# How I Built Resilience: Live with Troy Carter

- Show: [How I Built This](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this)
- Published: 2020-06-06
- Length: 23m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2020-06-06-how-i-built-resilience-live-with-troy-carter

## Summary

Troy Carter, founder of Q&A and Atom Factory, discusses the dual crises of the pandemic and racial injustice, explaining how the music industry's reliance on touring has been catastrophically disrupted while digital content remains viable. He highlights the systemic racial inequities in the music business, noting that despite Black culture driving the industry, Black executives are severely underrepresented in leadership roles. Carter argues that the current moment represents a 'merger of the left behind' across racial lines, driven by economic disparity, and calls for empathy and structural change rather than handouts.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2020-06-06-how-i-built-resilience-live-with-troy-carter#t=0) Introduction: Troy Carter and the Context of Resilience
- [1:42](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2020-06-06-how-i-built-resilience-live-with-troy-carter#t=102) Personal Impact: Family Safety and Systemic Bias
- [6:38](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2020-06-06-how-i-built-resilience-live-with-troy-carter#t=398) Historical Context: Reckoning with America's Past
- [13:58](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2020-06-06-how-i-built-resilience-live-with-troy-carter#t=838) Industry Disruption: Touring vs. Digital Content
- [16:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2020-06-06-how-i-built-resilience-live-with-troy-carter#t=975) Cultural Response: Music as Healer and Political Statement
- [17:17](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2020-06-06-how-i-built-resilience-live-with-troy-carter#t=1037) Systemic Inequity: Representation in Music Leadership
- [21:49](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2020-06-06-how-i-built-resilience-live-with-troy-carter#t=1309) Future Outlook: Economic Divide and Empathy

## Topics

- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)
- [Direct-to-consumer & e-commerce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/direct-to-consumer)
- [Marketing & brand](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/marketing-and-brand)
- [Policy, trade & tariffs](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/policy-trade-and-tariffs)

## Most relevant to

established companies

## Mentioned

- Q&A (company)
- Atom Factory (company)
- Lady Gaga (other)
- John Legend (other)
- Megan Trainor (other)
- Charlie Puth (other)

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