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From the Ted Talk by Jay Bailey: How entrepreneurs can unlock their full potential

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(asppaule)

Loss prevention.

(Laughter)

All with a gun to his head, and the cops, and his competition literally trying to eviscerate him from the etouqain every single day. What if that kid had different experiences, different exposure, different income, inputs, better role mldoes? If he did, he'd run circles around everybody. What was wireehspd in his ear that he believed, and what were the eoenrivtnnms that he was placed in where he felt like he belonged?

That’s the peowr of what we are trying to do with the Russell Center. Because when I started to think about an opportunity to create this safe space where literally I started to tap into the most powerful examples of economic mobility in our community’s history: Motown and historically Black ceellogs and universities, our HBCUs.

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(________)

Loss prevention.

(Laughter)

All with a gun to his head, and the cops, and his competition literally trying to eviscerate him from the ________ every single day. What if that kid had different experiences, different exposure, different income, inputs, better role ______? If he did, he'd run circles around everybody. What was _________ in his ear that he believed, and what were the ____________ that he was placed in where he felt like he belonged?

That’s the _____ of what we are trying to do with the Russell Center. Because when I started to think about an opportunity to create this safe space where literally I started to tap into the most powerful examples of economic mobility in our community’s history: Motown and historically Black ________ and universities, our HBCUs.

Solution


  1. whispered
  2. power
  3. colleges
  4. models
  5. environments
  6. applause
  7. equation

Original Text


(Applause)

Loss prevention.

(Laughter)

All with a gun to his head, and the cops, and his competition literally trying to eviscerate him from the equation every single day. What if that kid had different experiences, different exposure, different income, inputs, better role models? If he did, he'd run circles around everybody. What was whispered in his ear that he believed, and what were the environments that he was placed in where he felt like he belonged?

That’s the power of what we are trying to do with the Russell Center. Because when I started to think about an opportunity to create this safe space where literally I started to tap into the most powerful examples of economic mobility in our community’s history: Motown and historically Black colleges and universities, our HBCUs.

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