comedian has to be able to read the room, and a businessman has to be able to look and see business opportunities. you know what? i think a lot of the same skills i used as a comedian i use in business. just being honest and being open, transparent. people are comfortable with you. and i have a mission, and that mission was clear. you know, when martin luther king was assassinated in april of 68, that was something that was quite traumatic for the whole country. and i got to know martin luther king s widow, coretta scott king, and she taught me a lot. she said to me, byron, as black people in this country, we have four major challenges. number one, end slavery. number two, end jim crow. number three, achieve civil rights. and then she choked up and she said, and number four, the real reason they killed my martin. achieve economic inclusion. and she said, byron, they didn t kill my martin over the speech i have a dream. they killed him over the speech he gave at stanford university