OUR SPONSORS FOR THIS EPISODE : Trajectory: Startup - Ideation to Product/Market Fit A brand new book by entrepreneur and investor Dave Parker. This hot-off-the-presses publication is THE playbook for those at the earliest stages of the startup journey. Or even if you are just contemplating the jump to entrepreneurship. To get this great resource, go to dkparker.com or find anywhere you buy books. In this episode Stephen and Dan discussed: growing up in an Oregon suburb how a chance elective sen...
May 13, 2021•52 min
OUR SPONSORS FOR THIS EPISODE : Trajectory: Startup - Ideation to Product/Market Fit A brand new book by entrepreneur and investor Dave Parker. This hot-off-the-presses publication is THE playbook for those at the earliest stages of the startup journey. Or even if you are just contemplating the jump to entrepreneurship. To get this great resource, go to dkparker.com or find anywhere you buy books. In this episode Patrick and Dan discussed: growing up in a Haitian household with 6 older siblings ...
Apr 29, 2021•51 min
OUR SPONSORS FOR THIS EPISODE : AfriBlocks The global pan-African freelance marketplace and collaboration platform. Tell them "Dan sent you" for 10% off your first order. More at afriblocks.com Cascadia Cleantech Accelerator powered by VertueLab and CleanTech Alliance This 15-week program delivers mentorship, connections, funding opportunities, and more. For early-stage cleantech startups looking to launch and scale their businesses. Checkout at cascadiacleantech.org In this episode Ashlee and D...
Apr 20, 2021•59 min
OUR SPONSORS FOR THIS EPISODE : Cascadia Cleantech Accelerator powered by VertueLab and CleanTech Alliance This 15-week program delivers mentorship, connections, funding opportunities, and more. For early-stage cleantech startups looking to launch and scale their businesses. Applications are open until April 16th . Don't miss out, apply today at cascadiacleantech.org AfriBlocks The global pan-African freelance marketplace and collaboration platform. Tell them "Dan sent you" for 10% off your firs...
Mar 26, 2021•54 min
OUR SPONSORS FOR THIS EPISODE : The Plug Delivering clear analysis and powerful insights on what's shaping the Black innovation economy. Get your annual subscription to The Plug at tpinsights.com In this episode Ashlee and Dan discussed: Growing up in the Bronx - and still living there! Her personal experiences with healthcare inequity How her view working 'inside' healthcare moved her to launch her startup The legacy of courageous and inspirational women in her family How even Serena Williams w...
Mar 11, 2021•49 min
OUR SPONSORS FOR THIS EPISODE : Multicultural Mainstream: Reimagining Humanity and Technology A virtual venture conference hosted by the Columbia Venture Community Access great content and breakouts with venture capitalists. March 5-6th 2021 Check out bit.ly/CVCMM for tickets. Don't miss out! In this episode Genevieve and Dan discussed: Starting life in Haiti How she's combined science and finance into a career The lessons of "timing" from 2000 and 2008 How distributed blockchain can INCREASE tr...
Feb 26, 2021•57 min
WE ARE BACK! WELCOME TO OUR NEW SERIES FOR 2021 OUR SPONSORS FOR THIS EPISODE : Multicultural Mainstream: Reimagining Humanity and Technology A virtual venture conference hosted by the Columbia Venture Community Access great content and breakouts with venture capitalists. March 5-6th 2021 Check out bit.ly/CVCMM for early-bird tickets. Don't miss out! In this episode Ayinde and Dan discussed: Growing up in DC How his name is as much an 'American' name as anyone else's That radio mimic mom's voice...
Feb 11, 2021•54 min
OUR SPONSORS FOR THIS EPISODE : Founders Live the global venue for entrepreneurs to experience events, content, and community. Check out founderslive.com to join and to find a live event streaming from your city. In this episode: We review 2020 and where our past guests came from The effects of George Floyd on these founders, their companies and communities To be a black founder in 2020 is to be... Founders speak with optimism about plans for 2021 For our last episode of the year, we've brought ...
Dec 31, 2020•34 min
OUR SPONSORS FOR THIS EPISODE : Founders Live the global venue for entrepreneurs to experience events, content, and community. Check out founderslive.com to join and to find a live event streaming from your city. In this episode: We review 2020 and where our past guests are collectively Updates from 7 previous guest founders Insights on COVID-19's impact for: business, employees, fundraising For our last episode of the year, we've brought together a handful of founders from our first 20 plus epi...
Dec 19, 2020•32 min
Follow Founders Unfound : Like and share - help us grow! A preview of our Updates episode. We caught up with former guests to see where they are today and where they are headed for 2021. And we reflected on what will certainly be considered an historic year, 2020. Be sure to listen in. EPISODE drops December 18th! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 16, 2020•42 sec
Founders Unfound tells the stories of exceptional entrepreneurs and tech founders from underrepresented backgrounds – starting with founders of African descent. We have a regular podcast and complimentary blog created to shine a light on the broad spectrum that reflects all the diversity in startups today. Hosted by season tech entrepreneur Dan Kihanya (@dkihanya), the show explores the origin stories of under-the-radar tech entrepreneurs working on venture-worthy, big opportunity ideas. We know...
Dec 02, 2020•2 min
OUR SPONSORS FOR THIS EPISODE : Founders Live the global venue for entrepreneurs to experience events, content, and community. Check out founderslive.com to join and to find a live event streaming from your city. In this episode Abbey and Dan discussed: Growing up in the slums of Lagos Nigeria Key philosophies: fall forward + you are enough The transition from balmy Nigeria to frigid Minnesota his first startup which gave access to water for quarter-million people Pitching 300+ investors Episode...
Nov 26, 2020•35 min
Follow Founders Unfound : Like and share - help us grow! Abbey Wemimo is Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Esusu , the leading financial technology platform that leverages data solutions to empower tenants and improve property performance. Abbey was raised in Lagos Nigeria, came to the US for college, worked on Obama’s re-election campaign, launched his first start up, and even did a stint with Goldman Sachs - all this before starting Esusu with his co-founder Samir. Make sure to tune in to hear his wond...
Nov 24, 2020•59 sec
OUR SPONSORS FOR THIS EPISODE : Black Women Talk Tech a collective of black women tech founders that exists to identify, support and encourage black women to build billion dollar businesses. BWTT is hosting Face of the Founder Summit on November 17th , bringing together entrepreneurs, investors, and partners for an exciting gathering. Registration is free, but spots are limited. You don’t want to miss it! Sign up here ! In this episode Kirt and Dan discussed: Growing up in Trinidad Coming to the...
Nov 12, 2020•1 hr
Follow Founders Unfound : Like and share - help us grow! Kirt Debique is Co-Founder, CEO and CTO of SyncFloor , a company revolutionizing discovery and acquisition of music for productions of all types - from advertising and podcasting to filmmaking, TV and eSports. Kirt is a former, fast-rising exec at Microsoft and a founder of his own Indie music label. He has an amazing story that starts with coming to the US to attend college at 16! Make sure to tune in. FULL EPISODE drops November 12th! Ho...
Nov 10, 2020•1 min
OUR SPONSORS FOR THIS EPISODE : Founders Live the global venue for entrepreneurs to experience events, content, and community. Check out founderslive.com to join and to find a live event streaming from your city. In this episode Bee and Dan discussed: Being the only young black girl who liked Japanese Anime What derailed her journey to be a doctor How blogging uncovered a community, and a business Quirktastic's reset from COVID-19 Working with HBO's Lovecraft Country Episode Shout Outs: Digital ...
Oct 29, 2020•1 hr
Follow Founders Unfound : Like and share - help us grow! Bee Law is Founder and CEO of Quirktastic , a social video and networking platform where geeks and hobbyists can join fandom communities and create collaborative video. Bee is a former cytogenetic scientist turned entrepreneur, and Quirktastic with its 200,000+ online followers has been featured in Essence Magazine, TechCrunch and Forbes. Tune in to hear her amazing story. FULL EPISODE drops October 29! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...
Oct 27, 2020•59 sec
Follow Founders Unfound : Like and share - help us grow! Hey Unfound Nation! Can't believe it's already October, 2020. What a year...relentless. At Founders Unfound, we've been working hard to consistently put out episodes all year. The team wanted just a brief break before we finish strong for the year. Don't worry, we will have a new episode ready to go at the end of the month. In the meantime, please take the opportunity to listen to one of our first 20 episodes that you haven't enjoyed yet. ...
Oct 15, 2020•1 min
OUR SPONSORS FOR THIS EPISODE : The Plug a media company that lives at the intersection of data and diversity for the startup and tech communities. Check it out at tpinsights.com ; Use code UNFOUND to save $10 on an annual subscription. In this episode Jim and Dan discussed: Going from Long Island to Pittsburgh Life at Carnegie Mellon His first job as a coder How an inspiration at a lunch meeting lead to MeterFeeder Jim's approach to paying it forward Episode Shout Outs: Branding Brand Y Combina...
Oct 01, 2020•55 min
Happy Podcast Day everyone! A big shoutout to all the great podcasters out there. And thanks to our audience, staff, and our great founder guests! - Dan Kihanya, Host Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 01, 2020•2 min
Follow Founders Unfound : Like and share - help us grow! 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. Jim is a brilliant coder and visionary. And he’s out to convince us that...it isn’t even a question - Pittsburgh is the place to be! Make sure to listen in to learn how this developer, who’s built code for the likes of USA Today and America Eagle, set out to re-imagine the parking...
Sep 29, 2020•58 sec
OUR SPONSORS FOR THIS EPISODE : The Plug a media company that lives at the intersection of data and diversity for the startup and tech communities. Check it out at tpinsights.com ; Use code UNFOUND to save $10 on an annual subscription. In this episode Tim and Dan discussed: His journey from Nigeria to Houston Tim's passion for design and serving others How he handled losing a co-founder Guide's 'all-in' pivot during COVID-19 Tim's vision for where Guide can go Episode Shout Outs: Taban Cosmos B...
Sep 17, 2020•49 min
Follow Founders Unfound : Like and share - help us grow! Known as Mr. Future of Work ,Tim Salau is founder and CEO of Guide , a platform for bite-size learning and talent development for enterprise remote teams. Tim has built a movement around learning and growth, with a Facebook community topping 300,000 worldwide. He's got his own live show and is a much-sought after speaker and workplace consultant. In the meantime, Tim share's his founder journey with us. You don't want to miss it! FULL EPIS...
Sep 15, 2020•59 sec
OUR SPONSORS FOR THIS EPISODE : VertueLab a nonprofit fighting climate change by providing funding and holistic entrepreneurial support to cleantech startups. This September their annual summit, Fuel 2020 , is going digital, spanning over two weeks with short events every day. At Fuel 2020 you'll connect with future-focused entrepreneurs, investors, researchers and more. Founders Unfound listeners : Use the code FOUNDERSFRIEND for 20% off your ticket . Learn more at 2020fuel.org The Plug Check i...
Aug 27, 2020•52 min
Follow Founders Unfound : Like and share - help us grow! Sulaiman "Su" Sanni is founder and CEO of Dollaride . a company helping to solve mobility and transportation for communities that are under-served by public transit. Dollaride is starting in New York, helping to make routes and pickups much more efficient for the city's famous Dollar Vans. Su estimates that there 100 BILLION trips annually through these informal transit vehicles across the globe. He's out to That is why his crowdfunding ca...
Aug 25, 2020•1 min
OUR SPONSORS FOR THIS EPISODE : VertueLab a nonprofit fighting climate change by providing funding and holistic entrepreneurial support to cleantech startups. This September their annual summit, Fuel 2020 , is going digital. At Fuel 2020 you'll connect with future-focused entrepreneurs, investors, researchers and more. Founders Unfound listeners : Use the code FOUNDERSFRIEND for 20% off your ticket . Learn more at 2020fuel.org BLCK VC Connect up at blackvc.com or follow @BLCKVC for more about th...
Aug 13, 2020•55 min
Follow Founders Unfound : Like and share - help us grow! Tiffany Kelly is founder and CEO of Curastory , a company that makes it easy to get started in video. They allow creators to upload, edit, find a sponsor, and distribute video with one click to their social channels, all 100% free. Curastory is launching with a target market where they have a monopoly and recent national approval - professional and NCAA student athletes. And Tiffany is fresh off raising her pre-seed round using crowdfundin...
Aug 11, 2020•59 sec
OUR SPONSOR FOR THIS EPISODE : BLCK VC , a focused community built for and by black investors. If you ever thought about getting into Venture, you definitely want to connect up at blackvc.com or follow @BLCKVC for more about their exceptional programs and events. In this episode Kistein and Dan discussed: Her childhood dream to change the world How she became a New Yorker Her inspiration from Oprah Coming to terms with when to fund raise Her personal experience with the fallibility of US healthc...
Jul 30, 2020•50 min
Follow Founders Unfound : Like and share - help us grow! Kistein Monkhouse is founder and CEO of Patient Orator , a platform that uses storytelling to improve patient experience and population health. Kistein is an entrepreneur, health advocate, and...filmmaker! In this episode Kistein talks about experiencing America as an immigrant, how her view of healthcare has been impacted as both caregiver and patient, and the origins of her new documentary, Humanizing Health Care . FULL EPISODE drops Jul...
Jul 28, 2020•1 min
OUR SPONSOR FOR THIS EPISODE : BLCK VC , a focused community built for and by black investors. If you ever thought about getting into Venture, you definitely want to connect up at blackvc.com or follow @BLCKVC for more about their exceptional programs and events. In this episode Kameale and Dan discussed: Her persistent desire to make an impact How the need to return home made her career flourish How in 2 years at another startup, she went from customer service rep to leader Why she keeps ending...
Jul 16, 2020•49 min
