ll also let you know my word of the year and if I’m going to make a vision board. Do you select a word of the year or create a vision board? Send me an email or post on one of my social media sites.

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