September 20, 2022

Dripping in Knowledge and Wealth featuring Shawn Stafford

On this episode of the Dripping in Black Podcast, we are Dripping in Knowledge and Wealth with the founder and CEO of RESSCO, Shawn Stafford. Shawn shares his story which details his path from a single parent home of humble b...

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Dripping in Black

On this episode of the Dripping in Black Podcast, we are Dripping in Knowledge and Wealth with the founder and CEO of RESSCO, Shawn Stafford. Shawn shares his story which details his path from a single parent home of humble beginnings to multi-millionaire. In this episode, Shawn provides great advice about building wealth as well as some jewels about life in general. Check out the Season 3 premiere of the Dripping in Black Podcast beginning Tuesday, September 20, 2022. The Dripping in Black Podcast. We showcase and celebrate true inspirational stories of Black Excellence on purpose!

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Shawn Stafford

Founder and CEO of RESSCO

Shawn Stafford was born in 1972 to an 18-year-old single mother in the inner city of Detroit. Mr. Stafford lived in low income housing and his family received government assistance during various times throughout his childhood. His family moved often but his mother always stressed the importance of school and always made sure he was in attendance. Mr. Stafford’s neighborhood environment offered many opportunities that could have led to his imprisonment or death – the fate of many of his childhood friends. However, Mr. Stafford avoided these tragic outcomes when he realized he did not want to end his life that way. Mr. Stafford attended Cooley High School in the Detroit Public School system with every intention of getting a blue-collar job in a factory after high school. No one in Mr. Stafford’s family had ever graduated from college and less than 10% of Cooley High graduates attended college, so going to college was not something he even considered. College became a possibility when his English teacher, Ms. Tobin, encouraged him to apply because she recognized his potential. Ms. Tobin’s encouragement, Mr. Stafford’s persistence, and thousands of dollars in student loans allowed him to obtain a Bachelor’s degree in business from Michigan State University in 1995. This was a huge milestone because Mr. Stafford was the first person in his family to graduate from college. This gave him the opportunity to end the “cycle of poverty” in his family without relying on sports or entertainment to make it happen.

Over the course of his 8-year career with several auto… Read More