Ashlee Ammons - Mixtroz

OUR SPONSORS FOR THIS EPISODE: AfriBlocks The global pan-African freelance marketplace and collaboration platform. Tell them "Dan sent you" for 10% off your first order. More at afriblocks.com Cascadia Cleantech Accelerator powered by VertueLab and CleanTech Alliance This 15-week program delivers mentorship, connections, funding opportunities, and more. For early-stage cleantech startups looking to launch and scale their businesses. Checkout at cascadiacleantech.org In this episode Ashlee and Dan discussed: Interning for LeBron James How an awkward networking event gave birth to Mixtroz Working alongside her mom as Co-Founder The journey from Cleveland to NY to Nashville to Birmingham Where to find the best rollercoasters in the world Ashlee Ammons is the Co-Founder of Mixtroz, a company that creates serendipity at live and virtual events using real-time surveying along with their unique algorithm. Ashlee has an amazing journey - from Ohio to New York, Tennessee, and eventually to Alabama. She’s gone from interning with Lebron James to becoming one of the first few African American Women to raise over $1M in venture funding. She's also been named as Entrepreneur Magazine's "100 Powerful Women" of 2019. To top it all off, Ashlee has known her co-founder literally her whole life (spoiler alert, they're related!). Make sure to listen to her incredible story. MORE on ASHLEE and MIXTROZ Ashlee: linkedin.com/in/ashleeanneammons instagram.com/shemixalot87 Mixtroz: mixtroz.com twitter.com/Mixtroz instagram.com/mixtroz Follow Founders Unfound : Like and share - help us grow! PODCAST TRANSCRIPT #blackfounders #blackentrepreneurs #founderstory #underrepresented #underestimated #founderAfricandescent #eventtech