The ingenuity and drive of some of Newark’s most innovative business owners are being highlighted through the Leaders Create Leaders podcast series, presented by Prudential.

The series, hosted by serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist Gerard Adams, was recorded live at The GRAMMY Museum Experience located inside the Prudential Center. Each episode focuses on an inspirational, transformative figure who offers insight and inspiration, along with detailing trials and tribulations faced as they sought to achieve their entrepreneurial goals.

The current episode, the third in the series, features BrickCityLive.com creator and editor-in-chief, Andaiye Taylor. Taylor, a recipient of the Lars-Erik Nelson Prize for excellence in reporting and writing, built BrickCityLive.com from the ground up, and in her interview, explained what led her to pursue journalism, what inspired the creation of BCL, and how she was able increase readership and revenue at the thriving online news and lifestyle destination all while maintaining a full-time corporate job.

Taylor’s was the third interview released so far in the series. In the previous episode, Adams spoke with Brittany Jade, another Newark entrepreneur who has made her mark with the creation of Newark.fm, a streaming radio platform which broadcasts several music and talk shows over the internet. The series kicked off with an interview with Yahya Bakkar, a largely self-taught, highly successful motivational speaker and public speaking coach who has delivered talks on more than 500 stages. Bakkar told his own inspiring story, detailing how dropping out of college and being kicked out of his parents’ home were catalysts to finding his own successful, entrepreneurial path.

These stories all align with the stated goal of the Leaders Create Leaders podcast, which is to “peel back the curtain on how some of the world’s most influential people set themselves up for success,” to pass that information on to the next round of budding entrepreneurs.