5/10 Joah Spearman (Localeur): From Sneaker Boutique to Tech Entrepreneur
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Joah Spearman is the founder and CEO at Localeur, a website and app that makes it possible for people to experience what the locals eat, drink, and play wherever they go. Localeur has been called one of the best travel apps. Joah is one of the few African-American technology founders to have raised more than $5 million.
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4/10 Dawn Dickson (PopCom): Raising venture capital with eyes wide open
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Dawn W. Dickson is a serial entrepreneur and founder CEO at PopCom, a startup developing future-ready solutions for vending and self-service retail and Flat Out of Heels (rollable flats for women). She’s spoken for, or been given awards by Forbes, Black Enterprise, Fortune Magazine and more
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REWIND: Mandela SH Dixon - How to build a successful startup
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A special edition of the OF10podcast - a revisit in honor of Afrotech 2018 with my homegirl Mandela SH Dixon who is super insightful and helpful for tech founders trying to raise funds, get traction, and build good businesses. She's founder at FounderGym, an online training center for underrepresented tech founders, and she gave the playbook to a standing room only audience at Afrotech this year. She was also the MC for the entire 2017 event. She just shines bright.
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REWIND: Frederick Hutson - How to succeed when your past decisions limit future potential
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This is a special edition of the OF10podcast - a revisit in honor ofAfroTech 2018 with my guy, Frederick Hutson, who gave another incredible talk at AfroTech 2018 - he also gave a dope talk back at the 2017 event also. I wanted you to hear his story - I think he’s a complete inspiration for people out there who feel like the odds may be stacked against them and that past decisions limit their potential.
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REWIND: Danielle Leslie - Collect the $$ bag by monetizing your content & expertise through online courses
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This is a special edition of the OF10podcast - a revisit in honor of Afrotech 2018 with Danielle Leslie who had arguably Top 3 talks at Afrotech 2018. Every time Danielle is on stage or is featured anywhere, she always provides so much value. I wanted you to hear the gems she also dropped on this episode in case you missed it or just in case you need a refresher.
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REWIND: Everette Taylor - How to break into startup marketing & tips for startups to find their audience
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This is a special edition of the OF10podcast - a revisit in honor of Afrotech 2018 with guest, Everette Taylor who just gave FIRE talk at the largest Black Tech Conference in the world. He dropped many gems on stage, and I wanted you to hear the gems he also dropped on this episode in case you missed it or just in case you need a refresher.
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3/10 Erin Horne McKinney (Jumpstart): Be cautious of where you pursue startup capital, and the importance of black led technology and media companies.
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Erin Horne McKinney is Managing Partner for Inclusion at Jumpstart, an accelerator and venture capital firm in Ohio, and she's Co-Founder at Black Female Founders. She previously served as Senior Advisor on Innovation and Entrepreneurship to the mayoral administration in DC.
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2/10 Rod Robinson (ConnXus): Finding startup success in B2B and Why more black owned companies aren't generating millions
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Rod Robinson is the founder and CEO of ConnXus, a supplier diversity software company that connects diverse suppliers to Fortune 2000 companies. He spent nearly 20 years as chief procurement officer at a major telecom, and as a management consultant with firms like Accenture and AT Kearney.
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Season 5 Advance Episode: 1/10 Marlon Nichols (Cross Culture Ventures)
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Season 5 Coming Soon! Enjoy this advanced release of episode 1/10!
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10/10 Mandela SH Dixon (Founder Gym): How to get your startup funded, Networking hacks, and Love languages
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Mandela SH Dixon is co-founder at Founder Gym, an online training center that teaches underrepresented founders how to build successful tech startups.
info_outlineRodney Sampson is the Chief of Diversity + Inclusion Initiatives at TechSquare Labs in Atlanta. TechSquare is an incubator, seed fund, and co-working space in the heart of Atlanta’s prominent Technology Square - an area near Georgia Tech where more engineers graduate than MIT and Stanford combined.
He’s an MBA, entrepreneur with 2 exits, an Author and Bishop.
He’s responsible for casting Troy Carter on Shark Tank, worked on Mark Burnett’s The Bible Series and Mel Gibsons Passion of the Christ, as well as The Chronicles of Narnia, and so much more.
We discuss the economic divide, Atlanta's startup scene, and budding engineers.
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