Strictly Business
Storytellers
01. KALIYAH JENKINS
02. DIONNE JOYNER-WEEMS
03. ERICKA ALSTON-BUCK
04. MAURISSA STONE-BASS
05. TORIN ELLIS
06. DR. TAMMIRA LUCAS, PH.D.
07. GREG BROWN
About the Show
The Short Kuts Show: Strictly Business — True tales of business owners on their journey into the world of entrepreneurship
Dec. 7th, 2019
Hosted by Kiragu Beauttah with DJ Leroy on the ones and twos
Celebrating the 75th birthday of the late Baltimore born and raised first Black Billionaire businessman, Reginald F. Lewis, The Short Kuts Show, with the short story theme of ‘Strictly Business’, uplifted the life and pioneering legacy of Lewis through a collection of true business journey tales inspired by EPMD’s 1988 kut ‘Strictly Business’ and told by a group of 8 innovative Black American entrepreneurs from the Baltimore region including Maurissa Stone-Bass, director of innovation, The Living Well Center, Greg Brown, owner, The Land of Kush Vegan Soul Restaurant, Dr. Tammira Lucas, owner/CEO, The CUBE COWORK and Executive Director of the Warnock Foundation, along with a handful of other Black business community members, sharing the stories of what put them on the path of business ownership and what they’ve learned, encountered, and have overcome along the way.
