My maternal grandfather was very private when it came to talking about money. Of a different generation, I think he believed it wasn’t a woman’s responsibility or place to deal with matters of money, finances and wealth.

He was a good provider, a conservative real estate investor and railroad professional who grew up around wealth but whose failure to transfer the knowledge to his children felt like such a missed opportunity to nurture wealth building strategies within our family.

Father to three girls, his intellectual and social capital were never passed down and as a result each one created their own beliefs about money and wealth instead of building off of what my grandfather already knew.

At a young age, what was being transferred to me instead were beliefs around scarcity.

What we didn’t have, what wasn’t enough and what we needed more of were at the core of every conversation. There were no solutions, simply more problems that would have no plan of attack to change our misfortune.

My early thoughts of money and wealth shifted when my environment changed.

Through her best efforts, my mother was able to get me into a school across town. There in its international program, I met students of different races, religions and ethnicities.

The diversity allowed me to learn a different way of life and being exposed to it allowed me to see for myself that it was possible.

When we talk about wealth, we are talking about a leaving a financial legacy that our children (and our children’s children) can build off of.

On this episode of “Business Talks” I sit down with Frantz Saintellemy to talk about wealth creation in the Black community.

Frantz has scaled and sold businesses for millions and believes “knowledge comes first” when we talk about strategies for generating wealth in this community.

He also talks about why “mental car washing” is important and how to turn five thousand into MILLIONS as you search for investors and capital to start and scale your business.

Frantz is the real deal.

President of Groupe 3737, an incubator and accelerator of startups and enterprises, he’s helping to create private sector jobs and wealth for minorities across Quebec.

Take a look…

Makes you think, right?

As Frantz mentioned, Black wealth is not only important for the black community but also for a thriving Quebec AND Canada.

Did you enjoy this episode?

Let me know in the comments what your biggest takeaway from this episode. How can you leveraging you intellectual and social capital to start building wealth?

Much Love,

RG