Follow Your Passion: He followed his passion and not his parents and co-founded The Gathering Spot, a reimagined traditional private city club.

About this episode

Ryan Wilson discusses his entrepreneurial journey and the creation of The Gathering Spot.

Listen and subscribe to Money Making Conversations on iHeartRadio ,  Apple Podcasts ,  Spotify , www.moneymakingconversations.com/subscribe/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. New Money Making Conversations episodes drop daily.  I want to alert you, so you don’t miss out on expert analysis and insider perspectives from my guests who provide tips that can help you uplift the community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur.  Keep winning! Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Ryan Wilson. Co-founder and CEO of The Gathering Spot (TGS) , joins host Rushion McDonald to discuss his entrepreneurial journey, the creation and expansion of The Gathering Spot, and the broader mission of building community, economic opportunity, and cultural pride for Black professionals and creatives. Wilson explains that while TGS officially opened in Atlanta in 2016, the idea began years earlier when he was a law student in Washington, D.C. What started as a reimagining of the traditional private city club became a national platform combining…

People in this episode

Host: Rushion McDonald

Guest: Ryan Wilson

Topics covered

• entrepreneurship
• community building
• cultural pride
• financial planning
• Black professionals

Keywords

• The Gathering Spot
• entrepreneurship
• community
• Black professionals
• cultural pride
• financial planning
• investors

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Gathering Spot

Places: Atlanta, Washington, D.C.

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