Erika Brodnock is an award-winning entrepreneur, philanthropist, angel investor, and keynote speaker. She is the founder of Kami, an app that provides support and counseling for working parents. Before Kami, she founded Karisma Kidz, a company focused on producing games and toys for kids. She is also the Co-founder and Head of Research for Extend Ventures, a company committed to reducing bias in the early stage of businesses and diversifying financial access and support for these scalable businesses. Outside of her companies, she is very passionate about inclusion, diversity, and political sciences and works on several different projects along these lines. In today’s episode of Founders Connect, we will learn more about Erika, her interesting life journey, her companies, motivations, and more! Watch Here https://youtu.be/c4LCc33eif0?embedable=true Video Timestamps 0:00 - Introduction 1:22 - Erika’s Background 3:42 - Going to University 5:35 - Getting Pregnant early and building a career as an entrepreneur 12:03 - What shaped her Childhood, making her dogged about life. 15:13 - Building Karisma Kids 20:15 - The issues with building in Tech. 21:40 - The Process of Building Karisma Kids 27:14 - Building as Black in the UK. 32:14 - Building Extend Ventures 36:02 - Building Kami 40:36 - Mistakes made along the way 43:22 - The Relationships Factor 46:47 - Lessons to Black Women

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