Rodney Writes is a newsletter (mostly) about business, leadership, and culture.

Some Stuff About Me

I’m Rodney Foxworth, a small business owner, CEO advisor, and investor.

I’m occasionally mistaken as someone with revelatory things to say and have been quoted in media such as Christian Science Monitor, Forbes, Inc., MarketWatch, NY Times, and Vox. I’ve spoken at Aspen Ideas Festival, Clinton Global Initiative, Skoll World Forum, and NABJ, among other stages, addressing consequential topics such as monopoly market power, inclusive innovation, economic racism, and racial wealth inequality.

In a past life, I freelanced as a reporter and culture critic for several defunct newspapers (RIP local journalism), most often writing about the intersection of politics, race, and the economy. More recently, I’ve written about philanthropy, power, and social economy in publications such as Boston Review, Chronicle of Philanthropy, Next City, Nonprofit Quarterly, and Stanford Social Innovation Review. I’ve also blogged infrequently, writing things like “The Need for Black Rage in Philanthropy” and “Wealth Inequality and the Fallacies of Impact Investing.”

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