{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"STL Hustle Insider","title":"Devon Moody on The 89th Collective, Community-Rooted Innovation, and East St. Louis Ownership Ep. 6","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2789,"description":"What happens when someone stops waiting for community to be built somewhere else and decides to bring the resources home?\nIn Episode 6 of STL Hustle Insider, Cortez Hustle sits down with Devon Moody, founder of The 89th Collective, for a conversation about East St. Louis, small business, family legacy, motherhood, village-building, ownership, innovation, and creating space for people who need to know they belong.\nDevon shares how growing up as the youngest of ten, the daughter of a cobbler and a cosmetologist, shaped her understanding of entrepreneurship from an early age. Small business did not just inspire her. It helped pay for her life, sent her to college, and taught her how deeply local enterprise can impact a family and a community.\nThis episode is for entrepreneurs, community builders, creatives, consultants, business owners, parents, students, and anyone who believes innovation does not have to be disconnected from the neighborhood. It can be rooted in it. \n \nIn This Episode\nCortez and Devon talk about:\nWho Devon Moody is beyond the business title\nGrowing up as the youngest of ten with seven older brothers\nBeing raised by a cobbler, a cosmetologist, and a family of entrepreneurs\nHow small business paid for Devon’s life and opened doors for her\nLessons from her father, mother, and grandmother\nTreating everybody with dignity, regardless of title\nEast St. Louis pride, East Boogie, and the City of Champions\nStarting a candy store at 10 years old\nTurning skills into opportunities through clothes, hair, papers, taxes, and service\nAttending the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign\nNavigating a predominantly white institution as a Black woman\nThe importance of the “Black House,” CBSU, and safe community spaces on campus\nRelaunching a student retention program and seeing mentees complete degrees\nBecoming pregnant senior year and still finishing school\nWhy village is everything, but village must be reciprocal\nAsking for help without shame\nThe origins of The...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/6RVt-BKuHUDpqnW2pjHJQNyi-e3ue1psZpoYkFxYe3Y/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85NmNi/Y2E5NTc0ODhjZDUx/ZmVhOWIxMThmOWJm/NjY3Yi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}