"Undercover Billionaire" Charts Riches to Rags to Riches on discovery+

IdlettMosley fosters community by being kind vulnerable and honest to a point As the title indicates she could not reveal her true identity while filming the show The CEO of Reign Ventures a tech capital fund focused on women and minorityled startups IdlettMosley also built a music business with exhusband rapper Tim quotTimbalandquot Mosley quotI39m a serial entrepreneur who pivots to solve problems on all things equity and equalityquot she said when speaking to MediaVillage from her Miami homeAgreeing to be on show quotwas a nobrainerquot IdlettMosley noted quotYou think about the national demographics It was very important to me that their primary market can be introduced to who I am as a human being And I wanted to be an example of all women and people of colorquotStill participating in the show required the tough decision of leaving two of her three children her oldest son is grown for three months And that was just the beginning of the tough choicesThe rules for Undercover Billionaire are tough The challenge is to create a 1 million business Participants can only pack one duffel bag for three months They are not told ahead of time where they will be so research is not possible All they have is 100 in seed money a cell phone with none of their contacts and a car At the end of the 90 days if an independent appraiser values the company at less than 1 million the entrepreneurs make up the difference with their own moneyItamp8217s a bit like a Survivortype show because ultimately it comes down to relying on one39s wits and personality With IdlettMosley what comes through is someone who takes nothing for granted is humble and wants to connect with peopleThe other two entrepreneurs featured this season are Elaine Culotti a selfdescribed badass who says she can build and design anything and Grant Cardone who made a fortune in real estatequotI am not a billionaire yet cashwisequot IdlettMosley acknowledged quotBut I will be It is all about the mindset and that is what I am on track for As a woman a mother a Black woman I didn39t even understand that it was a possibilityquotShe draws from the lessons her mother instilled on quotcommunity and consciousnessquot As the season unfolds those values are increasingly on display This season is three times as long as the previous one which was only eight hours The stories of the three entrepreneurs are woven throughout with new episodes dropping Wednesdays on discovery The series will eventually also run on the Discovery networkquotThis is not some reality show competition that has this loud splashy hookquot showrunner and executive producer Tim Warren said in a separate interview quotStrip a wealthy person of everything and throw them in the middle of nowhere They are really going in and building these businesses and making them sustainable It is really about lifting up the city they are in and creating a business that provides jobs to that city because at the end of the day even though the entrepreneurs are spearheading the business won39t get built without the help of local people who have no idea who these folks arequot amp160Ideally long after the cameras leave the communities will benefit from the show Tacoma where IdlettMosley was is like everyplace suffering from unemployment during the COVID19 pandemicIdlettMosley no stranger to hard times relates She and her sister grew up in subsidized housing where her single mother worked tirelessly but still sometimes the electricity was cut off This is as much a part of IdlettMosley as being firmly rooted in the church and spending time in the library devouring nonfiction The ability to take a leap of faith and analyze facts came in handyThe first order of business each season on Undercover Billionaire is finding shelter At the start IdlettMosley and Culotti were adamant about not sleeping in their cars IdlettMosley drove into Tacoma and immediately headed to a church She happened to meet the pastor on the street they struck up a conversation and he paid for three nights at a hotel for her IdlettMosley in turn helped at the church office stuffing envelopes with election information By doing so she smartly learned who was running for office and later contacted a local leader for help with her challengeOnce settled IdlettMosley concentrated on the task She wanted nutritious meals but couldn39t even afford salad on her tight budget That sparked the realization that there aren39t enough inexpensive healthy options in Tacoma This epiphany prompted her to visit restaurants and farmers39 markets identifying a void she could fill She often makes veggiepacked juices and ginger shots at home but here she was without a juicer and the proper produce That39s when she started figuring out how to turn her dilemma into a 1million ideaquotThey get frustrated and stressed but they keep pushing forwardquot Warren said of the entrepreneurs quotThey keep problemsolving and ultimately they never quit When you don39t quit you don39t failquotThe three months left their mark and hopefully it39s a good one for the cities and the entrepreneursquotIt is not easy this journey I have been onquot IdlettMosley said quotI have a voice for the voiceless For me it was more about walk it as I talk it practice what you preach I am usually on the end where I am doing the giving This is absolutely how we are supposed to be as human beings I walked away knowing to not give upquotUndercover Billionaire is currently streaming on discovery New episodes drop every Wednesday Click the social buttons above or below to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated writersamp160

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