WHERE’S THE FUNDING?
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The WHERE’S THE FUNDING? podcast demystifies entrepreneurship and the fog around funding for Black and other underserved entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs share their entrepreneurship journeys, fundraising experiences, and success connecting to capital to inform, motivate, and inspire other entrepreneurs on a similar journey. WTF? features interviews with investors, people who work in corporate philanthropy, grant-making, marketing, and public relations (PR). Listeners gain practical strategies, tips and actionable advice for securing funding, insights into successful fundraising strategies, guidance on navigating the funding landscape, building resilience as an entrepreneur and marketing and PR strategies to get your business seen, attract customers and generate revenues!
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How I Bootstrapped a Luxury Jet Business with Michael Darko S7 Ep. 6
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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Be Hungry But Not Thirsty When Pitching VCs with Arlan Hamilton S7 Ep. 5
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May 26, 2023 |
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Scaling Black Beauty with Leslie Roberson S7 Ep. 4
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May 19, 2023 |
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Investing in BIPOC Founders and Normalizing Black Wealth with Danielle Shoots S7 Ep. 3
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May 12, 2023 |
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Pull Up and Pitch to Win with Omi Bell S7. Ep. 2
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May 05, 2023 |
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"Milestone Season Ahead! with Michelle McKenzie S7 Ep.1 "
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May 01, 2023 |
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Changing the Funding Ecosystem for Afropreneurs with Fernando Cabral S6 Ep. 12
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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5 Fundability Factors for Building Small Business Credit with Jonathan Fodera S6 Ep.11
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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Strategies to Standout on Social Media, Market and Increase Revenues with Danielle Jeter S6 Ep.9
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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How I Show Up as Woman in a Male Dominated Industry with Vava Angwenyi S6 Ep.8
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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How to Win Business Grants with the Grant Lady Danita Doleman S6 Ep. 7
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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6 Characteristics of a Valued Business with Kevin Valley S6 Ep. 6
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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5 Ways to Improve Your PR and Business Communication with Phoenix Jackson S6 Ep. 5
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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I Am the Big Deal: Fundraising and Entrepreneurship Lesson Learned with Kadion Preston S6 Ep. 4
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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5 Things Women of Color Should Do to Improve Their Access to Capital with Adeola Adejobi S6 Ep. 3
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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Growing from Zero to One with Drew Glover S6 Ep. 2
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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What’s Keeping Me Here with Michelle McKenzie S6 Ep.1
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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How Foundation and Government Grants Stifle Social Innovation with Linc Kroeger S5 Ep.12
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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How to Win Grants to Fund Your Beauty Startup with Ezinne Iroanya S5 Ep. 11
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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What You Need to Know About Black Philanthropy and How to Benefit From It with Dr. Jackie Copeland S5 Ep.10
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Investor Shares What Every Startup Founder Should Know About Structuring a Successful Board with Mahendra Ramsinghani S5 Ep.9
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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This White Male Investor Uses His Privilege to Help Underrepresented Founders Raise Capital with Steven Freidmutter S5 E8.
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Family Business Expert Breaks Down the Secrets to Building Business and Family Legacy with Nike Anani S5 Ep.7
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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5 Things Women of Color Should Do When They Fundraise with Susan Jeffers S5 Ep.6
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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How I Raised $50M in Real Estate Capital with Martine Flowers S5. Ep.5
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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She Was Told If Your Fund Fails No One Will Ever Invest in Black Entrepreneurs Again with Kelli Jones S5 Ep. 4
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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She Quit Her Job After Two Weeks on YouTube and Built The Onyx Family Media Empire Without Funding with Rita Mitchell S5 Ep.3
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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Why Non-Dilutive Revenue-Based FInancing is an Alternative to VC with Melissa Winder S5 Ep.2
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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How I Used Corporate Sponsorships to Grow a Seven-Figure Business with Chantel George S5 Ep.1
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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How I Help Small Businesses Achieve Marketing Success With No Gimmicks with Lindsay Sims S4 Ep.12
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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Learn Why Equity-Free Funding is Not Really Free with Ropa Muromba S4 Ep.11
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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How We Funded 17 Supply Chain Tech Companies in Year One With A Small Fund with Brian Aoaeh S4 Ep.10
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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The 4 Rules of Traditional Banks and Wall Street and Why They Work Against You with Curtis May S4 Ep. 9
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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S4. Ep. 8 Mastering Marketing for Small Business Owners with Marketing by Monrae
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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What I Learned From An Angel Investor Transformed My Business with Nick Davis S4 Ep. 7
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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A White Business Man and a Black Preacher Join Forces to Raise a Fund That Targets Black Founders with Keith Daniel and Tom Droege S4 Ep.6
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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How this Entrepreneur Remained Resilient During the 9 Years it Took to Raise a Series A Round with Affiong Williams S4 Ep.5
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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How to Navigate Gender Bias and Fundraise with Confidence with Ada Osakwe S4 Ep.4
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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What this DEI Expert Thinks Will Make the Funding Ecosystem More Equitable For Black Founders with Aiko Bethea S4 Ep.3
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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How I Bootstrapped My Way to a Successful Business When VCs Said No with Walle Mafolasire S4 Ep.2
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May 27, 2022 |
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This Nurse is Relentlessly Building the Next Billion-Dollar Tech Startup with Funding From the Healthcare Community with Keisha Manning S4 Ep.1
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May 20, 2022 |
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How I Conquered Fear of Rejection and Increased Funding for My Business with Hadija Jabiri S3 Ep.14
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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Why I'm Avoiding Venture Capital to Build an ESG- Focused Company with Javion Blake S3 Ep.13
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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M&T Bank Helped Me Go From Selling Goods From My Trunk to a Supermarket Owner with Perpetual Amoah and Mballou Conde-Kouyate S3 Ep.12
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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Why Funding Immigrant Founders is Good for the American Economy with Chinedu Enekwe S3 Ep.11
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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Obama Speech Writer and Developer of the Technology Behind iHeart Radio Talks Fundraising for His Latest Venture, Nedl with Ayinde Alakoye S3 Ep.10
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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This Engineer+Investor is Raising a $30M Pan-African VC Fund to Help Confident+Smart Women Bring Needed Solutions to Market with Hema Vallabh S3 Ep. 9
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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Why More Female Accredited Investors Should Become Angel Investors with Lisa Friedlander and Stephanie Marshall S3 Ep. 8
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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Why Angel Investing is Addictive with Angel Investors Tasha Jones and Aurelia Flores S3 Ep.7
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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Learn Why Deal Flow to African Startups Has Been Growing with Africa: The Big Deal Co-Founder Max Cuvellier S3 Ep.6
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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This Healthcare Exec Turned Investor+Entrepreneur Believes That Investing in Women+Health=Wealth with Ann-Marie Hosang Archer S3 Ep.5:
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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With Support From The Right Investors This Entrepreneur is Helping Low Income People Avoid a Debt Trap with Raeesa Gabriels S3 Ep.4
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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This Marketer+Investor is Helping Portfolio Companies Increase Marketing Results with Chen Hindi S3 Ep.3
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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Despite Being Harvard and Yale Educated This Couple Struggled to Raise Capital Until They Moved From the US to Mauritius, Africa with Lucia Brawley S3 Ep.2
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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How Gender Bias in the Funding Ecosystem Keeps Good Businesses Out of the Market with Aysha Tegally S3 Ep. 1
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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This Doctor Grew Her First-Year Business to 6-figures Helping Black Female Physicians Swerve Burnout and Find Purpose with Dr. Omolara Uwemedimo S2 Ep.20
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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This Doctor Turned Investor Helps Healthtech Startups Connect to Capital with Dr. Loleta Robinson S2 Ep.19
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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Learn How Unconventional Capital is Connecting Early-stage African Startups to Seed Capital with Franziska Reh S2 Ep.18
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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Enabling Access to European VCs and Normalizing Investment into Black & PoC-led Seed-stage Tech Ventures with Jessye Bimono S2 Ep.17
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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How Lack of Succession Planning Costs Black Family Businesses and What They Can Do About It with Nike Anani S2 Ep.16
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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One of Africa's Top Investors is Backing Founders Turning Africa’s Biggest Challenges into Global Businesses with Adenike Sheriff S2 Ep.15
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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With Limited Funding This Young Kenyan Launched an Ed-tech Startup that is Transforming Kenyan Education with Kiko Muuo S2 Ep.14
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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Real Estate Investor Teaches People How to Buy Vacant Land With No Financing with Jantzen Young S2 Ep.13
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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These Angel Investors Created are Investing in African Women Building Profitable and Scalable Businesses with Torera Abiola and Aysha Tegally S2 Ep.12
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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Entrepreneur Helps Women Producers Connect to Markets and Increase Incomes with Comfort Adjahoe-Jennings S2 Ep.11
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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Young Ghanaian Engineer Designed a Machine That Helps Rural Farmers + Keeps Students In Classrooms with Jeffrey Appiagyei S2 Ep.10
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May 23, 2021 |
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College Friends Created a Crowdfunding Platform That Helps Smallholder Farmers Raise Financing with Seyram Kofi Mantey + Eugene Ofori Asiedu S2 Ep.9
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May 23, 2021 |
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The Black Opportunity Cost for Black Entrepreneurs with Tinotenda Chibebe S2 Ep. 8
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May 23, 2021 |
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WHERE’S THE FUNDING Trailer
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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How Female Founders Can Use Gender Bias to Their Advantage with Umulinga Karangwa S2 Ep.7
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Apr 18, 2021 |
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From Vegan Restaurant Owner to Nigeria's First Plant-Based Food Tech Company with Hakeem Jimo S2 Ep.6
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Apr 18, 2021 |
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Fund Manager Turned Entrepreneur Scaled a Beauty Business + Is Raising an Art Fund for Artists with Freda Isingoma S2 Ep.5
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Apr 18, 2021 |
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Private Equity Firm Is Going Against the Grain to Invest in African Countries Most Investors Avoid with Franklin Akunli Amoo S2 Ep.4
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Apr 18, 2021 |
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Business Advisor Shares Advice African Entrepreneurs Can Apply Immediately to Improve their Business Process and Results with Violet Nyondo S2 Ep.3
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Apr 18, 2021 |
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This Award-Winning Coach and Tech Founder Is on a Mission to Fund and Develop Wearable Tech Founders with LaKisha Greenwade S2. Ep. 2
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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BAYI Capital Is on a Mission to Bring Made In Africa Products to the Global Market with Temidayo Adebayo S2 Ep.1
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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Season 2: Intro - Thank You! and What’s Next for Season 2
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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Costs to Consider When Self-Publishing and Starting a Publishing Company with Morgan Limo S1 Ep.19
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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Why Microcredit is as Important in the US as it is in Africa with John Kavyavu S1 Ep.18
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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African Tech Founder Created a Contact Tracing App for Ebola Tracing in West Africa that Can Help with COVID with Evelyn Lewis S1 Ep.17
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Nov 26, 2020 |
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How the Founder of Mansa Colabs is Bridging the Entrepreneurship and Funding Gap on Two Continents with Samuel Suraphel S1 Ep.16
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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Brooklyn-raised and Nigerian-bred Social Entrepreneur is Developing to Spark a Generational Revolution in Africa with Seun Shokunbi S1 Ep.15
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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This Harvard Grad' Says Her MBA Didn't Prepare Her for Entrepreneurship When She Took Over the Family Business with Naa-Sakle Akuete S1 Ep.14
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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How I Used $30 to Build A Successful Skincare and Beauty Brand with Eugenia Akuete Ep. 13
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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How I Started A Tech Company and Raised Half A Million As A Non-Technical Founder with Nichelle McCall-Browne S1 Ep.12
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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How I Fundraised to Build A Clean Beauty Brand from Up-cycled Banana Waste with Shirley Billot S1 Ep.11
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Jul 22, 2020 |
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So Much to Say with Michelle McKenzie and Lydia Nylander Speak S1 Ep. 10
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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Why Funding for African Creative Sector is Critical with Mabinty Koroma-Moore and Wakiuru Njuguna Part 2 S1 Ep.9
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Jun 24, 2020 |
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How We are Creating Greater Development and Fundraising Impact in Africa with Mabinty Koroma-Moore and Wakiuru Njuguna Part 1 S1 Ep.8
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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Why Small Business Is Big Business in the State of Maryland with Daniel Koroma S1 Ep.7
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Jun 03, 2020 |
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Cuisine, Community and COVID with Margaret Kamara S1 Ep. 6
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May 20, 2020 |
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Why Entrepreneurs Should Hyper Focus on Sales and Profits to Grow a Successful Business with Desiree Young S1 Ep.5
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Apr 30, 2020 |
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The Economic Impact of COVID on Micro-entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets with Iddy John S1 Ep.4
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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How this Entrepreneur Remains Resilient Through the Difficulties of Fundraising with Francesca Opoku S1 Ep.2
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Mar 18, 2020 |
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How I Recovered From Failing in Big Box Retail and How to Avoid My Mistakes with Funlayo Alabi S1 Ep.1
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Mar 06, 2020 |
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WTF?: What This Show is and Why It's Important with Michelle McKenzie and Lydia Nylander S1 Ep.0
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Feb 27, 2020 |