Cathy Hughes grew up poor.
In the sixties, when she was in her teens, she was thrown out of her house. She was also a mom who had nowhere to go. Yet she was determined on that day, that she and her kid would amount to something.
With this sheer determination and her love of radio, she later started Urban one, a network of radio stations, focusing on the African American community.
Today, she and her son are multi-millionaires and have made tremendous difference in the lives of African American communities.
What you could learn from this episode:
- What prompted her to take charge of her life.
- How she was preparing for her future even when she was young.
- What did she do to get a job to support her family.
- How she got her first job in a radio station.
- What did she do with her son, when she went to college as she had no one who could look after him.
- How she made the radio station a success by identifying a need.
- What prompted her to start her own business.
