Conversations with Offor

At eight years old, Erin Hill announced she wanted to be president. At twenty-something, she joined a four-person political tech startup because she believed small-dollar donors could change democracy. Seventeen years later, she walked away from ActBlue after helping it process nearly $11 billion in political contributions. Erin's journey reveals what happens when public service meets entrepre...

Dr. Ebbie Parsons had a negative $300,000 net worth, a three-month-old baby, and a half-million-dollar salary when he asked his wife: "Can I quit and start my own business?" Her answer changed everything. Ebbie's story traces from growing up in majority-Black Detroit where he learned relationship-building from his father, to walking away from corporate success to build Yardstick Management into a...

Carrie Siubutt , former CEO of SimpleHealth , shares what happens when personal resilience meets professional burnout—and why stepping away can be the strongest decision you make. Carrie's journey spans from being diagnosed with a rare neurological condition at 11, to building a $75M telemedicine company with 200 employees, to facing regulatory changes and market turbulence that forced devasta...

Kanya Balakrishna , Co-Founder and CEO of The Future Project and Future Coach , shares a story most founders never tell publicly: what it's like when everything falls apart. In this raw conversation, Kanya takes us from building a $15M nonprofit with 120+ staff to facing a catastrophic funding crisis that forced the organization down to just 10 people. This isn't about failure or success—it's abou...

Exit Interview is a limited series exploring the entrepreneurial stories that don't make headlines - the complex realities of building, scaling, and ultimately stepping away from the companies you create. Host Ify Walker sits down with founders and first-time CEOs to discuss not just the beginning of their journey, but the end: the decisions that defined them, the costs they didn't anticip...