rodney sampson

Cofounder and Vice Chairman

2021 - Current

Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

2013

Opportunity Hub (OHUB) co-founded in 2013 in Atlanta, GA by Rodney Sampson as a follow up to the highly successful Kingonomics’ book release and large scale conferences in Atlanta, GA and Washington, DC, is the leading technology, startup, and venture ecosystem building platform created to ensure everyone, everywhere has equitable access to the future of work, fourth industrial revolution and beyond as a path to multi-generational wealth creation with no reliance on pre-existing multi-generational wealth. Today, OHUB is the parent holding company of a suite of businesses committed to increasing racial equity in the fourth industrial revolution; including a not-for-profit foundation and an ecosystem building investment fund. Leveraging our proven, metrics driven blueprint and methodology as outlined in “Building Inclusive Entrepreneurship Ecosystems In Communities of Color” with The Federal Reserve Bank, OHUB delivers early exposure, skills development, job placement, entrepreneurship support programming, net new job creation and alternative capital formation via geographically placed technology hubs, citywide communities, campus chapters, managed programs and live experiences and technology that include thousands of college students, young professionals, founders, investors and ecosystem builders throughout America and beyond. Current subsidiaries include OHUB Futures, OHUB Talent, OHUB Startups and Equity District.

General Partner

2019

The mission of 100 Black Angels & Allies Fund I is to align smart, affluent, innovative and skilled Black and ally capital to build a scalable and sustainable Black technology, startup entrepreneurship and venture ecosystem that powers a global Diasporic engine and platform to ensure that Black people everywhere are equitably represented at all levels in the future of work, startup ecosystem and forthcoming 4th Industrial Revolution as a definitive path to decreasing income inequality and the racial wealth gap. This is the path to shared prosperity and multi-generational wealth creation with no reliance on pre-existing multi-generational wealth. Strategically the Fund’s accredited Limited Partners build connectivity and solidarity for the advancement of all the fund’s stakeholders by investing in Black led venture funds, high growth edge technology startups, ecosystem building organizations and each other.

SSBCI 2.0 Fund of Funds Manager

2023

The NC Rural Economic Development Center (NCRC) has undertaken the management of the Treasury Department’s Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI), which was reauthorized under the congressionally approved American Rescue Plan of 2021. North Carolina has received $201.9 million for the initiative, which the NC Rural manages through a contract with the NC Department of Commerce. The reauthorization of the SSBCI program provides an important opportunity to build upon NC Rural Center’s past SSBCI program success addressing the needs of small business owners and entrepreneurs – with an important emphasis on catalyzing growth through the expansion of access to investment opportunities for socioeconomically disadvantaged individual (“SEDI”) business owners who may not typically have access to capital. The Fund of Fund Program (FoF) is one of several program components and is designed to support early-stage high-growth startups in North Carolina, primarily through equity investments.

Executive Chairman

2021

Founded in 2000, Streaming Faith’s mission is to give seekers, believers, and five-fold ministry everywhere the tools, word & community to deliver the undisputable, fathom the impossible and experience the unbelievable to fulfill our definitive purpose on this earth & beyond. Streaming Faith exists at the intersection of ministry, marketplace & the metaverse. Whether it is a “Netflix” like video-on-demand subscription model for your library of curated legacy content, “YouTube-like advertising model for video-on-demand and featured live events, 24/7 “Daystar” or “Impact Network” infomercial, paid programming and advertising model, Live Nation model for paid live in-person and virtual events, conferences, concerts and long-form film releases or simply increasing donations as you increase your audience each week for worship and Bible study, Streaming Faith was built for you. Download our new mobile app: https://www.streamingfaith.app/ Schedule a demo with our team today: https://calendly.com/streamingfaith

Venture Partner

2020

Draper Goren Holm is a blockchain venture studio and fund created by Tim Draper, Alon Goren, and Josef Holm with a focus on incubating and accelerating the best early-stage startups from around the world. Josef and Alon are the same team that has built some of the top blockchain conferences such as LA Blockchain Summit (FKA Crypto Invest Summit), Global DeFi Summit, Security Token Summit, and other events. In 2019 they partnered with billionaire investor Tim Draper to build the next-generation blockchain venture studio and fund with a global focus.

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program

2018

The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC. Our mission is to conduct in-depth research that leads to new ideas for solving problems facing society at the local, national and global level. OUR EXPERTS » Brookings brings together more than 300 leading experts in government and academia from all over the world who provide the highest quality research, policy recommendations, and analysis on a full range of public policy issues. OUR RESEARCH PROGRAMS, CENTERS, AND PROJECTS » The research agenda and recommendations of Brookings’s experts are rooted in open-minded inquiry and our 300+ scholars represent diverse points of view. Research topics cover foreign policy, economics, development, governance and metropolitan policy. OUR LEADERSHIP » Learn more about Brookings President John R. Allen, our Chairman of the Board John L. Thornton, and our management staff. OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES » The Brookings Board of Trustees is a governing body composed of distinguished individuals from a variety of backgrounds. The Board has fiduciary responsibility for the Institution’s leadership, integrity, financial health, and scholarly independence. OUR HISTORY » The Brookings Institution traces its beginnings to 1916, when a group of leading reformers founded the Institute for Government Research (IGR), the first private organization devoted to analyzing public policy issues at the national level.

Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professorship

2020

Best Selling Author

2013

While most know of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s sweeping dream of equality and freedom for all, what many do not realize is just how keenly focused he was on economic issues, particularly in his later years. Without economic opportunity, King often noted man "has neither life nor liberty nor the possibility for the pursuit of happiness. He merely exists." It was, in fact, while planning the Poor People's March, a dramatic stand on economic issues, that his voice was forever silenced. In his final book, King posed the question, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? The answer lies in KINGONOMICS, a 21st century interpretation of his economic vision translated through the eyes of globally established innovator, entrepreneur, investor and inclusive ecosystem builder, Rodney S. Sampson. Comprised of twelve currencies (including service, innovation and reciprocity), Sampson takes pertinent ideas from the life and works of Dr. King and, by combining them with real life experiences, produces a guide through which one could realize their full potential and personal power. Success does not discriminate and the roadmap to it is contained in the pages of this revolutionary new work. Kingonomics is available on Audible, Amazon, libraries and stores worldwide.

Executive Chairman

2001

Since 2001, ICE has provided specialized services to corporations, non profits & nations. Services include advisory and consulting in innovation, business modeling, capacity building and scale, diversity & inclusion, mergers & acquisitions, alternative investments, marketplace development, integrated marketing (traditional and emerging), project management, international business development, alternative revenue generation, public affairs, transactional advisory & negotiation, United States representation and Africa representation. A past and current partial client partner list include: The Republic of Uganda (His Excellency Yoweri Museveni), One Three Media (US), Sharktank (US), Diverse Financial (US), Audible, (US), The City of Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Twitpay (US), His Excellency Omar Bongo Ondimba (deceased), Former President, The Gabonese Republic (Gabon), Injoy/Maximum Impact (US), Network Intelligence (Israel), Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International (US), Viacom (US), ICON Productions (US), Walden Media (US), Audible (USA, UK, GE), TD Jakes Ministries (US), Every Increasing Faith (US), Marketplace Leaders | Marketplace Leaders (US) Twitpay (US), Privileged (US) and Magnet (US). Intellect’s clients have generated more than one billion ($1B) in revenue from utilizing its services. Our core competencies include: - A vetted with 80+ years of combined experience in all aspects of innovation, entrepreneurship & investment – including board and talent development, raising capital, scaling and exit strategies. - Masterful ability to integrate into the culture of an organization's C-suite or supply chain. - The keen identify core challenges and areas of opportunity for our client partners. We leverage our collective network and relationships to deliver value and unmatched results. - Strong US, EU, African and Asian relationships with proven access to high level deal flow, opportunities and on the ground experience