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Meet Johnny 👨🏾💻
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Johnny is a graduate of Downtown Raleigh, North Carolina’s Broughton High School and attended North Carolina A&T State University. Enjoyed a great career practicing Six Sigma (Black Belt) at corporations such as Xerox, IBM, and BlueCross Blue Shield of NC. Johnny became an active member in the Raleigh community through the implementation of several ventures, such as the youth-based educational non-profit organization The LIFE Foundation, the online directory #BlackDollarNC, the retail store Black Friday Market, co-manufacturing space The Factory - and most recently, One-Twenty Wilmington and alley-oop business. Johnny is a member of the Board of Directors for Downtown Raleigh Alliance and Dogwood State Bank’s Advisory Board, and is a former Board Member of A Place At The Table, with whom Johnny continues to support and collaborate with. Johnny is from Greenville, South Carolina and speaks on many technology and social issues.
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Xerox Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt; IBM Certified Project Manager
Multiple multi-million dollar project wins at Xerox, IBM, BCBSNC & Wells Fargo
Recipient of Leadership (Xerox) & Process Excellence Awards (IBM)
Along the way, mentored by some of the best minds and Leaders in the game. No cap.
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Started The LIFE Foundation, Inc. in 2008 as an educational org, teaching youth and other non-profits
Started out [the box] in 2013 as low-cost web design and event organization
Started The Black Dollar Corp. in 2019 as online directory (#BlackDollarNC), retail store (Black Friday Market) and co-manufacturing (The Factory) storefronts
Named Program Manager of LaunchRaleigh program in 2022 from Wake Tech and Rotary Club; Mel Wright of The Wright Village leads and runs the LaunchRaleigh program
Opened One-Twenty Wilmington in 2023 as creative / retail space in Downtown Raleigh
Launched alley-oop business also in 2023 as second version of online directory for small businesses
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2020: TedX Raleigh Speaker
2022: New York Times Feature
2023: Wake County Public School Systems Entrepreneurship Award
11 | 2020
SPECTRUM NEWS
New Map Highlights Black-Owned Businesses
Spectrum News profile of #BlackDollarNC’s “Map” Feature and the importance of driving tangible traffic to small business owners:
“We get messages, emails, text messages, shout-outs on Instagram, social media all the time…just with folks being able to expand their business; even if they don’t end up making the sale with those customers, they are still extra potential customers that came their way…”
08 | 2021
THE N&O
Offering Retail Space To Local Business Owners
News & Observer profile of Black Friday Market, Johnny Hackett, Jr. and the importance of making tangible differences:
“Plywood that once covered windows following protests over the murder of George Floyd last year now decorates the walls inside the Black Friday Market, which sells products and art by mostly local, mostly Black-owned small businesses on Hargett Street…”
06 | 2022
WRAL TECHWIRE
Courage: Leading The Charge Across The Triangle
WRAL TechWire profile of The Factory, growth of directory and store, and the importance of “being there”… tangibly for business owners:
“It comes on the heels of launching The Factory, a coworking hub in Raleigh’s Warehouse district...Hackett is also the creator of #BlackDollarNC – an online “rolodex” of black-owned or operated businesses across the state, and the Black Friday Market in downtown Raleigh - providing a storefront for dozens of Black-owned retailers…”
New York Times →
“Rethinking Retail Space as Foot Traffic Falls”
By Jane Margolies
01 | 2022
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