In this episode of They Tried It, host Lindiwe Davis sits down with marketing strategist and entrepreneur Sequoyah Glen, founder of 924, to unpack the realities of navigating corporate America as a Black woman, and what it takes to walk away on your own terms.

Sequoyah, also known as “Data Bae,” built a career in data, consumer insights, and marketing strategy. But behind the accolades and professional success was a pattern of being undervalued, underpaid, and underestimated in the workplace.

What followed was a masterclass in strategy.

Sequoyah shares how she learned to read the warning signs of layoffs, why she always had an exit strategy when entering a new company, and how documenting everything, from compensation gaps to workplace behavior, allowed her to n ...