Black Businesses Matter (BBM) Podcast

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 (BBM) Podcast is a business podcast hosted by Larvetta L Loftin-Arnold, with 133 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Larvetta L Loftin-Arnold hosts Black Businesses Matter (BBM) Podcast, a business show with 133 episodes published.

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  Episode #132

  Honor Your Flow with CEO Cecelia Towns-Scott

  Jun 15, 20261h 8mS11

  <p>We would love to hear from you! Text "BBMFAM" to (312) 300-1300.</p><p>A lot of products claim to be “game changers," but this one is literally patented. We’re sitting down with Cecilia Towns-Scott, a south side Chicago attorney, founder, wife, and mom who spent ten years building Honor, a sustainable period and bladder leak brief designed for how life actually moves. Her innovation is simple to understand and hard to pull off: a reusable product with a removable liner, so you can swap a fresh one fast instead of feeling stuck all day.<br/><br/>We talk abou...

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  Episode #131

  What If Boundaries Are Your Real Strategy with Laura Knights

  May 18, 202656 minS11

  <p>We would love to hear from you! Text "BBMFAM" to (312) 300-1300.</p><p>The work keeps changing, the tech keeps changing, and the expectations on leaders keep rising, but nobody tells you what to do with the human side of it. I’m joined by Laura E. Knights, LCSW, an executive coach and leadership strategist, to talk about what it really takes to lead and grow as a Black professional and as a Black entrepreneur when AI is moving fast and workplaces can feel intense, messy, and sometimes downright traumatic.<br/><br/>Laura shares how her early entrepreneurship started wi...

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  Black Businesses Matter (BBM) Podcast

  Stop Treating Your Website Like A Business Card says Lenora Blackamore

  May 11, 20261h 3mS0

  <p>We would love to hear from you! Text "BBMFAM" to (312) 300-1300.</p><p>A website can look perfect and still do nothing for your business. That’s the problem we dig into with Lenora Blackamore, CEO of Mecca Marketing Group Incorporated, a Black-owned marketing and web development firm with deep roots in digital technology going back to the 1990s. We talk about what separates a site that simply exists from an online presence that actually drives leads, sales, and long-term growth.<br/><br/>We get practical about the modern small business tech stack: why a CRM matters, how Go Hi...

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  Episode #129

  Technology And Collective Action Can Shrink The Wealth Gap with Ghian Foreman

  May 4, 20261h 8mS11

  <p>We would love to hear from you! Text "BBMFAM" to (312) 300-1300.</p><p>The South Side story most people never hear is the one built on ownership, pride, and neighbors choosing each other on purpose. We’re joined by Ghian Foreman , President and CEO of Emerald South Economic Development Collaborative, to talk about what it really takes to generate community wealth in Chicago’s Mid-South Side and why the economic ripple effects around the Obama Presidential Center have to land beyond a single campus.<br/><br/>We get into his path from early real estate investing and corporate mergers and...

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  Episode #128

  Chef Chloe Gould Blends Southern Roots With Southeast Asian Flavor

  Apr 27, 20261h 2mS11

  <p>We would love to hear from you! Text "BBMFAM" to (312) 300-1300.</p><p>A tiny restaurant can hold a whole neighborhood together if the intention is right. We’re back in the studio for Season 11, and we’re joined by Chef Chloe Gould, the owner of Dixie Pura Kitchen, a Black-owned restaurant tucked into Chicago’s Bronzeville community. Chloe doesn’t just cook, she translates. Her “Southern meets Southeast Asian” approach turns familiar comfort into a cultural bridge, and the dining room feels like home on purpose, right down to the photos on the walls and the conversations that make guests...

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