Founders Unfound

For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Khalid David is Founder and CEO of TracFlo , a company with a predictive financial management platform that is empowering America’s contractors. Original Episode: No.41, Augu...

For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Stella Ashaolu is Founder and CEO of WeSolv, a company using performance data and predictive analytics to help companies reduce bias and hire a more diverse workforce. Origin...

For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Marcus Bullock is Founder and CEO of Flikshop, a company which helps families stay connected to their incarcerated loved ones. Original Episode: No.12, May 2020 https://found...

For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Shanel Fields is Founder and CEO of MD Ally, a platform that allows emergency personnel to triage non-emergency callers to telemedicine. Original Episode: No.13, May 2020 htt...

For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Su Sanni is Co-Founder and CEO of Dollaride, a mobility company for communities under-served by public transit. Original Episode: No.18, August 2020 https://foundersunfound.c...

For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Kameale Terry is Co-Founder and CEO of ChargerHelp! , a company that enables on-demand repair of electric vehicle charging stations ,  a company that helps individuals c...

For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Stephen Ajayi is the Co-Founder and CEO of YearOne,  a company that helps individuals coming out of code schools, land incredible jobs. But getting jobs for Bootcamp gra...

For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Ezinne Iroanya-Adeoye is the Founder and CEO of SKNMUSE , the premium beauty brand dedicated to elevating the beauty experience for the modern black woman. Original Episode:...

For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Kahlil Ashanti is the founder and CEO of weshowup , a company that brings the concept of "pay what you want" to entertainment and events. Kahlil has since gone on t...

For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Jim Gibbs is Co-founder and CEO of MeterFeeder , a company that predicts parking availability, and enables vehicles to pay for parking with no human interaction. Original Epi...

For the month of February, we are publishing flashback clips from some of our wonderful past episodes. Please a take some time to enjoy (again) the full episodes from these founders. Season 4 of Founders Unfound starts in March! Ashlee Wisdom is the Founder and CEO of Health in Her HUE, a digital platform connecting black women to culturally competent healthcare providers, health content, and comm...

Anthony Gantt is Founder and CEO of atease, a company that qualifies and lists temporary lodging rental inventory which enables per diem government travelers to stay in accommodation types beyond hotels. Anthony grew up in Miami, in a large family with modest means. He had gifts for math, STEM, and athletics. When he got to Florida A&M University, he was quickly hit with the sticker shock of c...

Chantal Emmanuel is Co-Founder and CTO of LimeLoop , a company that is delivering a world without waste with their reusable smart packaging. Chantal grew up in Queens, in a neighborhood without many people of color, but with a strong sense of her Caribbean heritage, surrounded by a large extended family. She brought a calling to serve with her after college, leading to work in AmeriCorps, but...

Oluwasoga Oni is Co-Founder and CEO of MDaaS Global , a company that is building Africa's largest network of physical and virtual diagnostic and primary care facilities, ultimately to provide quality and affordable healthcare for the continent's next billion. Soga, as he’s known, grew up in a rural town in Nigeria, surrounded by a family of doctors and medical professionals. And while he didn’t ha...

Rod Johson is Co-Founder of BLK & Bold , the preeminent black-owned coffee company in America. Black & Bold was founded with the desire to unite coffee and tea lovers worldwide through a common interest of investing in community. Rod grew up in the working-class city of Gary Indiana and eventually went on to Indiana University and a career in development and giving. But he soon developed a...

SPECIAL EPISODE! OUR 3RD ANNIVERSARY 🎉🎆 What an amazing three years! Since we started in 2019, we’ve had 50 episodes interviewing 50 founders from 48 companies. As of mid-2022, our guests employ close to 500, and have collectively raised over $213M in outside funding. Incredible when you think about the challenges in fundraising that have faced all entrepreneurs, especially founders of colo...

Francisco Baptista is Founder and CEO of TeamSportz , a company building an AI sports platform to help team athletes enhance their performance.  Francisco was born in Angola, growing during a period of civil war in that country. He used basketball as an escape from this harsh environment, first by watching his mother play, and then finding sanctuary on the courts himself. Francisco moved to B...

Keara Kindelynn is Founder and CEO of Foreverly , a company with a mission to make dealing with death--a little less stressful. Foreverly helps organizations support their employees who have experienced the death of a loved one.  Kera was born to a family with deep roots to her hometown of Brooklyn. She emerged from college and business school, climbing the corporate ladder. Leading all the w...

Sabrina Williams is Founder and CEO of SEED , a company that helps consumers and underserved farmers grow smart and feed more by democratizing access to agriculture technology. Sabrina is a native Californian, born and raised in Compton. Her curiosity and passions led her to pursuits in architecture, law, and urban planning. Through her non-profit, she dedicated herself to social justice challenge...

Sean Bovell is Founder and CEO of Invidica , a company building a marketplace platform that is transforming the reseller economy one product at a time.  Sean has an amazing background. Born in the UK, raised in predominantly white communities in Utah and Idaho, before landing in Oakland for his formative year. A natural at math and STEM, Sean has been drawn to tech from an early age. He built...

James Chapman is Founder and CEO of Plain Sight, a company that helps you make the right connections at events and workspaces, or connect online from anywhere. James started as an aspiring NBA player from Chattanooga Tennessee. He made it to the NBA’s D-league, but that's where that dream ended, and the next season began. Basketball’s loss was entrepreneurship’s gain. James started loading boxes f...

Serge Amouzou is Founder and CEO of Finmod , a startup that helps companies forecast financials 10X faster. Finmod’s predictive-financial projection technology uses company data sources to give decision-ready data and actionable next steps for growth.  Serge was born and raised in Togo. He came to the US at age 12, determined and curious. He set out to master English and assimilate. He though...

Navalayo Osembo is Co-Founder and CEO of Enda , a company that is building on Kenya’s reputation as the global leader in distance running. With “Run Kenyan” as its motto, Enda makes running shoes in Kenya, for runners around the world.  Navalayo is the first guest we’ve had on from the place of my ancestral heritage - Kenya. She grew up with a military father and a teacher mother, which meant...

Jarrett Wright is Founder and CEO of Higher Rewards , a company that offers nonprofits and faith-based organizations the ability to provide their members a self-branded credit card where a percentage of every purchase goes back to the organization. Jarrett is from several generations deep in the San Francisco Bay Area. Jarrett showed drive and ability from an early age. Reading by 2 years old. Doi...

Isaac Lymon is Co-Founder and CEO of Raxplay , a company that enables music artists to perform live real/time concerts via virtual reality. Raxplay puts fans in the front row, VIP, and backstage - all in the comfort of their homes. Isaac was born and raised in Detroit. At an early stage, he felt called to music. But after a taste of the grind artists endure, Isaac gravitated to what made music hap...