Black people don’t support each other.

About this episode

Roger Dundas discusses the challenges and realities of building a Black media empire in Canada.

That’s the exact line a potential funder threw in Roger Dundas’s face when he was trying to launch a new venture. For most, it would be a door slammed in their face. For Roger, it became pure, unadulterated fuel. In this explosive new episode of the SpeakUP! International podcast, we sit down with Toronto-based entrepreneur and ByBlacks co-founder, Roger Dundas, to dismantle this myth and expose the raw reality of building a Black media empire in Canada. Why You Need to Listen to This Episode...

People in this episode

Host: Ellington Brown

Guest: Roger Dundas

Topics covered

• support
• entrepreneurship
• media
• Black community
• myths
• Canada

Keywords

• Black support
• entrepreneur
• media empire
• Canada
• ByBlacks
• myth
• funding

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ByBlacks

Places: Canada, Toronto

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