Black Fridays

About Black Fridays

The goal of Black Fridays is to help entrepreneurs, creators, and professionals turn ideas into stronger businesses, brands, careers, and opportunities. Hosted by Denzell Turner, the show features entrepreneurs, founders, creators, executives, community leaders, and innovators sharing the real lessons behind how they build, grow, lead, and create impact. You’ll hear practical insights on business growth, entrepreneurship, marketing, branding, leadership, small business strategy, business ownership, the creator economy, and the systems it takes to move an idea forward. If you’re building a business, growing a brand, pursuing entrepreneurship, navigating your career, or creating something of your own, Black Fridays gives you real stories and actionable business advice from people doing the work. This show will provide answers to questions like: *How do I start a business? *How do I grow my business? *How do I market my business on social media? *How do I build a personal brand? *How do creators get brand deals and make money? *How do I balance a career and entrepreneurship? *How should I price my products or services? *What systems can help me run my business better? *How do I become a better leader? *How do I find business resources and networking opportunities?

Publisher

Denzell Turner

Category

business · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Nov 2021

Latest episode

30 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

141 of 222 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   30 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Hidden Cost of Scaling a Business Nobody Warns You About - Ep. 202 w/ Robert Courtney Collins

   Host Robert Courtney Collins shares the hidden costs of scaling a business and building systems for autonomy in this interview.

2. 

   23 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   How to Grow a Product-Based Business Without a Storefront - Ep. 201 w/ Latoya Simpson

   Latoya Simpson, founder of The Candidly Speaking, shares her journey of building a product-based business without a storefront, offering insights on wholesale partnerships and brand growth in this interview.

3. 

   16 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   How to Build an Authentic Personal Brand That Actually Grows - Ep. 200 w/ Parish Halsell

   Host Parish Halsell shares his journey building an authentic personal brand and media network, offering insights on creator pressure and audience education in this interview.

Inside a recent episode

The Hidden Cost of Scaling a Business Nobody Warns You About - Ep. 202 w/ Robert Courtney Collins

Published 30 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] You have a family member and a friend tell you that it won't work. or that it's going to be hard, or any discouraging information, the next thing you know, you're walking away from it. And so I think creating proximity around like-minded people, that could even be like Facebook groups, that could be mentor groups, virtual groups. […]

Who has been a guest on Black Fridays

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Robert Courtney Collins
• LaToya Simpson
• Parish Halsell
• Warren Galloway Jr
• Jasmyn

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

103,690

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

19 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 73 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

67

Social presence

94

YouTube

82

Engagement

71

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Books guests

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