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Chef Shuai Wang was the runner-up on the 22nd season of Bravo’s Top Chef and is the force behind two standout restaurants in Charleston, South Carolina—Jackrabbit Filly and King BBQ—where he brings together the flavors of his childhood in Beijing and the spirit of the South in some pretty unforgettable ways. He grew up just a short walk from Tiananmen Square, in a tiny home with no electricity or running water, where his grandmother often cooked over charcoal. Later, in Queens, New York, his mom taught herself to cook—her first dishes were a little salty, but they were always made with love. And somewhere along the way, Shuai learned that cooking wasn’t just about food—it was about taking care of people. After years working in New York kitchens, he made his way to Charleston and started building something that feels entirely his own. Today, we’re talking about how all those experiences come together on the plate, the family stories behind his cooking, and what it’s been like to share that journey on national TV. For more info visit: southernliving.com/biscuitsandjam Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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Everyone’s chatting about ChatGPT, but how does one successfully leverage this AI to grow a startup? Without increasing the work load, distracting your engineers, disrupting the work flow and causing headaches for founders? Our guest, Shanif Dhanani, is here to help! He’s the founder of Locusive, where he and his team help businesses understand and build systems that connect their internal and proprietary systems to ChatGPT, enabling internal employees, customers, and other stakeholders to reap the benefits of using large language models on their own data. Shanif has a strong background in software and data science. He built machine learning, analytics, and software systems at large companies like Twitter and Booz Allen, smaller startups like Apteo, where he was the founder, and TapCommerce, which was one of the world's first mobile advertising platforms. To learn how Locusive can help your startup integrate ChatGPT, please visit: https://www.locusive.com/ Connect with Shanif and Locusive on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanifdhanani/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/locusive/about/ 00:00 - meet Shanif! 08:00 - serial founder stories 13:00 - entrepreneurship is the best personal development program 16:00 - what is ChatGPT and how does it work 17:00 - how can startups safely use ChatGPT 19:00 - how ChatGPT helps sales enablement processes 25:00 - how do you protect your proprietary data when using ChatGPT 28:00 - excellent founder fundraising advice and insights 33:00 - how to not distract your engineers when adding ChatGPT 35:00 - ChatGPT helps a startup move faster without a lot of resources and risk 37:00 - start small, stay focused! Stitch that on a Pillow! 42:00 - stop working when you're tired and feeling burned out - do not push yourself Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife #chatgpt JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons WBENC APPLICATION I LOVE helping female founders of B2B businesses with their WBENC applications! Send me an email requesting a 15-minute convo: ande@andelyons.com SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.
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Everyone’s chatting about ChatGPT, but how does one successfully leverage this AI to grow a startup? Without increasing the work load, distracting your engineers, disrupting the work flow and causing headaches for founders? Our guest, Shanif Dhanani, is here to help! He’s the founder of Locusive, where he and his team help businesses understand and build systems that connect their internal and proprietary systems to ChatGPT, enabling internal employees, customers, and other stakeholders to reap the benefits of using large language models on their own data. Shanif has a strong background in software and data science. He built machine learning, analytics, and software systems at large companies like Twitter and Booz Allen, smaller startups like Apteo, where he was the founder, and TapCommerce, which was one of the world's first mobile advertising platforms. To learn how Locusive can help your startup integrate ChatGPT, please visit: https://www.locusive.com/ Connect with Shanif and Locusive on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanifdhanani/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/locusive/about/ 00:00 - meet Shanif! 08:00 - serial founder stories 13:00 - entrepreneurship is the best personal development program 16:00 - what is ChatGPT and how does it work 17:00 - how can startups safely use ChatGPT 19:00 - how ChatGPT helps sales enablement processes 25:00 - how do you protect your proprietary data when using ChatGPT 28:00 - excellent founder fundraising advice and insights 33:00 - how to not distract your engineers when adding ChatGPT 35:00 - ChatGPT helps a startup move faster without a lot of resources and risk 37:00 - start small, stay focused! Stitch that on a Pillow! 42:00 - stop working when you're tired and feeling burned out - do not push yourself Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife #chatgpt JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons WBENC APPLICATION I LOVE helping female founders of B2B businesses with their WBENC applications! Send me an email requesting a 15-minute convo: ande@andelyons.com SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.
Whether you're a tech founder or a non-tech founder, you need help to successfully scale a startup. Our guest, Software Engineer turned “The Mary Poppins of Startups”, Naily Makangu, is passionate about bringing her multi-faceted toolkit to lead complex software projects and launch products. With over ten years of experience, she has a proven track record of turning around struggling technical projects and organizations, from seed startups to large corporations such as Siemens Industry Software. Naily has a gift for bridging the gap between tech teams and the rest of the business to ensure successful project delivery. As a Startup Advisor and Tech Consultant, she’s helped several startups and scaleups improve the maturity of their teams while continuing to deliver what customers expect. Investors count on her to help keep their startups teams on track, reducing the need to breathe down their necks. Naily is committed to fostering innovation and growth in the startup community via Athena Leaders' "Tech and Product Catalyst". The"Tech and Product Catalyst" is designed to empower startup founders and investors alike. It helps startups close, onboard, and manage more clients, particularly in the B2B sector and prepare for investor scrutiny and due diligence. We improve startup maturity level, enabling faster building, launching, and scaling. Investors can benefit from additional support for struggling startups in their portfolio. 💥 Check out Naily's Tech and Product Catalyst 👉 http://athenaleaders.com/tech-and-product-catalyst 🎤 Check out "The Mary Poppins of Startups Podcast" giving your startups or business the tools to build your first prototype, reach product-market fit and blossom 👉 https://bit.ly/PodcastAthenaLeaders 💻 Sign up to Naily's 1-1 Tech & Product Mentoring sessions 👉 https://bit.ly/1-1FreeTechMentoring 👋 Connect with Naily Makangu on LinkedIn 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/nailymakangu/ Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons…
Fostering connection among employees and company leaders is hard enough to do within brick and mortar walls. Building company culture and forging employee relationships without the four walls is a challenge many companies are failing at today. Our guest, Dave Wilkin, is an award-winning serial LGBTQ+ entrepreneur who grew up in a small, rural town, and experienced firsthand that mentors and meaningful connections were critical to accessing career-progressing and skills development opportunities. He solved this problem by launching Ten Thousand Coffees (10KC) and building the only all-in-one talent experience platform for inclusive mentoring, employee connectivity, and skills development. Dave also helps equity-seeking groups leverage 10KC’s platform to access critical mentoring and career progressing networks through some of the largest social impact organizations in the world including ALPFA, Ascend, Black Professionals in Tech Network and more. Stay tuned for an inspirational fireside chat with an extraordinary entrepreneur on the Startup Life Show! To learn more about 10KC, please visit: https://www.tenthousandcoffees.com/ Thank you for tuning in to the show - let me know what you think of Dave's startup story in the comments - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #inspirationalstories #startupstories #startuplife JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE WBENC Application Send me an email: ande@andelyons.com CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life Show! ande@andelyons.com.…
You are not built to do life alone. But how do you get the real support you need to navigate the real life events you’re sailing through? This delicious conversation on the Startup Life Show is with Tamar Blue - the fab female co-founder of MentalHappy – an online health platform that provides access to peer support and group therapy, especially for people of low-income, underrepresented populations, and people living in rural areas. What I especially loved about this conversation was how Tamar’s life beautifully prepared her to be the ideal co-founder of MentalHappy! From her hugely successful volunteer program in high school called Safety Ambassadors to her dual degree in econonmics and sociology, to her 10 years in corporate environments teaching her how to drive revenue and manage gross profits, to addressing her own challenges with anxiety and panic attacks and being bullied as a first-generation Haitian American. Tamar’s lived experiences uniquely prepared her to be the ideal co-founder of her startup! I know you will enjoy hearing Tamar’s inspirational startup stories and learn why … and how… she left the paycheck and benefits behind to launch a social impact, Y Combinator backed startup: MentalHappy. To learn more about MentalHappy, please visit: https://mentalhappy.com To learn more about MentalHappy’s Wefunder Campaign, please visit: https://wefunder.com/MentalHappy. Connect with Tamar and Mental Happy on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamarlucienblue/ and https://www.linkedin.com/company/mentalhappy/ Thank you for tuning in to the show - let me know what you think of Tamar's startup story in the comments - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com inspirationalstories #startupstories #startuplife JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of celebrating diverse founders' inspirational startup stories, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.…
Less than 2% of Venture Capital funds go to Women and Minority Owned Businesses. Our guest, Professor Banu Ozkazanc-Pan, is the Founder and Director of the Venture Capital Inclusion Lab at the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship at Brown University. With $260,000 in funding from the Kauffman Foundation, Banu launched the lab to investigate WHY this abysmal under 2% number exists and find ways to solve it. During our delicious conversation we dove deep into the data pool to learn what Banu and her team have uncovered and how this data may help improve the funding of under resourced founders . The Venture Capital Inclusion Lab was started in 2018 with funds from Professor Bah-nu’s Kauffman Foundation grant to examine the decision-making and network behaviors of VCs. Today, the Lab focuses efforts on understanding and solving funding inequities in the VC industry through data-driven research, education and advocacy. Banu is also a Professor of Practice at the School of Engineering and Academic Director of the IE Brown University Executive MBA program. Her research interests are mainly in the areas of diversity and inclusion in organizations and in entrepreneurial ecosystems. To learn more about the Venture Capital Inclusion Lab, please visit: https://vcinclusion.com Tap this link to connect with Professor Banu on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/banuopan/ Check out Banu's startup, Derpy Doggy and it's clean, gluten-free products here: https://www.derpydoggy.com/ Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #venturecapital JOIN STARTUP LIFE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE WBENC Application Send me an email: ande@andelyons.com CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life Show! ande@andelyons.com. WHAT WE LEARNED 00:00 - meet Professor Banu Ozkazanc-Pan 06:00 - Sylvester Myer ! 08:00 - Professor Banu's origin story 12:20 - teach entrepreneurship transform the teacher 18:30 - why we don't see equity and inclusion in the VC industry 21:20 - why it took so long for women to be included at VC firms 25:00 - gender stereotypes in venture capital prohibit funding of women and minority owned businesses 27:00 - the challenges for Emerging Funds Managers 29:00 - Ande's soap box moment (sorry, not sorry!) 33:00 - response to Scroobious' Founder Allison Byers 35:50 - Village Capital's Framework Study 40:00 - changing the VC mindset to be inclusive is a hard task 46:00 - education and alumni networks benefit men 50:20 - white males need to support women getting funded…
Our guest, Tonia Jahshan, was recovering from a difficult time in her life when she had her first cup of tea… and it was love at first sip. You will be inspired by her startup story and will love hearing how she built her direct sales wellness drink empire to extraordinary heights, by building a thriving, committed community, one sip at a time. Tonia is the founder of Sipology, a multi-million dollar direct sales company selling wellness drinks and accessories. Tonya founded Sipology after suffering a miscarriage and traveling to Nova Scotia for a pause. While there, she had her first cup of Earl Grey de la Crème tea, and for the first time in weeks, things felt better. She launched Sipology in 2007 to share the healing power of tea with the world. In 2012, Tonia pitched the business on Dragons’ Den (Canadian Shark Tank) and accepted an offer from Dragons Jim Treliving and David Chilton, skyrocketing the business to new heights. BTW: Tonia's pitch is the all time best pitch at Dragons' Den and is used as an example for potential guests pitching to be on the show. Also, Sipology's deal holds the record for the fastest closing of a deal on the show. Today, Sipology does millions in annual sales and has tens of thousands of consultants selling its products. The company has been recognized as one of Profit 500 Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies, and Tonia was named Canada’s #1 Female Entrepreneur by W100 and 1 of 6 Women to Watch by Forbes. Watch Sipology's Dragons' Den pitch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV_AqVsorxQ To learn more about Sipology, please visit: https://www.sipology.com Connect with Tonia and Sipology online via these social platforms: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sipology/ and https://www.instagram.com/toniajahshan/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/steepedteainc and https://www.facebook.com/ToniaJahshan/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonia-jahshan-29977410/ Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE WBENC Application Send me an email: ande@andelyons.com CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.…
Veleké Brown is dedicated to addressing food insecurity through a program focused on ensuring access to fresh produce for those in underrepresented communities and creating systems of sustainable agriculture. It's called Operation No Food Gap, and it's changing lives through learning how to grow and harvest and eat fresh produce, while ending food insecurity in marginalized neighborhoods. Veleké dives deep into her decades experience as the non-profit founder of E-Roadmap, a 501c3 nonprofit that works with after-school programs, school systems and various organizations to empower and equip youth with life-altering unique skills to eradicate poverty of mind. You'll learn about building a non profit board, nurturing donor and sponsorship relationships, how to always be learning and growing, fundraising and networking advice for non profit leaders - and more! You will love meeting this awe*mazing educator, organizer, social innovator and a connector with a focus on youth development. You can find Veleké in the classroom, at the local City Hall or on the front lines feeding the homeless. She changes lives, everywhere she GLOWS! To learn more about Operation No Food Gap, please visit: https://nofoodgap.org To learn more about E-RoadMap, please visit: https://www.e-roadmap.org/about Please connect with Veleke via LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/velek-brown-5a5344a/ Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife WHAT WE LEARNED: 00:00 - Meet Veleke Brown! 06:00 - How she learned entrepreneurship from her Grandfather and Father 09:00 - Black entrepreneurship 12:00 - Launching a non-profit startup 14:40 - Best non-profit Board advice 18:30 - Founders need to always be learning and growing 21:30 - How to build a donor base and attract Sponsors 23:00 - Best networking advice for non-profit founders 25:30 - Outstanding advice for raising funds for a new non-profit 40:00 - How to turn an abandoned property into a thriving produce-filled garden 43:30 - There's a hunger issue in Palm Beach County 52:00 - Delicious founder journey advice JOIN STARTUP LIFE SHOW MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE WBENC Send me an email to learn how I can help you with this important application: ande@andelyons.com CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.…
Bootstrapping is how many newly minted founders launch their startup. Using their own savings and borrowing capability to get their business off the ground. However, lack of funding can cause a founder to freeze, to get caught in a mindset chokehold that prevents them from moving forward... from seeing solutions. How do you get unstuck? Our guest, Tiana Sanchez, is the queen of dissolving mindset blocks that keep folks from achieving their dreams. AND… she shares outstanding advice and pathways to help you bootstrap your business to achieve traction and increase valuation ... because when you can increase valuation through bootstrapping, investors will be more interested in your deal… and you’ll keep a much higher percentage of the equity in your business. Tiana is the CEO and Founder of TSI LLC (Tiana Sanchez International), a leadership and development company helping organizations train and develop a more competent, confident, caring and collaborative workforce. Tiana is also a Number 1 bestselling author, executive coach, corporate trainer, keynote speaker, and host of Like a REAL Boss podcast. Tiana’s public and private sector corporate training and development client list includes Sony Pictures, BMW, Mercedes Benz, and California State University Long Beach. She is the author of two books: “Undefeatable” (https://amzn.to/42Yj59Q) and “F’D Up – The UPside of Failure” (https://amzn.to/3BxziqC) and is well known for her engaging, high-energy keynote presentations at Leadership Conferences, Women’s Conferences, Higher Education Events, and Company Retreats. To learn more about Tiana's services, please visit: https://tianasanchez.com Follow and connect with Tiana via these social platforms: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/tianasanchez/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TianaSanchezFanPage/ Twitter @LikeARealBoss https://twitter.com/likearealboss Instagram @LikeARealBoss https://www.instagram.com/likearealbosslady Tiana's Books: Undefeatable: Conquering Self-Defeat https://amzn.to/42Yj59Q F'd Up: The UPside of Failure Kindle Edition https://amzn.to/3BxziqC Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #bootstrap #mindsethacks WHAT WE LEARNED: 00:00 - meet Tiana Sanchez 07:00 - Tiana became an entrepreneur after a painful layoff 11:00 - what's your talent stack? 13:00 - Hot Dog and a Stick - loooove this story! 16:36 - how to dissolve external blockers (competition!) 19:00 - how Tiana launched and built her business without a degree and resources 30:00 - Undefeatable - Conquering Self-Defeat 37:00 - to make money, you have to spend money 40:00 - how to build partnerships and collaborations to grow your business 44:00 - F'D Up: The UPside of Failure JOIN STARTUP LIFE SHOW MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons WBENC APPLICATION Don't leave money on the table! Reach out to me to find out how I can help you apply for a WBENC Certification: ande@andelyons.com Join Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomen SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life Show! ande@andelyons.com.…
Everyone’s chatting about ChatGPT, but how does one successfully leverage this AI to grow a startup? Without increasing the work load, distracting your engineers, disrupting the work flow and causing headaches for founders? Our guest, Shanif Dhanani, is here to help! He’s the founder of Locusive, where he and his team help businesses understand and build systems that connect their internal and proprietary systems to ChatGPT, enabling internal employees, customers, and other stakeholders to reap the benefits of using large language models on their own data. Shanif has a strong background in software and data science. He built machine learning, analytics, and software systems at large companies like Twitter and Booz Allen, smaller startups like Apteo, where he was the founder, and TapCommerce, which was one of the world's first mobile advertising platforms. To learn how Locusive can help your startup integrate ChatGPT, please visit: https://www.locusive.com/ Connect with Shanif and Locusive on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanifdhanani/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/locusive/about/ 00:00 - meet Shanif! 08:00 - serial founder stories 13:00 - entrepreneurship is the best personal development program 16:00 - what is ChatGPT and how does it work 17:00 - how can startups safely use ChatGPT 19:00 - how ChatGPT helps sales enablement processes 25:00 - how do you protect your proprietary data when using ChatGPT 28:00 - excellent founder fundraising advice and insights 33:00 - how to not distract your engineers when adding ChatGPT 35:00 - ChatGPT helps a startup move faster without a lot of resources and risk 37:00 - start small, stay focused! Stitch that on a Pillow! 42:00 - stop working when you're tired and feeling burned out - do not push yourself Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife #chatgpt JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons WBENC APPLICATION I LOVE helping female founders of B2B businesses with their WBENC applications! Send me an email requesting a 15-minute convo: ande@andelyons.com SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.…
It takes a considerable amount of courage, purpose, resilence and tenacity to bring a Micro Mobility (scooter-bike!) startup to life! With an entrepreneurial spirit that was evident from a young age, our guest – Emil Nnani - took the business world by storm when he launched his first venture at just 17 years old. His tenacity and vision led him to achieve his first million in sales by the age of 22. A serial and seasoned entrepreneur, Emil takes us on a wonderful journey through his earlier businesses - a mechanic business, a clothing line, a singing career (hip hop Christian music) and an errand driver business, where he honed his entrepreneurial skills, ideally preparing him for his current startup: Boaz Bikes. As the Founder and CEO of Boaz Bikes, Emil took a vision of a safer scooter, while supporting underserved communities, and created a groundbreaking electric scooter and E-Bike MaaS platform that has transformed the landscape of urban transportation by solving first and last-mile transportation problems for cities across the globe. Learn more about Boaz Bikes here: https://www.boazbikes.com/ Join Boaz Bikes Investor Waitlist here: http://eepurl.com/gilQEX Connect online with Emil and Boaz here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boazbikes/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emil-nnani-82aa2065/ and https://www.linkedin.com/company/boaz-bikes/ Here's what we learned: * why Emil, while building one business, saw a way to create safer, more equitable scooters and stopped everything to build Boaz Bikes * how Emil's earlier clothing business gave him the resources and relationships he needed with overseas vendors to help him secure the best manufacturers for Boaz Bikes * all about per minute rental revenue business model * why you can't insure scooters * why equity crowdfunding is a better alternative for minority business owners to raise capital (Emil raised over $2.0 million with his first campaign!) Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestpodcastforstartups #startupstories #startuplife 00:00 - meet Emil and Boaz Bikes! 08:55 - a Christian hip hop artist is born 12:00 - why email launched Christ Like Clothing brand 16:00 - Errand Driver - what worked and what didn't work 19:00 - why it's so hard to raise money from VCs when you're a minority startup owner 24:00 - how Boaz Bikes came to be 36:00 - Boaz Bikes business model 41:00 - Scooters can't be insured 50:00 - Emil's favorite mindset hack JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons WBENC Application Reach out to me - I can help you! ande@andelyons.com SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.…
Leveraging LinkedIn as a Startup Founder is a different strategy than when you were an employee. You need to build your authority as the leader of your new business, while appealing to potential investors, business partners and talent. Our guest, Donna Serdula, is a leading authority on LinkedIn profile optimization. As the founder and president of Vision Board Media, a professional branding company, Donna helps individuals and companies tell their unique stories on LinkedIn and beyond. Via her website LinkedIn-Makeover.com, Donna and her team of over 20 writers and coaches help people collide with opportunity and transform their lives via future-forward career branding. Donna has authored two editions of LinkedIn Profile Optimization FOR DUMMIES, and she has been featured on many news outlooks, including Forbes, Business Insider, Wall Street Journal’s Market Watch, LA Times, and NBC. Learn more about Donna and how she helps folks with a Linked Makeover here: https://www.linkedin-makeover.com/ Connect with Donna on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/todonna Hire Donna to speak here: https://donnaserdula.com/ Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers from Boston! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #linkedinoptimization #leveragelinkedin #linkedinforstartupfounders #startupfounders WHAT WE LEARNED 00:00 - Meet Donna Serdula 06:00 - How to add Career Break to Your LinkedIn Profile 09:00 - Donna's origin story 16:00 - You have to educate your target audience, sales and marketing is not enough 19:50 - How to brand your profile on LinkedIn 25:50 - How to use LinkedIn Profile Optimization 28:00 - zhuzh up your profile every month or two (pro tip!) 34:00 - Getting asked to author a For Dummies edition for LinkedIn Profile Optimization 38:00 - The best strategy for your LinkedIn headline 40:00 - How to connect and invite on LinkedIn 47:00 - The best advice for using LinkedIn's search engine 50:00 - How to optimize your time on LinkedIn 55:00 - Use LinkedIn's Bell feature JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE WBENC APPLICATION SUPPORT Learn more here: https://bit.ly/GetWBENC Send me an email: ande@andelyons.com CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Join Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomen Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.…
Knowing when to form and build a Board of Directors is a challenge for many startup founders. Once the Board is formed, how to manage and communicate with the Board presents an additional burden on founders. Our guest, Mahendra Ramsinghani, co-authored Startup Boards: Getting the Most of Your Board of Directors with Brad Feld, and has all the insights and advice you need to skillfully navigate this important segment of your startup’s structure. Currently, Mahendra is the Founder of Secure Octane - a cybersecurity seed fund based in the San Francisco Bay area. He’s invested in over fifty pre-seed and seedstage companies and, as the former Director of Venture Capital Initiatives for Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), Mahendra led the legislation for two Fund-of-Fund programs in Michigan. Mahendra is also the author of two additional books - The Business of Venture Capital and The Resilient Founder. To purchase a copy of Startup Boards: A Field Guide to Building and Leading an Effective Board of Directors, please visit: https://amzn.to/3N7Yfjz Connect with Mahendra via these links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahendraram/ Website: https://www.thebusinessofvc.com/ Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers from Boston! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #boardofdirectors #startupboards #buildingeffectivestartupboards #founderadvice WHAT WE LEARNED 00:00 - Meet Seasoned Startup Investor Mahendra Ramsinghani 09:00 - Mahendra's origin story 13:00 - Not knowing what to do can be either paralyzing or empowering 18:00 - Mahendra's investor journey - how it began and how it's going 25:00 - Secure Octane 32:00 - When does a startup need to establish a Board 34:00 - Who should be on a Board and how many members are needed based on stage of funding: Seed/Series A-D 36:30 39:00 - Legal requirements for Boards and fiduciary responsibilities 41:00 - What are the Board's responsibilities and what are the Founder's responsibilities 43:20 - Who is in charge 45:00 - Communication strategies and intellectual honesty 48:00 - How does a Founder deliver bad news to a Board of Directors 54:00 - Board of Director's Compensation Packages 57:00 - How to off-ramp a toxic Board Member JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE WBENC APPLICATION SUPPORT Learn more here: https://bit.ly/GetWBENC Send me an email: ande@andelyons.com CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Join Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomen Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.…
With 20+ years working for the post office, our guest had a dream to one day own her own postal store with the ability to individualize customer service and provide guidance. In the spring of 2019 that dream came true when Tiffany Townsend founded Ship Black, a logistics super center focused on serving black owned e-commerce businesses. Ship Black is a one-stop-shop for startup businesses. It provides fulfillment services, education, and guidance in the customer service realm to elevate its customers’ ecommerce business and the effectiveness of their supply chain. Tiffany is also an advocate for autism awareness, regularly volunteering her time and resources to support local organizations, and providing warehouse apprenticeship training and jobs, which helps individuals gain the necessary skills and knowledge to succeed in the logistics and warehousing industry. To learn more about SHIP BLACK, please visit: https://shipblack.com To receive the education you need to succeed at shipping with your business, please visit: https://shipblackuniversity.com For a FREE Consultation with Tiffany and her team, please email: info@shipblackuniversity.com and put FREE in the subject line. Connect with Tiffany and SHIP BLACK on social here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ship-black/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffany-townsend-sb/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shipblackco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shipblackco/ Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers from Boston! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #fulfillmentcenter #blackownedbusiness #supportingblackownedbusinesses #ecommerce WHAT WE LEARNED: 00:00 Meet Tiffany Townsend 07:00 - Turning a dream into a reality 12:00 - Buying an existing business 14:00 - Pandemic pivot = mobile mailroom for Tiffany's community! 20:00 - How serving customers ecommerce needs created SHIP BLACK - a one-stop-shop fulfillment center 25:00 - Tiffany used Houston Ship Station for a seamless integration into all ecommerce platforms 29:30 - The Pound Cake Story - how Tiffany saved an act of kindness during the pandemic 30:00 - The BEST ecommerce shipping advice you'll ever receive 36:00 - Bootstrapping your business to success 39:00 - Mailing solution specialist - Tiffany's educational arm of SHIP BLACK: https://shipblackuniversity.com 44:00 - NOW is the time to fix and enhance all your product shipping needs! 49:00 - the cheapest way is not always the BEST way 50:40 - shipping insurance advice and insights 53:00 - how Tiffany serves the autism world with specific training and skills learning for folks on the Spectrum JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE WBENC APPLICATION SUPPORT Learn more here: https://bit.ly/GetWBENC Send me an email: ande@andelyons.com CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Join Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomen Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com…
Social media strategies often leave you feeling like you're working for the social media platforms. Our guest and his team built an AI solution that helps make social media actually work for you and your business. Rhys Ryan, is the Co-Founder, CEO and Chief Engineer of Ekkobar, an AI solution giving you control over social media and the narrative you want to tell. Ekkobar uses social listening to keep an eye on the conversation and lets you know if anything needs immediate attention. There’s also a web-based assessment platform letting you dig deep into the conversation to understand what is being said and how best to respond. Rhys began his career working for Fortune 500 tech companies such as Microsoft, HP, and Tandem. At these companies, he was able to utilize his degrees in computer science and math to create new computing techniques for cryptography, security, and early-day data science. Over his career Rhys has created award-winning patented technology that brought audio, video, telephony, natural language processing, and data science into the entertainment world. Tap the link to RSVP and join me for a delicious conversation with Rhys. You’ll learn how his startup is helping brands control their narrative on social media while refining their ability to engage with customers. Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers from Boston! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #brandreputation #controlthenarrative #socialmedia #activeintelligence WHAT WE LEARNED ON THIS EPISODE: 00:00 Meet Rhys Ryan 09:00 - Mediocrity in large corporate environments led Rhys to launch his own business 12:00 - an extraordinary lived experience in tech from the 70s, 80, 90s and 00s 14:00 - I solve problems - this is the common thread of every founder 18:30 - Why True Blood should have used Rhys' algorithm! 24:00 - We spent five years to build ekkobar - here's what we learned 28:00 - How ekkobar could have help Bud Light 30:00 - The For and Against AI model 38:00 - Best advice for neurodiverse founders on how to negotiate the startup landscape with an Asperger's brain JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE WBENC APPLICATION SUPPORT Learn more here: https://bit.ly/GetWBENC Send me an email: ande@andelyons.com CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Join Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomen Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.…
April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. Our guest, Rajia Abdelaziz, is the Co-Founder and CEO of invisaWear, the best safety jewelry and fashion accessories technology on the market. From her own personal experience, Rajia understands how important it is to feel safe. She was walking to her car after an event at college, when a car full of guys pulled up next to her, yelling frightening comments at her, and when one of the guys started to get out to take action, Rajia was able to run and get in her car, unharmed. However, the feeling of being extremely helpless did not go away. Which is why, at just 21 years old, Rajia and her Co-Founder, Ray Hamilton, developed invisaWear, a life-saving technology for jewelry and fashion accessories. invisaWear’s smart jewelry and accessories allow users to instantly connect with friends, family and authorities in case of an emergency. They look like necklaces, bracelets, keychains, fitness bands, and even scrunchies… but they are actually safety devices! With a double press of the button on the accessory, ADT Security sends a discreet alert containing the GPS location to up to 5 pre-configured emergency contacts and optionally alerts authorities. ADT is able to connect directly with 9-1-1 dispatchers at the nearest dispatch department and send help if needed. In just two years, Rajia and Ray developed the hardware and software, got the app approved on both iOS and Android, and over the following 3 years raised $3 million in funding to develop invisaWear's wide range of smart jewelry and accessories. With over 560k followers and 32 million views, invisaWear’s TikTok channel consistently educates viewers on sexual assault awareness and other protective and defensive measures folks can take to stay safe. Rajia is a BostInno 25 Under 25 Recipient and has a Dual degree (B.S.) in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. To learn more about invisaWear please visit: https://www.invisawear.com/ Follow invisaWear on social media here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/invisawear/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@invisawear Connect with Rajia on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajiaabdelaziz/ Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers from Boston! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #lifesavingtechnology #sexualassaultawarenessmonth #sexualassaultprevention JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE WBENC APPLICATION SUPPORT Learn more here: https://bit.ly/GetWBENC Send me an email: ande@andelyons.com CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Join Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomen Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com. What We Learned: 00:00 Meet Rajia Abdelaziz 11:00 - Believe in yourself 15:00 - how to be a success entrepreneur at 21 23:40 - best co-founder advice for startups 26:00 - how invisaWear built its MVP 30:00 - leveraging an Indiegogo campaign for tract…
To be their best selves, both professionally and personally, women need time in a welcoming space and place. Our guest, Shubhi Rao, spent years as a senior executive at Fortune 100 companies and understands how important women-centric spaces are for professional and personal growth. That’s why she launched Uplevyl, a global digital platform designed to transform the lives of all professional women through shared experiences, peer connections, and highly curated, personalized content. A software engineer, finance and corporate executive, board member, global citizen, community leader, daughter, wife and mother, Shubhi is uniquely qualified to help women around the world to level up their skillsets and mindsets in a safe, female-centric online platform. Shubhi has served as a senior executive with Alphabet Inc./Google, Tesco (U.K.), PricewaterhouseCoopers (U.K.) and Ford Motor Company, among others. She also sits on the board of directors for organizations such as the Open Lending LLC, Center for Global Development, and International Center for Research on Women. To learn more about Uplevyl, please visit: https://www.uplevyl.com Follow Uplevyl on social media here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/uplevyl Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uplevyl/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/uplevyl To learn more about Linking Ventures, please visit: https://linkingventures.com/ Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers from Boston! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #femalecentric #professionaldevelopmentforwomen #femaleleadership #femaletechfounder JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE WBENC APPLICATION SUPPORT Learn more here: https://bit.ly/GetWBENC Send me an email: ande@andelyons.com CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Join Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomen Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.Ande ♥…
Having a Mentor is an essential part of career growth, especially for the under-networked tech worker. Our guest, Kirk Fernandes, is the Co-Founder of Merit, a tech mentorship and recruiting platform for the under-networked. Merits mission is to democratize the professional network by giving every knowledge worker in the world a world class network. With 6,000 members, the majority of which are women and people of color, Merit is is self funded by its community and team. Kirk has a decade of product leadership at Microsoft, Hightower, and VTS. He has mentored and managed 100s of product managers, designers and engineers throughout his career, and he’s deeply passionate about building products, brands and teams. To learn more about Merit, please visit: https://www.get-merit.com/ Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers from Boston! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com#bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #hrtech #mentorshipmatters JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE WBENC APPLICATION SUPPORT Learn more here: https://bit.ly/GetWBENC Send me an email: ande@andelyons.com CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Join Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomen Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com. #hrtech #undernetworked #mentorshipmatters #techmentorship…
Bootstrapping your startup without relying on raising capital and loans is an ideal strategy, especially given the current investor and banking landscape. Our guest, Melissa Widner, has the best advice to help you launch and build your startup, without raising capital. She’s the CEO of Lighter Capital, the pioneer and leader in revenue-based financing for tech startups, founders, and companies. Previously, Melissa was the Managing Director of NAB Ventures, the VC arm of the National Australia Bank, and a General Partner at Seattle based SeaPoint Ventures. A seasoned founder, Melissa has first-hand experience building a business from the ground up. She was the founder and CEO of 7Software, a Silicon Valley based enterprise software company acquired by Concur (Nasdaq: CNQR, acquired by SAP). Melissa is also the co-founder and Chairperson of Sydney-based Heads Over Heels, an organization that supports women entrepreneurs running companies with high growth potential. To learn more about Lighter Capital, please visit: https://www.lightercapital.com/ To learn more about Heads Over Heels, please visit: https://www.headsoverheels.com.au/ Follow Lighter Capital via these social platforms: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissawidner/ and https://www.linkedin.com/company/lighter-capital/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lightercapital/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LighterCapital/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LighterCapital Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers from Boston! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #raisingcapital JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE WBENC APPLICATION SUPPORT Learn more here: https://bit.ly/GetWBENC Send me an email: ande@andelyons.com CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Join Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomen Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com. Ande ♥ #raisingcapital #femalefounders #bootstrapstrategies #startupstrategiesandadvice…
40 million drivers can't transition to electric vehicles without an affordable and convenient EV charging infrastructure. Increasing access to affordable public charging not only encourages the adoption of EVs, but leads to cleaner air and healthier communities. Our guest, Tiya Gordon, is Co-Founder and COO of itselectric, a cleantech startup bringing EV charging to the millions of drivers who cannot charge at home as they park their cars on city streets. itselectric does this by overcoming city electrical grid limitations by using energy from buildings to power a publicly accessible curbside charger. In return, they share revenue with the property owners. It is a collaborative economic model and one that allows for EV chargers to be deployed within cities at speed and at scale. Tiya has spent over 20 years in design, leadership, and operations across a range of disciplines for some of the country’s top firms and institutions. Her work has received the industry’s top accolades, including The National Design Award from the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. To learn more about itselectric, please visit: https://www.itselectric.us (tap the Get Involved tab!) Follow and connect with the itselectric team via these social platforms: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/itselectric/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itselectric_co/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/itselectric_co Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #evchargingstations #cleantech JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE WBENC APPLICATION SUPPORT Learn more here: https://bit.ly/GetWBENC Send me an email: ande@andelyons.com CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Join Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomen Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.…
When people are given the opportunity to take someone else’s point of view - walk a mile in someone else’s shoes - bias against stigmatized groups is reduced. Our guest, Aubrey Grant, MD, is the Co-Founder and Chief Equity Officer of Equity Commons, where he and the team are integrating a unique blend of cross-disciplinary research, cutting edge technology, and established discussion-based learning to bring organizations highly effective and engaging approaches to address the complexities of implicit bias. Dr. Grant is a clinical sports cardiologist at Harvard University/Massachusetts General Hospital with specialty training in advanced cardiac imaging. He is dedicated and passionate about investigating health disparities. As a cardiology fellow at Georgetown University, he began serving with the American Heart Association to raise awareness on inequities in medicine. Outside of clinical duties, Dr. Grant is passionate about implicit bias and leveraging technology and innovation to create thoughtful and engaging mitigation strategies for physicians. To learn more about Equity Commons, please visit: https://equity-commons.com/product Follow Equity Commons on social via: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/equity-commons/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/EquityCommonsVR Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #virtualreality #implicitbias JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE WBENC APPLICATION SUPPORT Learn more here: https://bit.ly/GetWBENC Send me an email: ande@andelyons.com CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Join Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomen Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.…
He had zero experience in the liquor industry. He didn’t have a background as a food scientist. He knew no one, had no connections, and had never worked in a bar, restaurant, or distillery. What our guest, Jackie Summers, did have was an abundance of audacity, passion, and the ideal Mentor, who helped him quickly build the social capital and liquor industry knowledge he needed to launch a liqueur brand from Brooklyn, NY! After 623 failed attempts, Jackie was able to create the first-ever shelf stable version of a 500-year-old beverage he called Sorel: an Hibiscus flavored, Caribbean classic, handcrafted artisanal liqueur. In 2016 Jackie was unable to keep up with demand and had to close down Jack From Brooklyn. But he never lost sight of his dream, and relaunched the brand in 2021, partnering with America’s oldest distiller, Laird & Company, where he can produce thousands of bottles of Sorel. Jackie is a James Beard Finalist, a seasoned public speaker, and has many accolades to his credit, including being ranked among the world’s “100 Most Influential Bar Industry Figures” by Drinks International Magazine for 4 years in a row and being named one of The 50 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Food. To learn more about Sorel, please visit: https://sorelofficial.com/ Follow Jackie and Sorel on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theliquortarian/ https://www.instagram.com/sorelofficial/ Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife #blackownedbusiness JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Join Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomen Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com. Ande ♥…
Innovation is often inspired by biomimicry - the design and production of materials modeled on biological entities. Our guest, Sissi Liu, is passionate about solving complex societal problems with cutting-edge technology, and she was inspired by the metalmark butterfly for her innovative new product. After nearly 20 years in clean tech/sustainability, entrepreneurship, and venture investing, Sissi co-founded Metalmark Innovations to tackle air quality and climate change challenges. Metalmark Innovations is a Public Benefits Corporation and is releasing its patent-pending product: Tatama, the first self-cleaning commercial air purifier. Inspired by the nanostructure of the metalmark butterfly’s wings, Tatama provides air cleaning with HEPA-grade filters that capture 99.97% of airborne particles. Once a month, Tatama quickly destroys the captured materials and renews the filter for the next cycle, resulting in indoor air that’s far cleaner than outdoor air, without the hassles of typical air purifiers. You can learn more about Metalmark Innovations here: https://www.metalmark.xyz/ Follow Metalmark on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/metalmark/ Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Join Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomen Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com. #biomimicry #airquality #climatecrisessolutions #publicbenefitscorporation…
Many parents are seeking ways to give their children a better head start financially in life. Our guest, Ksenia Yudina, is a chartered financial analyst, a Mom, and the Founder and CEO of UNest, an app that empowers parents to easily invest and save for their kids’ future. After coming to the U.S. from Russia at 18, Ksenia took on $180,000 in debt to pay for college. She quickly realized that many other graduates were strapped with debt and saw a need for a more accessible savings vehicle than the traditional 529 that requires confusing paperwork and fees. In 2020, Ksenia launched UNest, and has raised over $38 million from well-known VCs to build her fintech platform into a popular savings and investment vehicle for parents. With many of UNest’s team members located in Ukraine, on February 24, 2022, Ksenia had to work around the clock to evacuate her team members to safety. To learn more about UNest and download the app, please visit: https://www.unest.co Be sure to follow UNest on LinkedIn and Twitter here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/u-nest/ https://twitter.com/UNest Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com bestpodcastforstartups #startupstories #startuplife JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Join Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomen Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com. Ande ♥ #fintechfounder #startupstories #raisingcapital #femalefounder #startupstrategiesandadvice…
Research shows that aligning company and personal purpose improves productivity, retention, and overall wellness in the workplace. Greg Sloan, CFP®, CEPA, CPMTM, is the Chief Purpose Officer and Co-Founder of Go Beyond, a talent development company that leverages behavioral science and technology to help companies attract, engage, and grow their people. Go Beyond has humanized and gamified the purpose discovery process for both company and worker. Their SaaS platform includes on-demand videos, self-guided exercises, and behavioral assessments to build a purpose-centered culture. With over 25+ years of experience in financial services, Greg is a serial founder who discovered the benefits of activating personal purpose in the workplace and loves sharing this knowledge with other leaders. To try Go Beyond, please visit: https://www.gobeyond.work/solutions/purpose-pulse and select "try it for yourself" and receive 15% off using promo code Ande15. Measure the 6 Factors driving disengagement, turnover, and burnout: https://www.gobeyond.work/solutions/purpose-pulse Connect with Greg and Go Beyond via these social platforms: Greg Sloan’s personal LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregonpurpose/ Company LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/go-beyond-work/ Greg Sloan’s personal Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greg.sloan.520 Company’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trygobeyond.work Greg Sloan’s personal Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregonpurpose Twitter: https://twitter.com/GoBeyond_work Greg Sloan’s personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gregonpurpose/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gobeyond.work/ Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife #hrtechstartup JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com. Ande ♥…
How does one take a brilliant expertise and turn it into a thriving, profitable B2B tech platform serving thousands of paying customers? Our guest, Lee Rubin, is the CEO and Co-Founder of Confetti, a young, well-funded startup helping companies create memorable, easy-to-plan experiences that inspire dynamic workplaces, encourage healthier offices, and motivate happier, more holistic teams. Today Confetti is loved by 2,500+ businesses such as Google, Facebook, Spotify, and many other startups, firms and agencies. A visionary culture leader with a decade of experience in B2B sales, Lee is one of the world’s experts on remote event planning. Under her leadership, Confetti scaled from $0 to $12 million in annual revenue within 2 years using only $2.5 millon in funding. Lee now leads a team of 60 people who support a customer base of over 4,000 unique paying companies. Her hope is that Confetti not only offers a place for people to easily and quickly book these experiences, but to be a vehicle that changes the relationship people have with their jobs and the people they work with by making it more meaningful. To learn more about Confetti, please visit: https://www.withconfetti.com/ Connect with Lee and follow Confetti via these social platforms: Lee via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rubinl/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/with_confetti/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/withconfetti/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/withconfetti Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife #femalefounder JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com. Ande ♥…
Supporting and funding entrepreneurs is a terrific way to accelerate economic development in a community. Our guest, Ian Cain, is the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of QUBIC Labs, a startup incubator and innovation hub focused on helping entrepreneurs and innovators to develop world-class companies to serve businesses, governments, and people. QUBIC Labs is located in Quincy, MA – the birthplace of many famous founders and innovators: from John Adams and John Hancock to Howard Johnson’s ice cream parlors and hotels, and our beloved Dunkin Donuts. Ian also serves his local community as an elected representative to the City Council in Quincy, MA, a member of the Board of Directors at Bay State Community Services, and a member of the Board of Advisors at the Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton. To learn more about QUBIC Labs, please visit: https://www.qubiclabs.com Follow QUBIC Labs online via: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/qubiclabs Twitter: https://twitter.com/qubic_labs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qubic_labs Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestpodcastforstartups #startupstories #startuplife JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Join Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomen Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com. Ande ♥…
Founders – you work so hard to be prepared for investors' questions during your pitch presentations. But are you qualifying those investors? Your time is valuable, and you need to minimize the chance of wasting your time with investors who will not invest in your startup. Our guest, Alex Iskold, is a 4x founder, a software engineer, an investor in over 150 startups, and the Founder and a Managing Partner at 2048 Ventures, where he leads pre-seed rounds, backs visionary founders who are creating technologies of the future, with a specific focus on biotech, deep tech, platform and API companies. Alex writes one of the top startup blogs (a personal fave!), called Startup Hacks, and is a life-long learner and deeply interested in Complexity Science and Systems Thinking. (https://www.startuphacks.vc/) Prior to founding 2048 Ventures, Alex spent 5 years at Techstars as the Managing Director of its NYC program. He was also the founder and CEO of Info Lab (acquired by IBM), founder and CEO of GetGlue (backed by USV, RRE, Time Warner), and a Chief Architect of distributed computing startup DataSynapse (acquired by TIBCO). Alex currently serves as a Coach and a VC in Residence at the Harvard Business School, and he previously taught an award-winning undergraduate computer science class at NYU. 11 Questions Founders Need to Ask Investors During the First Meeting https://www.startuphacks.vc/blog/2016/09/21/11-questions-founders-need-to-ask-investors-during-the-fist-meeting 30 Questions Investors Ask During Fundraising https://www.startuphacks.vc/blog/2016/09/13/30-questions-investors-ask-during-fundraising To learn more about 2048 Ventures, please visit: https://www.2048.vc/ Follow Alex via: Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexiskold LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iskold/ Startup Hacks: https://www.startuphacks.vc/ Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestpodcastforstartups #startupstories #startuplife JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Join Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomen Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.…
Karen Lee is on a mission to reimagine e-commerce for beauty lovers by providing a trusted market place for buying and rehoming new beauty products. Glou Beauty is empowering beauty lovers to become more conscious consumers, pushing against an industry that encourages over-consumption. As the first consumer-to-consumer re-commerce marketplace for beauty, Glou enables consumers to easily buy and sell makeup, skincare, and beauty products. The platform is an environmentally friendly option as it both minimizes waste and maximizes the useful life of a beauty product, while allowing consumers to shop different beauty brands and products at an accessible price point. Good for the planet, good for the wallet! An actor, sailor, polyglot, robot-fixer, and beauty product encyclopedia, Karen spent 8+ years in fashion and luxury and, in just 5 years, earned her HBA & MSc from Ivey Business School, and an MiM from CEMS schools Tsinghua University and Bocconi University. To learn more about Glou Beauty and it's rehoming platform, please visit: https://www.glou.co Follow Glou Beauty everywhere it glows: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gloubeauty/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/glou-beauty/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gloubeauty Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Join Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomen Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com. Ande ♥…
You don’t have to come up with a terrific idea to become an entrepreneur. You can buy and scale an already established business! Our guest, Allegra Stennett, is the Co-Founder of New Majority Capital, an impact investing firm that addresses the racial and gender wealth gaps in the United States by providing training and capital for BIPOC and women entrepreneurs to buy and scale existing small businesses. Prior to launching NMC, Allegra completed an MBA at MIT Sloan School of Management and an EdM in Education Policy & Management at Harvard Graduate School of Education. After graduating at Andrews University, Allegra was a commercial and investment banker at J.P. Morgan for 5 years, where she covered a variety of multi-billion dollar client relationships in the Healthcare, Industrials, Oil & Gas, and Nonprofit sectors; launched a second language program to prepare 5,000 tri-state employees for expat assignments; and was the only person in her banking cohort to personally close a $100 million transaction. To learn more about New Majority Capital, please visit: https://newmajoritycapital.com/ To learn about New Majority Capital's Wefunder Campaign, please visit: https://wefunder.com/newmajoritycapital Be sure to follow Allegra and New Majority Capital on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/new-majority-capital/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/allegrastennett/ Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife #racialwealthgap JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Join Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomen Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.…
Helping schools help students is a mission that began in Alyse Maslonik's childhood. From living in a domestic abuse shelter to creating a self-funded business that now raises millions of dollars for under-privileged children, Alyse has experienced it all. At age 21, with a measly $63 dollars to her name, she packed up everything she owned and set out on a journey to change her life. By the age of 23, she was managing a multi-million-dollar property asset in Charlotte, NC and went on to become one of the youngest Sales & Marketing Representatives for a custom home builder in the Charlotte region, where she developed a love of helping people achieve their own piece of the American dream through home ownership. With fierce determination and a belief that she could make a difference, Alyse founded RedefinED Advisors LLC, a strategic development partner for non-public and private schools that now offers a wide array of services to help schools grow funding and enrollment. As CEO of RedefinED Advisors LLC, Alyse continues her lifelong mission through the Triumph Over Tragedy Scholarship Award, which provides additional scholarships to students that have demonstrated their ability to triumph over tragedy and who have remained resilient in the face of adversity. To learn more about RedefinED Advisors, please visit: https://www.redefiningeducation.org/ Connect with Alyse and RedefinED Advisors on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/redefiningeducation/ Here's the link to the TECH IN MOTION Fireside Chat: https://events.techinmotion.com/fireside-chat-c-light-technologies The link to Dan Pallotta's Ted Talk: https://youtu.be/bfAzi6D5FpM Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startupadvice JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.…
The chemical industry has become the third largest contributor of greenhouse gas emissions, with more than half of its resources ending up in waste streams. Our guest, Daniela Blanco, Co-Founder & CEO of Sunthetics, is solving this global problem by making the chemical industry more sustainable by helping it fast-track innovation, which leads to better materials and more efficient processes. Daniela obtained her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from New York University (2020). At Sunthetics, she developed ground-breaking machine-learning platforms that enable the development of new chemicals, materials, and processes up to 15 times faster, significantly reducing R&D emissions by up to 95%. Daniela has multiple patents on sustainable chemical technologies and has been named Forbes 30 Under 30 in Energy North America, Rising Star in Sustainability, Top Innovator Under 35 in Latin America by MIT Technology Review, Top Female Founder by Inc Magazine, Top Graduate Inventor by Lemelson-MIT, Global Student Entrepreneur Champion, and Brightest AI-CI Mind by the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence. Her story and vision led her to co-star in National Geographic’s recent documentary, Own the Room, available to stream on Disney+. To learn more about Sunthetics, please visit: https://sunthetics.io/ Please follow Sunthetics on social here: Instagram: @suntheticsml LinkedIn: Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestpodcastforstartups #startupstories #startuplife JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons…
If you build it they will come is a popular myth in the startup ecosystem. Our guest, Cindy Fossouo, Founder & CEO of Information Systems Builder, loves solving the problem facing many tech founders: how to market their products and services to their ideal customers. Her San Francisco-based firm is a branding and marketing company providing services for tech startups seeking to differentiate their product and stand out in a crowded and noisy world. From competitor research to building a sales funnel, Information Systems Builder gives the tech founder and their team the framework they need to reach their target market and revenue projections. Cindy is also a deal partner at a venture capital firm where she helps connect startups with capital. Through the success of Information Systems Builder, Cindy’s goal is to help other startups succeed in every way possible. To learn more about Information Systems Builder, please visit: https://www.informationsystemsbuilder.com. Connect with Cindy on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindy-fossouo-a2b9791b8/ Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.…
Innovative products, services and behavior changes are key ingredients for solving the world’s most pressing issues. Our guest, Lori van Dam, is the CEO of Hult Prize, an organization that inspires student entrepreneurs to solve the world’s biggest challenges through innovative social enterprises with positive global impact. Hult Prize was launched in 2009 by a group of Hult International Business School students with the support of the Hult family, founders and owners of EF Education First, and benefactors of the Hult International Business School. Through its year-long competition, over 100,000 young people in 120 countries work to create high-impact startups that address the annual challenge in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Finalists pitch their businesses to a panel of expert judges, and the winning team receives 1 million USD in funding to make their idea a reality. Prior to joining Hult Prize, Lori spent six years as an executive leader for Susan G. Komen, as executive director of The One Fund Boston, which was created by the Mayor of Boston and Governor of Massachusetts to provide support for the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing victims, and for 20 years she worked for EF Education First, a global education company. To learn more about the Hult Prize, please visit: https://www.hultprize.org/ Follow the Hult Prize on these social platforms: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hultprize/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hultprize/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hultprize LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hult-prize-foundation/ Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife #hultprize JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com. Ande ♥…
Founders - you will be INSPIRED by and UPLIFTED from this delicious conversation with global clean beauty brand founder Kim Roxie! Southern belle, seasoned makeup artist, licensed esthetician and member of the Cosmetic Executive Women, our guest – Kim Roxie – experienced firsthand how multicultural women have been overlooked in the clean beauty market. At the age of 21, with a $500 investment, she opened her own makeup shop that catered to multicultural women in her hometown of Houston, Texas. After running her shop for 14 years Kim launched LAMIK Beauty in 2020 as an e-commerce clean beauty company making LAMIK the first black-owned clean makeup brand carried by the major beauty specialty retailer, Ulta.com – changing the clean beauty game in Houston, Texas and beyond. Kim has received numerous awards including the Barack Obama and Joe Biden Lifetime Achievement Award for Community Service, the Houston Business Journal’s “40 under 40,” the Innovation Map Award’s “Top Founder under 40”, the American Business Journal’s Most Influential Young Executives and “one of the 30 Black Stars” by Face2Face Africa. She is so beloved by her hometown, that the City of Houston formally named June 23rd as Kim Roxie day in her honor! At 46:00 on the audio, Kim demonstrates how to use LAMIK's Revelation Brow Due while chatting with us - awe*mazing! https://lamikbeauty.com/collections/b... To learn more about LAMIK Beauty and to purchase products, please visit: https://lamikbeauty.com Please follow LAMIK Beauty on social: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LAMIKCosmetics Instagram: https://instagram.com/lamikbeauty Twitter: https://twitter.com/lamikbeauty Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥…
Who’s ready for some tea from the leading source for LGBTQ+ business news, served with dignity and depth? Our guest, Travers Johnson (he/him), is the Founder & CEO of Queerency, an award-winning LGBTQ+ business media startup, and the Creator of LGBTQ+ Business Week, an annual 7-day celebration of queer-owned small businesses. The winner of the Google News Initiative Pitchfest and the Maynard Institute Media Entrepreneurship Award, Travers’ delicious delivery of the queer economy news through Instagram and TikTok reels has made him a worldwide favorite media founder! An award-winning content strategist and editor with 15 years of experience in digital media, book publishing, and email marketing with companies including Penguin Random House, Edelman, Mailchimp, and Scholastic, Travers was trained at Morehouse College and Georgetown University, and is passionate about helping people tell their stories across various mediums. To learn more about Queerency, please visit: https://www.queerency.com Follow Queerency on social media here: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@queerency Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/queerency Subscribe to Queerency's Newsletter here: https://www.queerency.com/newsletter Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestpodcastlforstartups #startupstories #startuplife JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com. Ande ♥…
You’re never too old to realize a new dream and build an innovative tech business. Our guest, Danielle D. Duplin, is the Founder and President of FreeWind Productions, an award-winning public speaking coach, and an executive producer of strategic innovation programs. She’s also a beloved Mentor and Pitch Coach to hundreds of startups and scaleups via MassChallenge, FinTech Sandbox, Leading Cities Accelerator (Smart CitiesTech), TechStars, JETRO (Japan’s BioTech), AGENCY (AgeTech), and AARP AgeTech Collaborative – many of which have raised millions of dollars and won ‘best in show’ challenges. Danielle’s latest entrepreneurial venture is Founder of AGENCY: Worldwide Innovation for Living Longer and Aging Better, a global community of innovators focused on improving the aging journey; as well as Cofounder of the Founders Over 55+ Collective to help “late in life” founders grow their companies and signal a counternarrative to ageism. Please reach out to Danielle via email: danielle@freewindproductions.com You can learn more about launching a business after 55 by visiting: https://www.agencytoinnovate.com and connecting with them online via: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/agency-cic/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AGENCYCIC Connect with Danielle on these social platforms: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielledduplin/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanielleDDuplin Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com bestpodcastforstartups #startupstories #proaging #livelonger JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.…
Menstruation is one of the many bodily issues women have been taught to suppress. Our guest, Rachael Kim, said “enough with the silence,” and is actively changing the social conversation around menstrual health. She’s the Co-Founder and CEO of My Comma—an organic period care subscription platform amplifying women/BIPOC led brands to menstruators, and powering new routines. My Comma represents the pause to take care of oneself, acknowledge the different facets of you, and the fact that it takes more than yourself to change the social conversation around menstrual health. This work gave rise to the Femtech Salon series taking place in LA, ATL, MIA with other high growth cities — to support and amplify diverse femtech founders by creating more connected ecosystems in their respective local cities. A Forbes Trailblazer, Rachael is a Northwestern and London School of Economics alum who spent 10 years working for Strategy, Risk, and Analytics in Accenture. As an ex-corporate intrapreneur turned social impact entrepreneur, after experiencing health issues, she uses her superpowers for gender equity, particularly period equity while supporting overlooked businesses. To learn more about My Comma, please visit: https://mycomma.life/ Newsletter subscription link: https://mycomma-news.beehiiv.com/subscribe The Quarterly box subscription link: https://mycomma.life/products/the-quarterly. Follow My Comma on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mycommalife/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mycomma/ Connect with Rachael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachael-m-kim or via email here: rachael@mycomma.life. Check out Shine Registry for your business shower or to gift a founder: https://www.shineregistry.com/ Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com. Ande ♥…
What do you get when you combine beautiful dispensers, a sanitizer people love to use, and a commitment to doing business in a better way? A hand sanitizer system that prevents more plastics from polluting our planet and helps to remove existing plastics too! Our guest, Ashley Wayman, is the Founder of Shimmy – a customizable and eco-friendly hand sanitizer system elevating the way businesses provide this necessary consumable to their employees and customers. Built to last, Shimmy’s impeccably designed containers are made with as little plastic as possible, and all refills are packed in easy-to-recycle aluminum. They also partner with Climate Neutral and Plastic Bank® to offset their carbon emissions and plastic footprint. Prior to founding Shimmy, Ashley led Integrated Promotions for Wayfair through their IPO in 2014, and led the mobile marketing team at Rue La La during the flash sale site craze. To learn more about Shimmy, please visit: https://getshimmy.com and follow Shimmy on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/getshimmy/ Inquire for your business to have Shimmy for your sanitizing needs! Visit: https://getshimmy.com/#contact_form Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com. Ande ♥…
Every woman, regardless of hair texture, deserves a wig that resembles the hair that she lost. Our guest, Pamela Shaddock, is Co-Founder and COO of Coils to Locs, a social impact, for-profit enterprise that addresses a healthcare disparity: the lack of coily, curly, ethnically inspired wigs at cancer center hospitals and medical hair loss salons that can be purchased with health insurance reimbursement if applicable. Pamela and her Co-Founder (and sister!) Dianne Austin are intimately aware of how dehumanizing fighting cancer and traction alopecia can be, even with the best efforts and the most compassionate care. Hair loss adds to the feeling of powerlessness and loss of control, especially when you can’t find a wig that resembles the hair you lost. A professional film, TV and stage actress with a strong background in nonprofit, Pamela co-leads the company’s free health, wellness and beauty workshops for cancer patients, survivors and caregivers. Add wind to Coils to Locs Equity Crowdfunding Campaign on Wefunder here: https://wefunder.com/coilstolocs To learn more about Coils to Locs, please visit: https://coilstolocs.com To purchase a Coils to Locs wig, please visit: https://coilstolocsstore.com Follow Coils to Locs on Social here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coils-to-locs/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coilstolocswigs Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoilsToLocs Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoilstoLocs Pamela's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pamelashaddock Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com. Ande ♥…
Are you ready to say Hasta Luego to 2022 and Hello Gorgeous to 2023? Our guest, seasoned founder, mouthy activist, super opinionated blogger and Host of the popular $h!t We Don’t Talk About Podcast, Mia Voss, joined us again on the 3rd Annual Andelicious Startup Life LIVE Holiday and Solstice Celebration! Mia and I touch on so many topics, including: • Mia’s Year in Review – WOWZA • Glorification of entrepreneurship • White supremacy and capitalist hustle culture based on slavery per our friends at The Nap Ministry • Musk + Elizabeth Holmes + what happens to unicorn founders • Ageism in the startup ecosystem (and everywhere!) • The blame/shame game… Founders feeling shame for: bad hires, not raising $$$, not being a Unicorn, etc. • CU BYE Clubhouse • funding female founders • women’s rights To learn more about Mia's extraordinary work in the world, please visit: https://miavoss.live/ May 2023 be structured enough for success and achievement and flexible enough for creativity and fun. Waving from Boston and wishing you a Happy, Joy-Filled Holiday Season! Ande ♥ TMC Services - Founded in 2001, Mia has been the HBIC (head broad in charge) on so many commercial & multi-family projects as the Quality Assurance/Punch List Management Inspector - making sure that things are up to high quality standards for the end user. It can be a thankless job since she basically gets paid to boss construction teams around. She is also a co-founder and brand ambassador for Inspect.com - an online search engine for finding the perfect inspector. Host of the Popular Podcast Shit We Don't Talk About. Launched in 2021 this podcast is for everyone. Mia covers topics including Anxiety, Suicide, Racism, Breast Cancer, Childless Matriarch, Neurodiversity and the list continues. Mia Voss Live - offering her opinionated opinion on brands & products including cars, green lifestyle products and more. Since women make over 85% if not more of overall buying decisions, we need to know what great products can be trusted! Mia On The Go - luxury travel blogging was the name of the game until March 2020 - before that, Mia had been collaborating with numerous travel agencies and marketing agencies to showcase various city and countries including Denver, Chicago, New York, Boston, Lake Tahoe and more. Country adventures included Italy, Zimbabwe and South Africa. https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife #startupstrategies JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.…
Events are a great way to bring people together, and share a moment, message or idea with a captive audience. They do, however, take considerable time, effort, and organization to execute successfully. Our guest, Dr. Shanna M. Scott, has fine-tuned the art of event planning with her business, Shanna Scott PR & Events, removing the stress and effort from her clients’ shoulders. For 18 years Dr. Shanna and her team have produced luxury lifestyle and transformational events and messaging that leave their clients delighted from the experience and thrilled with the results. To learn more about Shanna Scott PR & Events, please visit: https://www.shannascott.com/ Connect online with Dr. Shanna via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannamscott/ Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better. Waving from Boston – cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #startupstories #startuplife #startupstrategies #eventplanner JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com . Ande ♥…
Did you know the fashion industry is responsible for over 4% to the global greenhouse gas emissions? And it’s not just a carbon impact, but water, chemicals, deforestation, textile waste, microplastics and more. The U.S. market presents a huge opportunity to systemically refashion apparel supply chains to localized demand chains. Our guest – Lisa Morales-Hellebro – is catalyzing this paradigm shift as CEO and Founder of REFASHIOND OS (rOS), automating on-demand manufacturing for the $2.7 trillion fashion industry via the first network of localized microfactories, connected via a shared tech stack — good for people, planet, and profits. She’s also the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of REFASHIOND Ventures, a NY-based, early-stage supply chain technology venture fund that invests in startups refashioning global supply chains. With a clear passion for supply chain challenges, Lisa founded The Worldwide Supply Chain Federation, an organization that is changing how supply chain professionals learn about, collaborate, and adopt early-stage supply chain innovation around the world. You'll love meeting Lisa and learning why she’s passionate about helping fashion tech and supply chain startups achieve industry adoption, growth, and scale. To learn more about REFASHIOND Ventures, please visit: https://www.refashiond.com/ To learn more about REFASHIOND OS, please visit: https://www.refashiondos.com/ Please connect with Lisa and REFASHIOND via these social platforms: Twitter: https://twitter.com/lisahellebo and https://twitter.com/REFASHIOND LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/supplychainlocalization (Lisa) and https://www.linkedin.com/company/refashiond/ Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife #fashiontech #supplychain JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com . Ande ♥…
The exciting anticipation of launching a new business can quickly fade if a newly minted founder isn’t properly prepared for startup life. Born into an entrepreneurial family, Alejandra Santos is deeply empathetic to the struggles and challenges entrepreneurship presents. That’s why she launched Startup Tandem – to help entrepreneurs start their businesses off on the right foot! Startup Tandem’s finance and business services are curated specifically for startups, they fit all business needs at any growth level, and their clients are early-stage Startups in the CPG, SaaS, and professional service industries. Alejandra began building her startup resilience muscles years ago, when she arrived in Miami from Honduras at the age of 17 with no support, money, or family. During her first few years in the US, Alejandra struggled to keep a roof over her head and food on her table, while at the same time pursuing an education. She persevered, earned degrees in finance and accounting, worked for 14 years as a finance and accounting consultant, and recently completed her Master’s degree from Pepperdine University. NEED HELP? While tuning in live (or later via replay), be sure to ask any questions you’re struggling with in your startup journey. The answers Alejandra and I provide will help you and other founders tuning in! To learn more about Startup Tandem, please visit: https://www.startuptandem.com/ Be sure to connect with Alejandra and Startup Tandem via these social platforms: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aalejandrasantos/ and https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-tandem/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startuptandem/ Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better. Waving from Boston – cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife #startupstrategies JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com .…
A recent study reported the #1 reason people were quitting their jobs was due to a lack of career development and advancement. Serial entrepreneur Sandra A. Babu-Boateng is solving that problem with her new tech startup LegacyShift: a B2B market network platform that matches members with internal experts for skills training, mentorship and career support. Sandra personally experienced some of these issues during her corporate career, when she found herself unprepared to navigate corporate culture as a Black woman. Not seeing a pathway to growth and success, Sandra left corporate America to become a serial entrepreneur. Prior to launching LegacyShift, Sandra co-founded PanaGenius Inc., a U.S. based digital media company serving global Black audiences. As CEO, she built the company’s flagship brand Face2face Africa, into one of the largest Black-owned media platforms, reaching over 3 million monthly readers globally and engaging thousands of professionals and industry leaders in conferences each year. You can learn more about LegacyShift here: https://legacyshift.com/ Connect with Sandra on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandra-babu-boateng-7576a921/ Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife #femalefounders #techfounder JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com .…
How do you instill a sense of resilience in students that allows them to look at adversity as a challenge and failure as a learning opportunity? You teach them entrepreneurship! On Tuesday, November 29, 2022, we celebrated National Entrepreneurship Month and Giving Tuesday by amplifying one of my favorite nonprofit organizations: BUILD. BUILD utilizes entrepreneurship education to help students develop ownership and agency over their own academic and career success, while addressing racial equity and career opportunity gaps by giving under-resourced youth the building blocks to fast track their future and become the CEOs of their own lives. The BUILD partners and volunteers play a key role in helping their students launch micro-enterprises, succeed in high school, and build a network of supportive adults committed to opening doors for them in the future. As many founders know, developing an entrepreneurial mindset helps students develop the capability to envision a future that’s filled with possibility. When kids graduate from BUILD’s programs, they have a plan and a vision for their future! Please join me in supporting this impactful organization! You will love meeting BUILDS’s phenomenal President, Thais Rezende; a former student sharing his journey – Tony Shavers, III; and you’ll hear from educators, students, mentors and fundraisers, all adding their delicious wind to this wonderful organization. To add wind to BUILD's sails with a donation - especially a sustainable, monthly donation - please tap this link: https://bit.ly/BUILDGivingTuesday2022 Follow BUILD on social via these platforms: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/build Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildorg/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BUILDNational Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BUILD.org YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/build1600 Thank you for carving out time to learn about BUILD and add wind to their sails - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife #youthentrepreneurship JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about makin…
How does a founder know when it’s time to launch a PR campaign for their startup, and how do they get media prepared? Our guest, Sabrina Stocker, is a PR expert and founder of Two Comma PR, a unique public relations agency helping businesses get media exposure and quickly build their online brand presence. A former tennis coach and player, Sabrina studied for her MBA at Edinburgh Business School, where she became the youngest person ever to graduate. Combining her sports and business knowledge, Sabrina started her own events company, running tennis tournaments for children. From humble beginnings, where she used her own medals and trophies to give to the winning children, Sabrina expanded the company, running over 400 tennis tournaments a year with a team of 42 brand ambassadors, and a six-figure annual revenue. Sabrina provides step-by-step advice and guidance on how you can build credibility and gain media attention throughout our delicious conversation. She also shares the best founder journey advice from her lived experience. To learn more about Two Comma PR and DOWNLOAD Sabrina's FREE giveaway The Trusted Authority Checklist, please visit: https://www.twocommapr.com/ Connect with Sabrina on these social platforms: LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabrinastocker-publicrelationsexpert INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sabrinastocker.r/ Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife #howtogetpr JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVE CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Arlan’s Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYin Tune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show’s mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com .…
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