Jovante Ham - Melanoid Exchange (Houston, TX)

Diverse Tech Founders Media

English - May 18, 2020 22:30 - 43 minutes - 40.3 MB
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Listen to Jovante explain from his kitchen table how his business model is transforming small business owner's sales from New York City to Houston and ofcourse, back home in Broward County, FL.

Melanoid Exchange is one of Houston bourgeoning startups and combines e-commerce with online booking "to help entrepreneurs of color connect with the world". They have an app on IOS and Android you can download today.

Since growing up as a young kid in Fort Lauderdale, Jovante Ham has taken the lessons he learned growing up in a tough community to become founder and CEO of Melanoid Exchange, a.k.a. The Hood Scholar.

This former aerospace engineer is tackling one of the largest target acquisition markets we have explored so far: E-commerce.

Listen to Jovante explain from his kitchen table how his business model is transforming small business owner's sales from New York City to Houston and ofcourse, back home in Broward County, FL.

Melanoid Exchange is conducting a crowdfunding round through Buy the Block:

Crowdfunding: https://buytheblock.com/campaign/melanoidexchange
Website: https://melanoidexchange.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melanoidexchange