As founder and CEO of The Mane Choice, Courtney Adeleye, built her innovative hair empire to reported net sales of over $25 million. The company was acquired by MAV Beauty Brands. Her products are sold in over 20,000 retail stores and has a lineup of more than 90 hair treatments. Courtney chat's with Will Lucas about how to scale a hair care brand, and remain profitable when the consumer is increasingly particular, and highly interested in the chemicals involved in making the products. Follow Wi...
Sep 14, 2022•29 min•Season 3Ep. 78
Oladosu Teyibo is founder at Analog Teams, which connects talent people from underrepresented backgrounds with tech companies looking to build digital products. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram at @willlucas Learn more at AfroTech.com https://instagram.com/afro.tech Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Sep 09, 2022•2 min•Season 3Ep. 77
Oladosu Teyibo is founder at Analog Teams, which connects talent people from underrepresented backgrounds with tech companies looking to build digital products. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram at @willlucas Learn more at AfroTech.com https://instagram.com/afro.tech Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 08, 2022•2 min•Season 3Ep. 77
Oladosu Teyibo is founder at Analog Teams, which connects talent people from underrepresented backgrounds with tech companies looking to build digital products. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram at @willlucas Learn more at AfroTech.com https://instagram.com/afro.tech Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Sep 07, 2022•3 min
Oladosu Teyibo is the Founder and CEO of Analog Teams, which connects talented people from underrepresented backgrounds with tech companies looking to build digital products On this episode, Oladosu speaks with AfroTech's Will Lucas building technology on the Continent, as well as keys to outsourcing, properly valuing International tech expertise, and how to build a VC back-able startup that uses outsourced talent. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram at @willlucas Learn more at AfroTech.com https://i...
Sep 06, 2022•33 min•Season 3Ep. 77
Everett Harper is the CEO and Co-Founder of Truss, a human-centered software development company. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram at @willlucas Learn more at AfroTech.com https://instagram.com/afro.tech Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 02, 2022•5 min•Season 3Ep. 76
Everett Harper is the CEO and Co-Founder of Truss, a human-centered software development company. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram at @willlucas Learn more at AfroTech.com https://instagram.com/afro.tech Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 01, 2022•3 min•Season 3Ep. 76
Everett Harper is the CEO and Co-Founder of Truss, a human-centered software development company. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram at @willlucas Learn more at AfroTech.com https://instagram.com/afro.tech Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 31, 2022•2 min•Season 3Ep. 76
Everett Harper is the CEO and Co-Founder of Truss, a human-centered software development company. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram at @willlucas Learn more at AfroTech.com https://instagram.com/afro.tech Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 31, 2022•3 min•Season 3Ep. 76
Everett Harper is the CEO and Co-Founder of Truss, a human-centered software development company. He is the author of the new leadership book Move to the Edge, Declare it Center , which was published by Wiley earlier this year. He was previously Director of Customer Acquisition and Community at Linden Lab (maker of Second Life). A CEO and technologist who also hits many stages around the world to talk about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. On this episode, Everette speaks with AfroTech's Will Lu...
Aug 30, 2022•33 min•Season 3Ep. 76
Johnny Bailey is a social entrepreneur and marketing strategist. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram at @willlucas Learn more at AfroTech.com https://instagram.com/afro.tech Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 26, 2022•3 min•Season 3Ep. 76
Johnny Bailey is a social entrepreneur and marketing strategist. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram at @willlucas Learn more at AfroTech.com https://instagram.com/afro.tech Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 25, 2022•4 min•Season 3Ep. 76
Johnny Bailey is a social entrepreneur and marketing strategist. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram at @willlucas Learn more at AfroTech.com https://instagram.com/afro.tech Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 24, 2022•5 min•Season 3Ep. 76
Johnny Bailey is a social entrepreneur and marketing strategist with a passion for economic empowerment. A hall of fame high school athlete and graduate of Hampton University, he’s taken his pursuit of excellence into the world of business and technology. He’s Washington DC’s ‘Grow with Google’ digital coach, founder of the ShineHard Foundation where the mission is to close the racial wealth gap, and a national speaker, trusted by the biggest companies on the planet. Follow Will Lucas on Instagr...
Aug 23, 2022•33 min•Season 3Ep. 77
Shondra Washington is co-founder at Black @, which is building a token-gated community of Black creatives, investors, and entrepreneurs. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram at @willlucas Learn more at AfroTech.com https://instagram.com/afro.tech Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 21, 2022•4 min•Season 3Ep. 76
Shondra Washington is co-founder at Black @, which is building a token-gated community of Black creatives, investors, and entrepreneurs. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram at @willlucas Learn more at AfroTech.com https://instagram.com/afro.tech Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 20, 2022•4 min•Season 3Ep. 76
Shondra Washington is co-founder at Black @, which is building a token-gated community of Black creatives, investors, and entrepreneurs. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram at @willlucas Learn more at AfroTech.com https://instagram.com/afro.tech Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 19, 2022•12 min•Season 3Ep. 76
Shondra Washington is co-founder at Black @, which is building a token-gated community of Black creatives, investors, and entrepreneurs. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram at @willlucas Learn more at AfroTech.com https://instagram.com/afro.tech Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 18, 2022•3 min•Season 3Ep. 76
Shondra Washington worked in financial services in New York since 2013. She learned corporate finance and financial modeling as a technology investment banker at one of the fastest growing investment banks in the world. In 2018, Shondra co-founded TBC-Capital, an education-first investment firm. Today, she’s an on-demand CFO and strategist for early stage companies, and is co-founder at Black @, which is building a token-gated community of Black creatives, investors, and entrepreneurs. Follow Wi...
Aug 16, 2022•39 min•Season 3Ep. 76
Kai bond is an investor, founder and entrepreneur and serves as partner at Courtside VC which focuses on sports, gaming, and fitness verticals. On this episode, Kai speaks with AfroTech's Will Lucas about the differences between sports of yesteryear, and the sports of today - and why the sports of today, is ripe for innovation in ways it's never been before. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram at @willlucas Learn more at AfroTech.com https://instagram.com/afro.tech Learn more about your ad-choices at...
Aug 09, 2022•32 min•Season 3Ep. 75
Julian Aikens is founder at W3 Sports and Terance Mann plays for the LA Clippers Episode Description: Julien Aiken is founder at W3 Sports, a web3 consulting firm working to bridge the gap between athletes and brands of the new internet. And, Terence Mann is an NBA player, currently serving on the Clippers roster. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram at @willlucas Learn more at AfroTech.com https://instagram.com/afro.tech Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omn...
Aug 02, 2022•43 min•Season 3Ep. 74
Nash Ahmed is a serial entrepreneur and the Founder and CEO of Undock, an AI meeting platform built for the future of work. He recently raised a $1.6M seed round to put some fuel in the tank to grow the business. I asked Nash about how, previous to founding Undock, he found himself running multiple small businesses at once, and how running those businesses led him to founding Undock. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram at @willlucas Learn more at AfroTech.com https://instagram.com/afro.tech Learn mor...
Jul 26, 2022•40 min•Season 3Ep. 73
Mercedes Bent is a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, a multi-stage venture capital firm with offices around the world, including Silicon Valley, Israel, China, India, Europe, and Southeast Asia. Previously she served as an executive at a VR startup and a General Manager at General Assembly (acquired, 2018) where she oversaw a multi-million dollar business line. On this episode, we talked about what industry accelerations happened because of COVID 19 that she finds interesting as an investo...
Jul 18, 2022•36 min•Season 3Ep. 72
Natasha Eubanks is an entrepreneur, content creator, founder and editor in chief at TheYBF, which is a go-to site to learn the scope on your favorite celebrities. Young Black and Fabulous is one of the hottest Black celebrity gossip sites on the planet, and millions of readers per month sip the tea on her platform. On this episode from AfroTech 2020 in the metaverse, we talked with Natasha about building an imprint that can stand the test of time, content creation, and the entrepreneurship bend ...
Jul 12, 2022•31 min•Season 3Ep. 71
Andrew Hawkins, aka Hawk, is a former NFL wide receiver, having played 6 seasons in the league with teams like Bengals, the Browns, and the Patriots. Today, he’s a media personality AND co-founder at Status Pro, an athlete led technology company, which makes software for training and consumer entertainment. On this episode, Hawk speaks with AfroTech's Will Lucas about how to secure A-List celebrity investors, NFL contracts, and the future of VR gaming. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram at @willluca...
Jul 05, 2022•43 min•Season 3Ep. 70
Merline Saintil is founder at Black Women on Boards, and herself sits on 6 boards of directors. and was on the board of 4 companies that IPO’d in 2021. On this episode, Merline discusses taking a company across the IPO finish line, and thoughtful perspectives from an experienced Black director, and the red flags you’ll want your antennas up for should you decide to consider board service. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram at @willlucas Learn more at AfroTech.com https://instagram.com/afro.tech Lear...
Jun 28, 2022•31 min•Season 3Ep. 69
Nick Caldwell is, at the time, Vice President of Engineering at Reddit, one of the largest online community platforms, and the 9th most visited website in the world. Today, Nick is a General Manager at Twitter, having just recently been promoted from Vice President of engineering at Twitter. On this episode from AfroTech 2017, Nick talks about how we increase our representation of Black senior leaders in engineering departments. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram at @willlucas Learn more at AfroTech...
Jun 21, 2022•36 min•Season 3Ep. 68
Ollen Douglas is Managing Partner at Motley Fool Ventures which is an early stage technology focused venture fund focused on companies at the series A level. He previously served as a Chief Financial Officer, and parlayed his experiences to raising one of the largest venture funds to date. On this episode from AfroTech World 2020, Ollen speaks with Blavity CEO Morgan DeBaun about fundraising keys, trends in VC, and the Black opportunity as a financier. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram at @willluca...
Jun 14, 2022•44 min•Season 3Ep. 67
Matthew Finney is a Data Scientist and Strategy Consultant at Harvard. There, he develops AI decision systems to help large organizations make an impact on their most challenging business and mission problems. On this episode, Matthew speaks with AfroTech's Will Lucas about algorithmic bias and why we need more Black representation in data science roles. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram at @willlucas Learn more at AfroTech.com https://instagram.com/afro.tech Learn more about your ad-choices at htt...
Jun 07, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 66
Tristan Walker is the Founder & CEO of Walker & Company Brands which include the brands Bevel and FORM, both designed to meet the health and beauty needs of people of color. He’s also Founder and Board Chairman of CODE2040, which matches high performing Black and Latino undergraduate and graduate coders and software engineering students with Silicon Valley start-ups for internships. He sits on the Board of Directors for both Foot Locker and Shake Shack. On this episode, Tristan speaks w...
May 31, 2022•41 min•Season 3Ep. 65
