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Month: October 2021

THE NEXT GLOBAL RUNNING SHOE…COMING FROM AFRICA

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OUR SPONSORS FOR THIS EPISODE:
Aperture Venture Capital
VC for the Multicultural MainstreamTM
Aperture is the new $75M fund that wants to amplify the voices of diverse founders
Share your story at aperturevc.com/founders

want to run like the champion
distance runners from Kenya?

 

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 strong themes of discipline and excellence. Combined with her gifts of curiosity, intelligence, and grit, she set out to master accounting, law, and global development. But it was her return to Kenya from the US and UK, that helped her find the calling where she could make her impact. “Run Kenyan.” And so Enda was born.

Navalayo has a great story, you’ll want to listen in.

 

“I looked around…where are the Africans?”
~ Navalayo Osembo

In this episode Navalayo and Dan discussed:

  • growing up in Kenya
  • convincing her dad to start farming fish
  • here experience working with the UN
  • How the Williams sisters inspired her to start a Kenya tennis academy
  • the power of “Run Kenyan”

 

 

“ You couldn’t convince me it was not possible…”
~ Navalayo Osembo

MORE on NAVALAYO and ENDA

Navalayo:

navalayoosembo.com
linkedin.com/in/navalayoosembo
twitter.com/NavalayoOsembo
instagram.com/navalayoosembo

Enda:

endasportswear.com
linkedin.com/company/enda
twitter.com/endasportswear
instagram.com/endasportswear

 

“ In life, we don’t need to win the race. You just need to be in the race. ”
~ Navalayo Osembo

 

HELPING ORGANIZATION RAISE FUNDS THROUGH THE POWER OF SPENDING

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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.

Do Good while you shop DAILY

Jarrett Wright is the 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. Doing the family’s grocery shopping at 6. But the pace and structure of school frustrated him. So instead of putting his intellectual horsepower to work in college right away, he started a property development company at 19. And within a few years, he was nationally recognized and bringing in millions in revenue.

And that’s just the start of his story. The rest is amazing. you’ll want to listen in.

 

“Currently we have almost 700,000 people on our waiting list.”
~ Jarrett Wright

In this episode Jarrett and Dan discussed:

  • growing up in Richmond California
  • the powerful influence of his family and his heritage
  • rapidly building a business that was decidedly not recession-proof
  • going to college with folks 10+ years your junior
  • the ‘aha’ moment for Higher Rewards during a conversation with a financial exec
  • the advantages within the UC Berkeley startup ecosystem

 

 

“ I’m building something truly incredible.”
~ Jarrett Wright

MORE on JARRETT and HIGHER REWARDS

JARRETT:

linkedin.com/in/jarrett-wright
instagram.com/wrightjarrett

HIGHER REWARDS:

higherrewards.com
linkedin.com/company/higher-rewards
instagram.com/higherrewards
twitter.com/higherrewards
facebook.com/higherrewards

 

 

“And I convinced her to. Let me use her a home equity line of credit on her house to flip a home in Stockton. And I did, I was 19. It was my first flip and I was off to the races.”
~ Jarrett Wright