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Founders Unfound Daniel Kihanya
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5.0 • 17 Ratings
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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 entrepreneurship today. We spotlight entrepreneurs working on venture-worthy, big opportunity ideas.
We know behind every founder team is an origin story that deserves to be boldly told.
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Donald Boone - BoxedUp
Donald T Boone, Founder and CEO of BoxedUp, a B2B equipment rental marketplace, similar to the Airbnb for camera gear.
Growing up in Maryland, Donald came from humble beginnings and followed his older brother in pursuit of an engineering degree at the HBCU North Carolina A&T. Donald had distinguished roles at companies like Exxon and Amazon. But as a 3-time founder, the call of entrepreneurship has always been loud in his ear. And talk about conviction. He has borrowed against his 401k for a previous startup and taught himself how to code from scratch. And get this, in the middle of the pandemic, with an incredible compensation in Amazon in hand, he decided to take BoxedUp’s early insights and traction, quit his job and set out to make his company the success he knew it could be.
Donald has a great story. You’ll want to listen in.
In this episode Donald and Dan discussed:
Growing up in MarylandHow following his brother led to an HBCU educationThe stark reality of giving up Amazon-level comp to be a founderHow COVID 19 changed his business almost instantly
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Entrepreneur Struggle
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MORE on DONALD and BOXEDUP
Donald:
instagram.com/donaldtboone
linkedin.com/in/donaldboone
His Journey, Medium Article
BoxedUp:
tryboxedup.com
linkedin.com/company/boxedup
instagram.com/tryboxedup
twitter.com/tryboxedup
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February Flashback Clips: Kistein Monkhouse
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!
Kistein Monkhouse is Founder and CEO of Patient Orator, a startup that improves healthcare access and breaks down health inequities through an easy-to-use app.
Original Episode: No.16, July 2020
foundersunfound.com/patient-orator-founder-profile-podcast
MORE ON KISTEIN AND PATIENT ORATORKistein:
@KisteinM
linkedin.com/in/kisteinmonk45/
vimeo.com/ondemand/humanizinghealthcare
Patient Orator:
patientorator.com
linkedin.com/company/patientorator/
twitter.com/PatientOrator
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February Flashback Clips: Wole Ayodele
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!
Wole Ayodele is Co-Founder and CEO of Fincra (formerly Fliqpay), a startup that makes it easy for fintech firms, platforms and global businesses to accept local and international payments through an easy-to-integrate API and merchant portal.
Original Episode: No.14, June 2020
foundersunfound.com/fliqpay-founder-profile-podcast
MORE ON WOLE AND FINCRAWole:
twitter.com/AyowoleOA
linkedin.com/in/woleayodele/
Fliqpay Pitch on Techstars Demo Day
Fincra:
fincra.com
linkedin.com/company/fincrahq
twitter.com/FincraHQ
instagram.com/fincrahq
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February Flashback Clips: Roger Roman
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!
Roger Roman, Co-Founder of AfriBlocks, the global Pan-African freelance marketplace and collaboration platform. They are building THE resource for devs, designers, and virtual assistants.
Original Episode: No.39, July 2021
foundersunfound.com/afriblocks-black-founder-profile-podcast
MORE ON ROGER AND AFRIBLOCKSRoger:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rogerroman/
https://twitter.com/RogerLRomanII
AfriBlocks:
https://www.afriblocks.com
https://www.linkedin.com/company/afriblocks/
https://twitter.com/afriblocks
https://www.instagram.com/afriblocks/
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February Flashback Clips: Patrice Darby Neely
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!
Patrice Darby Neely is Founder and CEO of GoTackle, the first automated consulting and data analytics platform for small business owners and the vast network of small business supporters.
Original Episode: No.40, August 2021
foundersunfound.com/gologic-black-founder-profile-podcast
MORE ON PATRICE AND GOTACKLEPatrice:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrice-darby-neely
GoTackle:
gotackle.app
linkedin.com/company/join-tackle/about
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February Flashback Clips: Kirt Debique
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!
Kirt Debique is the Co-Founder and CEO of SyncFloor, a company revolutionizing discovery and acquisition of music for productions of all types – from advertising to podcasting, filmmaking to fitness, TV to eSports.
Original Episode: No.22, November 2020
foundersunfound.com/syncfloor-founder-profile-podcast
MORE ON KIRT AND SYNCFLOORKirt:
linkedin.com/in/kirtdebique/
twitter.com/katewayo
twitter.com/BrickLaneRecs
instagram.com/katewayo/
SyncFloor:
songsforpodcasters.com
syncfloor.com
linkedin.com/company/syncfloor/
twitter.com/SyncFloor
instagram.com/syncfloor/
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Inspirational entrepreneurs, insightful host
I listened to several episodes in a row while driving from place to place in the Bay Area. I loved how the host was able to draw out candid stories from the founders of both their mistakes, big and small, and triumphs, big and small, and the folks who affected their journeys along the way. I liked the diversity of the companies the founders started and the backgrounds (from former inmate to college grad). Most of the all, I loved the genuine compassion, interest and respect the host had for the founders he interviewed.
Thank you for sharing these stories!
What a great podcast! I love hearing from these founders as they tell their stories and share their experiences. Thank you! I just listened to the latest episode with Stephen Ajayi, I’d also love to hear from his cofounder sometime.
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This podcast is right on time. So inspiring! Finding this podcast was like finding light at the end of a tunnel. So authentic and refreshing to listen to real-life stories from authentic people who understand the true grind and grit it takes in the startup world.