Podcasts about tiphub

Listen in as guest Amanda Spann dishes invaluable advice on her journey from PR to the tech industry. We discuss the highs, lows, wins, and regrets of career development, as well as how coasting is not conducive to growth. Amanda Spann is a Chicago-based marketing consultant & app entrepreneur. Sitting at the intersection of product and promotion, she helps brands take their ideas from concept to creation and then build a buzz around them. Prior to her current roles, Amanda co-founded Tiphub, an impact-driven innovation community for entrepreneurs in Africa and the African Diaspora and the hosts of Diaspora Demo Day, once the largest US-based pitch competition for African led startups. She also served as CMO of Blerdology, a tech social enterprise to support and engage the black tech community and the first organization to host hackathons targeting African-Americans. The company helped to spark interest innovation and assisted minority entrepreneurs build their apps or web-based ventures for little to no cost. The Florida State and Georgetown grad is a member of the Techstars network and has previously been honored as one of Business Insider’s 30 Most Important Women In Tech Under 30, Walker’s Legacy 2016 Power50, Rolling Out’s 25 Women you should know, as one of BET’s Blacks on the Brink of Greatness, as well as one of the 5 future leaders in technology by Black Enterprise Magazine. Her #TNWIDTakeaway? “Opportunity is everywhere.” For more information, check out the show notes here! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tnwid/message

SHOW TOPICS @0:30 - Chika & Tip Hub @3:00 - Tip Hub's "accelerator" program @10:30 - Problems Africans having starting a business 20:00 - Should you seek venture capital investments for your business idea @22:14 - Types of companies Tip Hub invests in @28:00 - Where Africans can find early stage start up capital @33:20 - How to start a business with inconsistent electricity problems @40:30 - How to start a business when you are living in poverty @42:50 - How to make money when your customers are poor @45:00 - How businesses can deal with corruption in Africa @52:25 - How early stage companies in Africa can deal with transportation problems @56:30 - Starting from nothing @59:00 - Protecting indigenous industries @1:00:20 - The diaspora's role in advancing entrepreneurship in Africa @1:10:25 - African small businesses and the government @1:14:00 - Africans trained overseas going back to Africa to help @1:18:00 - How to contact Chika SHOW LINKS https://www.tiphub.org --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nwudo/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nwudo/support

Chika Umeadi co-founder of TipHub joins me on I Am The Diaspora to talk about how entrepreneurs can find/develop their unfair advantage in business and gives advice to people who are moving to Africa to start businesses. Tiphub is an accelerator that focuses on African and African entrepreneurs that are building businesses in Africa. Tiphub also founded Diaspora Demo Summit, the largest gathering of African and African diaspora led businesses outside of Africa.  Find more: www.iveoma.com

During this episode we discuss how to brand your business successfully. Amanda shares some affordable tools for building your brand successfully, common mistakes brands make, plus more. Age: 30 Current Title: Tech Publicist & App Entrepreneur Location: Chicago, IL Amanda Spann is marketer and serial app entrepreneur on a mission to help fellow founders build and accelerate their brands. She produces marketing driven resources and programming through her consultancy Spann & Company in addition to being the Co-Founder of Tiphub, an impact driven innovation community for entrepreneurs in Africa and the African Diaspora and the hosts of Diaspora Demo Day, the largest startup showcase for black entrepreneurs outside of the continent of Africa. Amanda has been honored as one of Business Insider’s 30 Most Important Women In Tech Under 30, BET’s Blacks on the Brink of Greatness, and as one of 5 future leaders in technology by Black Enterprise Magazine.

On episode 22 of Knowledge Bandits, we chat with Chika Umeadi of TipHub. He shares deep insight on the African startup industry, as he and his cofounders interact with and help dozens of young entrepreneur clients. Follow Chika on Twitter @ChikaUmeadi.