Rewrite Your Rules ft AfroTech & Blavity CEO Morgan Debaun

Brown Ambition

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Careers, Education, Self-improvement, Investing, Business

4.9 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

BA Fam, she’s back! In this episode We’re joined once again by the one and only Morgan DeBaun CEO of Blavity, serial entrepreneur, and now a FOUR-time guest on the show! Morgan has been making big moves, and this time, she’s here to talk about her new book, “Rewrite Your Rules”, and how she’s navigating life and business on her own terms.

We get into the real about entrepreneurship! what it actually takes to build a business from the ground up, the sacrifices no one talks about, and why staying true to your personal values is the ultimate flex. Morgan also gives us a peek into her life outside of work, sharing how she balances being a boss with family, self-care, and a strong support system.

If you’ve been feeling stuck in your career, business, or just life in general, this episode is for you! Morgan is dropping gems on how to break free from expectations and create success in a way that works for YOU.

What You’ll Learn:

✨ How Morgan built Blavity and what’s kept her going

✨ The biggest lessons from “Rewrite Your Rules”

✨ Why having the right team (and personal boundaries) is a game-changer

✨ The real talk on entrepreneurship—beyond the highlight reel

Links + Resources:

📖 Grab your copy of “Rewrite Your Rules” → Rewriteyourrules.com

📲 Follow Morgan on [Instagram @morgandebaun

🎙️ Stay connected with Brown Ambition → @brownambitionpodcast

Don’t miss this one—hit play and get ready to rewrite your own rules!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Something unexpected happened after Jeremy Scott confessed to killing Michelle Schofield in Bone Valley Season 1.
0:09.1	Every time I hear about my dad is, oh, he's a killer. He's just straight evil.
0:13.7	I was becoming the bridge between Jeremy Scott and the son he'd never known.
0:18.5	At the end of the day, I'm literally a son of a killer.
0:21.0	Listen to new episodes of Bone Valley Season 2, starting April 9th on the IHeart
0:25.7	Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:35.3	Hey, BA fam.
0:36.9	I don't even know if I need to introduce this week's guest to you, but Morgan
0:41.0	DeBahn, the CEO of Blavity is in the house. Morgan, how many times do you know? At least two or three
0:48.4	times. Maybe fourth time. Really? Wow. You were, I had forgotten how early in the game you had come on. And I just
0:57.3	thank you for that because when you're starting a podcast, I mean, it's different now. But yeah,
1:01.5	we started this 10 years ago and for you to say yes at the time. It felt huge for you to say yes
1:06.8	to my invitation to come on. And I actually went back and I listened to don't make that face
1:13.4	because you know what I realized you're just the same like I am the same you just sound the same
1:19.0	your vibe is the same for change yeah and I part of me is I just was like really impressed by
1:27.4	that I can't say the same for myself. I listen back to myself in early VA days, and I'm like, oh, baby girl. But how does that make you feel to hear that? Like, what do you? Yeah, I think I am pretty much, I've always lived by like a center of principles and I always felt pretty
1:44.8	comfortable with who I am. I think the times in my life where I've been the most unhappy,
1:50.0	it's because I let other people influence me too much. But like when I'm just me, then everything is
1:55.8	much easier. Yeah. I think and being around people like you, I mean people like you, not to make you feel like I'm putting you under a microscope, but I feel calmer in your presence and I'm someone who's like, you know, I, I, maybe it's like a little bit I undiagnosed ADHD and just like in general enthusiasm, but I, I am an introvert, but I am excitable and I am emotional
2:22.0	and raw and that's just who I am.
2:24.3	And so I feel like you are like the duck calm on the surface, but your little feet be kicking.
2:29.4	Got a lot going on behind the scenes.
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