Aspe Mag BUSINESS Spotlight

A'SPE Magazine solutes this young multi business owner. The CEO of NWORCS.com and Jumpin Jack Promotions, Jamal Whited. I began promoting urban music in 1989, while still in high school doing delivery service for my father’s record pool. The Jumpin Jack Record Pool distributed music throughout metro Atlanta, Ga. and I handled two clubs for about two and half years Sharon’s Showcase and Club Excess. Shortly after, I began working street and radio promotions throughout the state of Georgia along with my father the Jumpin Jack, Wali Whited. We would promote records by way of the “Georgia Chittlin” circuit. In 1996 I began working in the field of telecommunications and became a voice and data network and structured cabling installer. I worked hard in the field for 10 years, and I am now an accomplished State of Georgia Licensed Low Voltage Telecommunications Contractor. In 2001 I opened Nworcs.com, which is my vision of new world communications bundled for efficiency to accommodate a rapidly growing appetite for telecommunications solutions. Nworcsradio.com which is an Internet Radio network with live streaming Hip-Hop, R&B, and Jazz was opened shortly after and we began a forum for breaking new independent recording artist to the mainstream for maximum exposure via the World Wide Web. In 2005, we began the development of Black Americans Youth Organization United Foundation, (B>A>Y>O>U>F), a non profit charity suited to uplift men and women worldwide. Enriching with knowledge of the Creator and spiritually enlightening with information to regain consciousness in a volatile and uncertain society. June 2006, in order to fundraise for the foundation, I created Computer Technology 101 a text based manual which breaks down the specifics in laymen's terms of how to build, diagnose, and repair a Personal Computer. Along with a hands on course the Computer Technology 101 course, simplifies the most common personal computer ailments and fears. Nworcs.com is a movement to better communications creating a solid living and working environment for our future. Please visit my websites @ www.nworcs.com and www.nworcsradio.com. And join the revolution!

At age 14, Willie A. Watkins got an after-school job at Atlanta’s Thornton Funeral Home, where he remained until he opened his own service in 1982. By 1971, however, he had already obtained his state mortuary license. “I was possibly the youngest to have such a license,” he said. “I was only 20. When I got out of [Charles L. Harper] high school in 1967, I joined my buddies and enrolled at Morehouse College. I strayed for two years until they opened Guypton-Jones College of Mortuary Science. Once that happened, I made a beeline to Peachtree Street.” He worked days and went to school nights until he graduated. In 1982, with 11 years experience from Thornton, he purchased a 100-year old Victorian-style home on what was then Gordon Street in the West End .The house was owed by John Gordon, a confederate war general for whom the street was originally named. Watkins said his move was deliberate. “I bought this old house because I wanted to establish the atmosphere of this being a funeral home, not just a mortuary,” he added. Watkins stays extremely busy. Even on the day of his interview, he was constantly interrupted with phones calls. A family approached unannounced to make some arrangements, and he politely excused himself to deal with business. Such attention to detail, plus his unwavering religious faith have spelled success for him for him for the past 14 years, he said. Since his humble beginnings, he has brought his four other brothers into the business and already has plans for expansion. He admitted that he has long since outgrown his present location. “Too many people get into this business because of the money,” he said. “But me, I love the business I’m in. And because of that, I’ll go one extra mile to provide good service.”