more. I believe that was the closest I
got to my creator. It was a time of un-
controllable all day crying. She was
like my mom and more. It was differ-
ent than me and my mom’s relation-
ship. My mom is mom. She’s a nurse
and worker. She adds things to her
plate and does it. I recently realized
I get this from her. My Godmother
taught me about guys and also never
do anything I did not want to do. She
taught me I didn’t have to try hard.
Anything I did, I would be successful.
She saw things in me before it was
ever a time. So when she wasn’t here
anymore, I was extremely sad. I felt
like there was nothing here for me
to do. I was not the mom of humans.
I have dogs. I had not been mar-
ried yet. I was engaged but thank-
ful not to be married. Those things
and her not being there for me is the
way I looked at everything. I started
praying a lot. Hearing and watching
God work through people who were
around me. They would give me
books and introduce me to things I
was unaware of, such as a friend of
mine who gave me a book called “I
AM” by Howard Falco, which I keep
here in my office. It helps you un-
derstand the power that was given
to you and what you were created to
do. In my sadness, God said, I need
you to be of service and add value on
a greater platform. The other piece
of it is, every time I went to church
or had a conversation with someone
or leader of the church, they kept
saying, things are going to happen
expediently. And they did. Besides
going to my creator, the ways I re-
fuel are spending time with my fam-
ily. I also do sauna workouts and hot
yoga, and I like to play pool, spades,
and I go out on dates.
BSM: What advice do you have for
entrepreneurs who want to expand
their brand?
CR: Know your numbers and the
details of the business. At the end
of the day, it’s all words and num-
bers. Look at things like operat-
ing costs and ROI. Are you operat-
ing your business with you and one
other person or do you have a vision
for hundreds or thousands of people
working for you? Do you envision
high-rise buildings with lots of con-
ference rooms? Do you know what it
takes? So know your business. Also,
there is collaboration and not com-
petition. With billions of people in
the world, there is a lot of people you
can collaborate with instead of com-
peting with them. Example: The task
force is a collaboration.
Collaborate. Collaborate. Colabo-
rate. It will take you farther when
there are no finances to make things
happen. Do the best that you can
there and with the right people. You
have to be open to ideas, innovation,
and other things people can bring to
your space.
I wasn’t saying this in the beginning
when I started, but be generous to
yourself. What you have is all you
need. If you start with what it is you
have all of a sudden, you will real-
ize you have a little bit more, and you
keep going. What you have is suffi-
cient, and what you do not have you
will attain because you can do it. You
can get knowledge out of a book. You
can ask questions. Keep attaining
knowledge and add it to your tool-
box. There is no one in this world,
not any NFL player, filmmaker, ac-
tors, or city government that has
all the answers, because like every-
one else, they are hoping they are
enough and doing a good job.
BSM: When is the last time you
laughed out loud in real-time?
CR: I laughed out loud this morn-
ing. I am glad you asked this ques-
tion because when you are running
a business, things can get heavy
having tough conversations with all
kinds of personalities from clients,
people you work with, or any col-
laborations. I’m listening to Kevin
Hart’s book “I Can’t Make This Up:
Life Lessons,” and I laugh on the
drive to the office or working out.
Even now, I can’t wait to get back to
the book. I (people) need laughter. I
also go to comedy shows, and when
I hang out with family and friends, I
love to laugh as well.
BSM: Why should Houston be on the
lookout for what’s coming next from
CReed Global Media?
CR: You don’t have to be on the look-
out. I kind of feel like it’s going to
smack you in the face (laughs). You
think about Netflix when they first
started. They had a vision. Whatever
passion I have inside of me, the ac-
tion I take, and who I am makes me
more unapologetic about what I am
capable of doing. This is about see-
ing what I am made of while every-
one is saying, why are you doing it?
I want to make sure that people win. I
am learning more about myself with
every experience. If I leave here to-
day or tomorrow, I have already left
a whole bunch of people better than
they were before. You will see CReed
Global Media as a major distributor
of film and content and helping to
launch entrepreneurs. We will share
with people the business of enter-
tainment. You will see us create vid-
eos, film, and television shows. It’s
about unleashing the possibilities.
CReed Global Media is like Netflix.
You will see it happen.
Centrell Reed is a woman entre-
preneur taking charge of a need in
a major city deserving of the space
and location to bring on film and
entertainment in a major way. At-
tending numerous meetings with
the mayor, lawyers, city government
representatives, and big-name in-
dustry people, Reed is serious about
her position as leader of the Houston
Entertainment Industry Task Force.
There she champions for millions of
dollars with the state legislature and
more to make Houston the next Hol-
lywood and Atlanta.
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