56: How To Put The Work & Grind Into The Vision w/ Dr. Jean Alerte

Name: Jean Alerte 

Current Title: Serial Entrepreneur 

                        ACA Branding Agency

Location: Atlanta, GA

Educational Background: 21 years of being an entrepreneur, real estate owner, consultant, educator & obtained a doctorate in 2014. Education is through the process.

About Jean:

Jean Alerte is an award-winning entrepreneur with a variety of work experience in the areas of marketing, management, and sales. Along with founding his company ACA Branding Agency, he has produced comedy concerts and tours for acts such as Chris Tucker, Kevin James, Charlie Murphy, and Kevin Hart. He also serves as the Executive Director of the Unity in the Community Foundation of Brooklyn, New York where he has given out $36,000 to high school students to attend college based on his first book “Do Right, Do Good” & turned it into a successful entrepreneurial program entitled “FAITH GRIND INSPIRE” teaching over 2,000 inner-city students Entrepreneurship & Leadership.

Originally from Port au Prince, Haiti, Alerte currently resides in Brooklyn with his wife and son, with whom he opened the Brooklyn Swirl frozen yogurt shop in 2012. Dr. Alerte has been featured on National Television several times ABC 7’s “Here & Now” with Sandra Bookman, BK Live & more recently NBC’s TODAY Show, Black Enterprise, FOX, ARISE & ESSENCE.

DURING THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSSED:

• The importance of planning daily for the grind
• Finding and keeping the passion for your work to curb the burn out 
• Focusing on more than just the profit
• How to pause and optimize your time effectively

For complete show notes and resources mentioned for this episode go to:https://blacktobusiness.com/56

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