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Francis Stevens George discusses Innovation Sierra Leone and the Global Entrepreneurship Network- Sierra Leone. Learn more about Innovation Sierra Leone at http://innosl.com/.
Thank you to our sponsors: Startup Commons - http://www.startupcommons.org/ Entreprenavel - https://entreprenavel.com/shop (Get your t-shirts here!) The Founders, Futurists, and Failures podcast takes you on a journey inside entrepreneurial minds. Conor Flynn interviews people in the entrepreneurship space to give you a candid view of their thought processes, startup struggles, and strategic tactics. On this episode, Francis explains the state of Sierra Leone’s emerging innovation ecosystem. Although the country has a wealth of natural resources, Sierra Leone struggles to support job-creating businesses. Francis is on a mission to change this. During the podcast, he goes into detail about how entrepreneurship can lift people out of poverty and spur economic development. Creating solutions for people at the base of the pyramid, social entrepreneurs can use technology to make financial services, telecommunications, and healthcare more inclusive. Francis advises entrepreneurs in emerging markets to focus on painful problems and the needs of low-income consumers. He also recommends that investors focus on disruptive solutions.
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Ian Robert discusses Scouted, a startup that is modernizing the entry level recruitment process to help companies hire the right talent more effectively and efficiently. Learn more about Scouted at https://scouted.io/.
Thank you to our sponsors: Startup Commons - http://www.startupcommons.org/ Entreprenavel - https://entreprenavel.com/shop (Get your t-shirts here!) The Founders, Futurists, and Failures podcast takes you on a journey inside entrepreneurial minds. Conor Flynn interviews people in the entrepreneurship space to give you a candid view of their thought processes, startup struggles, and strategic tactics. On this episode, Ian Robert teaches us about data-driven marketing, dual-sided platforms, and working in the startup world. He goes into detail about how data can be used in the recruiting and job matching processes, as well as in the marketing realm. Ian also covers the challenges of running a dual-sided platform, which includes both B2C and B2B aspects. Scouted’s dual-sided nature requires him to use different marketing strategies for businesses and job seekers. The Scouted team has devised new customer segmentation processes and key performance indicators (KPI’s) to deal with the problems that their startup encounters. In the second half of the podcast, Ian shares his unique story about entering the startup world, which revolved around Scouted’s minimum viable product. He also offers valuable advice for people hoping to land jobs at startups and stay ahead in their fields. Anastasia Miron discusses virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and positive parenting. Learn more about Child Proof Yourself at https://childproofyourself.com/. Additionally, check out Anastasia’s other companies, GlobeIN (https://globein.com/) and TEKEDU (http://www.tekedu.org.md/).
Thank you to our sponsors: Startup Commons - http://www.startupcommons.org/ Entreprenavel - https://entreprenavel.com/shop (Get your t-shirts here!) The Founders, Futurists, and Failures podcast takes you on a journey inside entrepreneurial minds. Conor Flynn interviews people in the entrepreneurship space to give you a candid view of their thought processes, startup struggles, and strategic tactics. On this episode, Anastasia Miron goes into detail about how her new company, Child Proof Yourself, uses virtual reality to train parents for difficult situations that they will encounter with their children. Creating an intense and immersive learning experience, Child Proof Yourself’s virtual reality simulations teach parents how their children will respond to their words and actions. Anastasia explains how virtual reality can be used for empathy learning and brain re-wiring. Expanding on virtual reality’s applications in psychology, she talks about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and speech re-training. Anastasia spends some time discussing positive parenting and how to be loving, as well as humble. She also talks about the challenges of cultivating work-life balance as a mother and entrepreneur. Finally, Anastasia offers advice for social entrepreneurs who are getting started in the field. Conor Flynn talks with Zufi Deo, co-founder of BizGees, about financial inclusion, fintech, and refugee entrepreneurs. Learn more about BizGees at https://www.bizgees.org/.
Thank you to our sponsors: Startup Commons - http://www.startupcommons.org/ Entreprenavel - https://entreprenavel.com The Founders, Futurists, and Failures podcast takes you on a journey inside entrepreneurial minds. Conor Flynn interviews people in the entrepreneurship space to give you a candid view of their thought processes, startup struggles, and strategic tactics. On this episode, Zufi Deo discusses BizGees, a company providing alternative finance solutions for refugee entrepreneurs. We cover the causes of refugee issues, as well as the experiences of refugee populations. Zufi explains how BizGees used design thinking to work backward from the problem and identify an impactful solution. Using fintech solutions and a human-centric approach, BizGees launches refugees on their entrepreneurial journeys. They have also partnered with several organizations, including artFix and WSV, to provide holistic solutions to challenges that refugees face. Lauren Wilmot discusses MoodClue, a startup empowering kids to unleash their imaginations. Learn more at https://moodclue.com/.
Thank you to our sponsors! http://www.startupcommons.org/ - Startup Commons Global https://entreprenavel.com/ - Entreprenavel The Founders, Futurists, and Failures podcast takes you on a journey inside entrepreneurial minds. Conor Flynn interviews people in the entrepreneurship space to give you a candid view of their thought processes, startup struggles, and strategic tactics. The podcast promotes learning from failures, as well as successes, and highlights both best and worst practices in entrepreneurship. As our first guest, Lauren Wilmot, says about Kickstarter campaigns, “take a lot of time to look at other projects, both projects that have been successful and those that have not, because… there is always something to learn.” Lauren’s wisdom on Kickstarter campaigns applies to almost all entrepreneurial endeavors. That is why we are in the business of spreading ideas. Lauren Wilmot talks about why she decided to start MoodClue and the problem that it solves for kids. She co-founded the company with her mom, who is a seasoned entrepreneur, as well as one of Lauren's mentors. Lauren was first exposed to entrepreneurship at age 11 when her mom entrusted her with a company credit card and had her ride her bike to the post office to deliver marketing materials. Additionally, Lauren's experience as a college cheerleader at the University of Virginia prepared her for a career in entrepreneurship. She developed strong time management skills from balancing her cheerleading, academics, and social life. When Lauren is not working on her business, she enjoys traveling, as well as living in San Fransisco. She recently visited Cambodia and Thailand, where she went to an elephant sanctuary. Finally, Lauren concludes the show by explaining the challenges she faces with MoodClue as an early-stage entrepreneur, including time management. She makes a call-to-action for listeners to support her entrepreneurial endeavors by buying MoodClue hangtags for their kids, schools, and teams. People can also get involved by supporting the MoodClue Kickstarter campaign. We hope that you enjoy enjoy listening to our podcast and getting into the entrepreneurial mindset! |
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