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After a promise for her wedding invitations fell through, Dami decided to create her own wedding invitations! Well, it turned out so good that her guests started to ask her create invitations for their events.There’s so much more to the story
What started as a blog to enlighten a few people about Nigerian food, is now a brand recognized in dozens of countries. Ronke Edoho, popularly known as 9jaFoodie shares the story of how working on her passion led to the discovery of a market op
It’s great to have a successful career or business, but what if we redefined success by the level of impact we make in the society? Dr. Oye Owolewa is a practicing pharmacist with a big heart and passion for serving his community in DC at both
For some, they get an MBA, find a business idea, strategize and build the business. For others, they have a burning passion and just put in a ton of work to cultivate it. On this episode, Nife Akingbe, also known as Skinny Hipster, shares her s
A COO at age 32? Follow us on Ikepo’s interesting career journey to hear how she went from being an Analyst to rising above her managers and becoming COO at the same company.You'd think her story ends there, right? Not quite... Ikepo went on
On this special episode, Abisola Shof is joined by her husband and show producer, Seyi Shof, to discuss the death of George Floyd and the unfortunate series of events that happened around his death. As African immigrants in the U.S., we discuss
How does one go from being a New York City attorney, to traveling the world, posting breathtaking photos of beautiful destinations, and getting paid to do it?On this episode, Cynthia Andrew, popularly known as SimplyCyn, shares how she became
As you’d imagine, starting and running restaurant business is no joke. On this episode, Fola Jinadu, owner of Suya Spot, a destination restaurant experience in the Baltimore MD area, shares some creative ways he raised funds to start his busine
On this episode, Abisola interviews Bilkis Ogbonna, founder of the ACE Festival. Looking to build on her success organizing a festival in 2019 that pulled thousands of attendees, Bilkis' 2020 plans are disrupted by COVID-19. Yet amazingly, she
On this episode, Abisola interviews Asafu Thomas, CEO of Naya Labs. Once upon a time, Asafu got laid off from his job, THE END! Or not... Asafu, used that as a prime opportunity to start his own company, which made $1.8M at its peak. Talk about
On this episode, Abisola interviews Addie Elabor, an entrepreneur who quit her job, and cashed out her 401k, to build her online fashion brand, D'Iyanu. Today, D'Iyanu has grown to become a profitable multi-million dollar company will several e
On this episode, Abisola interviews Femi Abolude, a prominent wedding photographer in the DC, Maryland and Virgina region.Femi is the definition of the word "hustle". From being a bank teller, to working at a truck stop gas station, and then
On this episode, Abisola interviews Fope Agbedia, Vice President of Business Development at MasterCard.Fope discusses the journey of how she made it to the Vice President role within 9-years of graduating from her PhD. She shares a lot of gre
On this episode, Abisola interviews Chiko Abengowe, an entrepreneur who quit his job at age 26 with only $1,000 in his bank account, and now owns multiple businesses with revenue in the millions.Chiko Abengowe describes how the jobs he had af
On the first episode, your host, Abisola, interviews Bolanle Ogunmakin, a serial real estate investor. Bolanle walks us through the journey of how she paid zero dollars to buy her first investment property in Washington, DC. She shares some of
Join Abisola Shof for stories of hustling, epic mistakes, near-misses, and euphoric successes that Africans experienced in their journeys to build success in business, careers, and creative endeavors.
This is the final episode of season 1 of Life and Some Jara. It's a live recording at our podcast launch party that occurred on Nov 9, 2019. Interested in the behind the scenes of how our podcast episodes are born? Want to hear our passion and
Full interview with popular Ghanaian DJ and founder of Afropolitan Cities, Kweku Amoako.He talks about how he got started from business school to being a DJ and ultimately creating the Afropolitan experience.
Full interview with popular DMV Nigerian chef, Renny Vonne, of Bites by Renny. She talks about how she got started, her passion, and how she creates a unique culinary food tasting experience. Don't get it twisted, she may be a chef, but she's a
This is the episode to take to the bank!Abisola & Seyi talk to Renny from BitesbyRenny, and Kweku from Afropolitan Cities on how they built the businesses of their dreams. From the real life "cheat codes" they used, to practical tips anyone can
Choose one: Love or Money? In episode 5, Abisola and Seyi bring you an entertaining talk about money in relationships, for both dating and married folks.Who should pay most of the bills? Should bank accounts be shared or kept secret? What abou
In episode 4, Abisola and Seyi talk about the addiction that people have for getting into debt. As always, they share real stories to show how some people are crushing debt while others are being crushed by debt. They also break the myth of com
In this episode, Abisola and Seyi talk about the "horror movie" of African time... Black people time, Caribbean time, Nigerian time... whatever you call it, simply the cultural habit of starting events late.They describe how people lose money,
In episode 2, Abisola and Seyi talk about where guys and ladies said they hang out to meet people, and how they shoot their shots and make their moves. They also share about advice that ladies gave guys, and vice versa.
In this episode, Abisola and Seyi discuss answers they got from interviewing guys and ladies on what sweeps them off their feet when they first meet, and big no-no's that make them wave goodbye.1:00: Introductions.4:00: Types of questions we
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