S2E17 - Darren Tenkorang, Founder & CEO @ TRIM-IT
Riding Unicorns: Venture Capital | Entrepreneurship | Technology
English - September 22, 2021 05:00 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBusiness business startups venture capital founders fintech Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Darren Tenkorang is the founder and CEO of Trim-IT, one of the first app-powered mobile Barber Shops in the UK. The idea for the business came to Darren whilst he was still at University. He entered his business plan into a competition and much to his surprise he won. The subsequent £10,000 award ended up forming the base to launch the business that we see today.
The South London native sat down with Riding Unicorns to discuss how his dyslexia diagnosis fuelled his desire to become an entrepreneur, the pros and cons to operating a franchise model and why you should never work with your close friends. Darren closes by opening up on his future plans for the business and what he perceives to be the challenges towards achieving continued growth.
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