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Founders Unfound
by Daniel Kihanya
Founders Unfound tells the stories of exceptional entrepreneurs and tech founders from underrepresented backgrounds – starting with founders of African descent. We have a regular podcast and complimentary blog created to shine a light on the broad spectrum that reflects all the diversity in entrepreneurship today. We spotlight entrepreneurs working on venture-worthy, big opportunity ideas. We know behind every founder team is an origin story that deserves to be boldly told. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Megan Graham - Ries
Megan Graham is the Founder and CEO of Ries, a new brand addressing single-use plastic waste in the beauty industry with refillable, reusable travel-size bottles designed for beauty. Megan spent her formative years in Atlanta, where her father was an anchor for CNN. She attended Florida State...
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Naza Shelley - CarpeDM
Naza Shelley is Founder and CEO of CarpeDM, an exclusive member-only dating community, created for singles seeking meaningful relationships with professional Black women. Naza is the daughter of military parents, so she lived in many places growing up. She eventually settled down in Virginia for...
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Juneteenth 2023: Flashback 2020 part 2 - Black Women Founders
JUNETEENTH 2023 - Part II In honor of Juneteenth and the 3rd anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, we thought we’d do something a little different this month. Back in June 2020, we did two episodes with black men and black women founders, capturing their raw thoughts, emotions, and insights…
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Juneteenth 2023: Flashback 2020 Part 1 - Black Men Founders
JUNETEENTH 2023 - Part I In honor of Juneteenth and the 3rd anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, we thought we’d do something a little different this month. Back in June 2020, we did two episodes with black men and black women founders, capturing their raw thoughts, emotions, and insights…
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Kofi Gyekye - Lane
Kofi Gyekye is a serial entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Lane, the world's largest and most innovative workplace experience platform, connecting 300+ properties across 22 cities and 8 countries. We are trying something a little different with this episode. Kofi along with his cofounder Clinton, has...
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Melissa Brogdon - FourthParty
Melissa Brogdon is Co-Founder and CEO of FourthParty, a justice technology company that increases access to mediation services so that people can resolve legal conflicts outside of court. Proud to hail from Oakland, Melissa was raised by an incredible role model - her great grandmother. Despite...
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Chiko Chingaya - Talisman
Chiko Chingaya, Co-Founder and CEO of Talisman, a company building the next generation of software management, offering companies a centralized overview of all their software and SaaS. Born in post-colonial Zimbabwe, Chiko moved to the US when he was 7, growing up in and around Dallas. With…
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Donald Boone - BoxedUp
Donald T Boone, Founder and CEO of BoxedUp, a B2B equipment rental marketplace, similar to the Airbnb for camera gear. Growing up in Maryland, Donald came from humble beginnings and followed his older brother in pursuit of an engineering degree at the HBCU North Carolina A&T. Donald had...
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February Flashback Clips: Kistein Monkhouse
For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Kistein Monkhouse is Founder and CEO of Patient Orator, a startup that...
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February Flashback Clips: Wole Ayodele
For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Wole Ayodele is Co-Founder and CEO of Fincra (formerly Fliqpay), a...
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February Flashback Clips: Roger Roman
For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Roger Roman, Co-Founder of AfriBlocks, the global Pan-African freelance...
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February Flashback Clips: Patrice Darby Neely
For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Patrice Darby Neely is Founder and CEO of GoTackle, the first automated...
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February Flashback Clips: Kirt Debique
For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Kirt Debique is the Co-Founder and CEO of SyncFloor, a company...
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February Flashback Clips: Evan Leaphart
For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Evan Leaphart is the Founder and CEO of Kiddie Kredit, a mobile chore...
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February Flashback Clip: Amira Rasool
For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Amira Rasool is the Founder and CEO of The Folklore, a conglomerate of...
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February Flashback Clips: Kwame Boler
For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Kwame Boler is Co-Founder and CEO of Spritz (formerly Neu), an app that...
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February Flashback Clips: Cheraé Robinson
For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Cheraé Robison is Founder and CEO Tastemakers Africa, a company that...
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February Flashback Clips: Serge Amouzou
For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Serge Amouzou is Founder and CEO of Datatrixs (formerly Finmod), a...
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February Flashback Clips: Melanie Akwule
For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Melanie Akwule is Founder and CEO of MINWO, an economic development…
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February Flashback Clips: Baratunde Cola
For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Baratunde Cola is Founder and CEO of Carbice, a company revolutionizing...
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February Flashback Clips: Ashlee Ammons
For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Ashlee Ammons is the Co-Founder of Mixtroz, a company that creates...
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February Flashback Clips: Kevin Dedner
For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Kevin Dedner is Co-Founder and CEO Hurdle (formerly Henry Health), a...
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February Flashback Clips: Dr. Sonja Ebron
For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Dr. Sonja Ebron is Co-founder and CEO of Courtroom5, a company that…
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February Flashback Clips: Wemimo Abbey
For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Wemimo Abbey is Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Esusu, the leading financial...
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February Flashback Clips: Tiffany Kelly
For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Tiffany Kelly is Founder and CEO of Curastory, a company that allows...
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February Flashback Clips: Khalid David
For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Khalid David is Founder and CEO of TracFlo, a company with a predictive...
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February Flashback Clips: Stella Ashaolu
For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Stella Ashaolu is Founder and CEO of WeSolv, a company using…
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February Flashback Clips: Marcus Bullock
For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Marcus Bullock is Founder and CEO of Flikshop, a company which helps...
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February Flashback Clips: Shanel Fields
For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Shanel Fields is Founder and CEO of MD Ally, a platform that allows...
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February Flashback Clips: Su Sanni
For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Su Sanni is Co-Founder and CEO of Dollaride, a mobility company for...
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February Flashback Clips: Kameale Terry
For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Kameale Terry is Co-Founder and CEO of ChargerHelp!, a company that...
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February Flashback Clips: Stephen Ajayi
For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Stephen Ajayi is the Co-Founder and CEO of YearOne, a company that…
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February Flashback Clips: Ezinne Iroanya-Adeoye
For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Ezinne Iroanya-Adeoye is the Founder and CEO of SKNMUSE, the premium...
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February Flashback Clips: Kahlil Ashanti
For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Kahlil Ashanti is the founder and CEO of weshowup, a company that…
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February Flashback Clips: Jim Gibbs
For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Jim Gibbs is Co-founder and CEO of MeterFeeder, a company that predicts...
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February Flashback Clips: Ashlee Wisdom
For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time to enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Ashlee Wisdom is the Founder and CEO of Health in Her HUE, a digital...
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Anthony Gantt Jr - atease
Anthony Gantt is Founder and CEO of atease, a company that qualifies and lists temporary lodging rental inventory which enables per diem government travelers to stay in accommodation types beyond hotels. Anthony grew up in Miami, in a large family with modest means. He had gifts for math, STEM…
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Chantal Emmanuel - LimeLoop
Chantal Emmanuel is Co-Founder and CTO of LimeLoop, a company that is delivering a world without waste with their reusable smart packaging. Chantal grew up in Queens, in a neighborhood without many people of color, but with a strong sense of her Caribbean heritage, surrounded by a large extended...
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Oluwasoga Oni - MDaaS Global
Oluwasoga Oni is Co-Founder and CEO of MDaaS Global, a company that is building Africa's largest network of physical and virtual diagnostic and primary care facilities, ultimately to provide quality and affordable healthcare for the continent's next billion. Soga, as he’s known, grew up in a…
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Rod Johnson - BLK & Bold
Rod Johson is Co-Founder of BLK & Bold, the preeminent black-owned coffee company in America. Black & Bold was founded with the desire to unite coffee and tea lovers worldwide through a common interest of investing in community. Rod grew up in the working-class city of Gary Indiana and eventually...
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Happy 3rd Anniversary Founders Unfound!
SPECIAL EPISODE! OUR 3RD ANNIVERSARY 🎉🎆 What an amazing three years! Since we started in 2019, we’ve had 50 episodes interviewing 50 founders from 48 companies. As of mid-2022, our guests employ close to 500, and have collectively raised over $213M in outside funding. Incredible when you think...
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Francisco Baptista - TeamSportz
Francisco Baptista is Founder and CEO of TeamSportz, a company building an AI sports platform to help team athletes enhance their performance. Francisco was born in Angola, growing during a period of civil war in that country. He used basketball as an escape from this harsh environment, first by...
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Keara Kindelynn - Foreverly
Keara Kindelynn is Founder and CEO of Foreverly, a company with a mission to make dealing with death--a little less stressful. Foreverly helps organizations support their employees who have experienced the death of a loved one. Kera was born to a family with deep roots to her hometown of…
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Sabrina Williams - SEED
Sabrina Williams is Founder and CEO of SEED, a company that helps consumers and underserved farmers grow smart and feed more by democratizing access to agriculture technology. Sabrina is a native Californian, born and raised in Compton. Her curiosity and passions led her to pursuits in...
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Sean Bovell - Invidica
Sean Bovell is Founder and CEO of Invidica, a company building a marketplace platform that is transforming the reseller economy one product at a time. Sean has an amazing background. Born in the UK, raised in predominantly white communities in Utah and Idaho, before landing in Oakland for his...
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James Chapman - Plain Sight
James Chapman is Founder and CEO of Plain Sight, a company that helps you make the right connections at events and workspaces, or connect online from anywhere. James started as an aspiring NBA player from Chattanooga Tennessee. He made it to the NBA’s D-league, but that's where that dream ended,...
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Serge Amouzou - Finmod
Serge Amouzou is Founder and CEO of Finmod, a startup that helps companies forecast financials 10X faster. Finmod’s predictive-financial projection technology uses company data sources to give decision-ready data and actionable next steps for growth. Serge was born and raised in Togo. He came to...
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Navalayo Osembo - Enda
Navalayo Osembo is Co-Founder and CEO of Enda, a company that is building on Kenya’s reputation as the global leader in distance running. With “Run Kenyan” as its motto, Enda makes running shoes in Kenya, for runners around the world. Navalayo is the first guest we’ve had on from the place of my...
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Jarrett Wright - Higher Rewards
Jarrett Wright is Founder and CEO of Higher Rewards, a company that offers nonprofits and faith-based organizations the ability to provide their members a self-branded credit card where a percentage of every purchase goes back to the organization. Jarrett is from several generations deep in the…
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Isaac Lymon - Raxplay
Isaac Lymon is Co-Founder and CEO of Raxplay, a company that enables music artists to perform live real/time concerts via virtual reality. Raxplay puts fans in the front row, VIP, and backstage - all in the comfort of their homes. Isaac was born and raised in Detroit. At an early stage, he felt...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Founders Unfound tells the stories of exceptional entrepreneurs and tech founders from underrepresented backgrounds – starting with founders of African descent. We have a regular podcast and complimentary blog created to shine a light on the broad spectrum that reflects all the diversity in entrepreneurship today. We spotlight entrepreneurs working on venture-worthy, big opportunity ideas.
We know behind every founder team is an origin story that deserves to be boldly told.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Daniel Kihanya
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