Startup Funding | Learn from Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors and CEOs of Disruptive Companies
43 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 7 years ago - ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsStartup Funding is the podcast for business owners ready to attract funding. We talk with founders who have successfully raised money, venture capitalists and angel investors who have funded amazing startups. You will get all of the information that you need to take your business to the next level.
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Take Over like Azim Barodawala
June 05, 2017 12:10 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MBOn this episode of Startup Funding hosted by Dr. Roshawnna Novellus we have Azim Barodawala who is the CEO of Atlanta-based Volantio Inc, a technology based focused on helping industries with highly volatile pricing and availability. This technology particularly applies to the travel industry and increases conversion rates while reducing costs. He is also a graduate of Duke University and completed his MBA in the Walton School along with a Masters in International Affairs from the University...
Alternative Startup Financing with Jessica Norwood
May 29, 2017 12:37 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBToday on Startup Funding hosted by Dr. Roshawnna Novellus we have Jessica Norwood who is a fellow of Nathan Cummings Foundation and the founder of The Runway Project which uses entrepreneurship as a way to bridge the wealth gap for black-owned businesses. They do this by providing the early pre-seed capital and business support a.k.a friend and family money. Jessica who is based in Mobile, Alabama and grew up between politics and entrepreneurship, believes that the entrepreneurial spirit h...
EnrichHER Initiative Recap
April 17, 2017 05:58 - 17 minutes - 24.7 MBBootstrap Capital, a non-profit organization, partners with the City of Atlanta to host EnrichHER, on April 27, 2017 at 6:00 PM at Atlanta Tech Village. EnrichHER is a citywide event featuring Atlanta’s most successful women executives; and local women-led companies will be given the opportunity to pitch their businesses for the chance to win a $5,000 grant. EnrichHer is an initiative developed by Dr. Roshawnna Novellus , with the support of Atlanta City Council President Ceasar C. Mitche...
EnrichHER Edition: She Unites with Shade Smith
April 01, 2017 07:00 - 8 minutes - 7.91 MBToday on our EnrichHer edition of StartUp Funding hosted by Dr. Roshawnna Novellus we have Shade Smith who tells us more about why she decided to become an entrepreneur and what gave her the idea behind her clothing company She Unites. While trying to feel comfortable with her clothing styles as a lover of active gear, Shade Smith wanted to be able to seamlessly transition between her day to day activities and decided to create a platform which extends from fashion into a means of helping wo...
EnrichHER Edition: Girls Going Global with Martice Sutton
March 31, 2017 07:00 - 7 minutes - 7.34 MBOn our EnrichHer edition of StartUp Funding hosted by Dr. Roshawnna Novellus we have Martice Sutton the founder of Girls Going Global explains the reason behind her business, how she came up with the idea and what made her venture into entrepreneurship. A former international studies major, Martice always knew she wanted to make an impact in the community. After graduating from Spelman College she worked abroad on social enterprise in India where she worked with several girls organizations...
EnrichHER Edition: Dare Dream Dance with Cicely Kelly and Rae Coleman
March 30, 2017 07:00 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBToday on our EnrichHer edition of StartUp Funding hosted by Dr. Roshawnna Novellus we have the crew of Dare Dream Dance who speak to us about how they came up with the idea for a dance academy and why they decided to become entrepreneurs: Cicely Kelly & Rae Coleman. Being Atlanta natives they saw the opportunity to develop a curriculum for dancers of this generation and have a noticeable impact in the community. Dare Dream Dance started in 2013 in a studio in Atlanta and today it has grown...
EnrichHER Edition: Imagination Beyond Boundaries with Lalanya Abner
March 29, 2017 07:00 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBOn our EnrichHer edition of StartUp Funding hosted by Dr. Roshawnna Novellus today we have a new entrepreneur who has curated an awesome series of stories representing people of color: Lalanya Abner. She shares with us more about herself and what led her to become an entrepreneur. She says: “I think entrepreneurship honestly was in my blood”, being something that has always been in her family from before she was born, she’s is a natural at it. Being raised in a family of entrepreneurs doesn’...
EnrichHER Edition: Carver's Produce with Yasmeen Sabir
March 28, 2017 07:00 - 9 minutes - 13.6 MBCarver’s Produce is a Georgia Grown natural food distributor transforming how growers and buyers strengthen food deserts.
EnrichHER Edition: Healthier and Happier with Jing Carter-Lu
March 27, 2017 07:00 - 6 minutes - 6.21 MBOn our EnrichHer edition of StartUp Funding hosted by Dr. Roshawnna Novellus, today we have Jing Kālu who has created an innovative air filtration company. During our interview, Jing talks about why she decided to venture into entrepreneurship. In her own words: “Going green has always been on my mind…..doing something to make people healthier and happier”, creating a system to help people live healthier and happier is the inspiration behind her being an entrepreneur. Jing shares with us h...
EnrichHER Edition: HairBrella with Tracey Pickett
March 26, 2017 07:00 - 7 minutes - 6.66 MBOn our EnrichHer edition of StartUp Funding hosted by Dr. Roshawnna Novellus we have Tracey Pickett the founder of Hairbrella today. She tells us more about why she decided to become an entrepreneur and what led her down the part of Hairbrella. Coming from a family mostly comprised of entrepreneurs, Tracey admits she has always wanted to be an entrepreneur herself, even after attending Law school and practicing for 5 years she still remained true to her dream. Tracey shares with us what is...
EnrichHER Edition: Diversity Photos with Nicole Carter
March 25, 2017 07:00 - 9 minutes - 8.42 MBToday on our EnrichHer edition of StartUp Funding hosted by Dr. Roshawnna Novellus we have Nicole, a co-founder of Diversity Photos based in Atlanta. Nicole talks to us about her experiences as an entrepreneur describing how she found a need and was able to solve it by being innovative and thinking outside the box. Nicole starts by telling us why Diversity Photos are important and why she decided to become an entrepreneur. Nicole who is an Atlanta native started out in economic development...
EnrichHER Edition: Virtual Professionals with Mary Gay
March 24, 2017 07:00 - 8 minutes - 7.88 MBToday on our EnrichHer edition of StartUp Funding hosted by Dr. Roshawnna Novellus we have Mary who has an amazing startup company focused on helping people get employment. During our interview Mary tells us more about how her company works and the driving force behind her success as an entrepreneur. When asked what led her to become an entrepreneur Mary replies: “I’ve always been an entrepreneur….I have always had a heart for helping people”. By utilizing the full potential of the internet,...
EnrichHER Edition: FORME with Donna Burke
March 23, 2017 07:00 - 8 minutes - 7.48 MBOn this EnrichHer edition episode of StartUp Funding hosted by Dr. Roshawnna Novellus we have Donna Burke who tells us how she became an entrepreneur and how she came up with the idea of creating a Barre Studio. Getting most of her entrepreneurial spirit from her parents, Donna decided to follow in their steps. Donna shares with us the story of how she got the idea for her very own Barre studio in Atlanta. Her story stems from when she started taking Barre, where she noticed her discomfort...
EnrichHER Edition: Moisture Love with Jeannell Darden
March 22, 2017 07:00 - 6 minutes - 6.45 MBOn this EnrichHer edition episode of StartUp Funding hosted by Dr. Roshawnna Novellus we have Jeannell Darden who shares her experiences on starting her own beauty hair product Moisture Love. Jeannell has always been surrounded by entrepreneurs from her childhood and this influenced her decision to become one, she first created her product by trying to solve a need and now is in the process of building her own brand. Jeannell Darden is an Atlanta native and a Georgia Tech graduate who bega...
EnrichHER Edition: MiniCity with India Hayes and Anita Jones
March 21, 2017 07:00 - 8 minutes - 8 MBOn this EnrichHer edition episode of StartUp Funding hosted by Dr. Roshawnna Novellus we have co-founders of Mini-Cities, Anita and India who share with us how they met each other and why they decided to be entrepreneurs. They both met each other while working at CDC and decided to go into business together. Anita and India who are Atlanta natives have been working with the homeless for some time before they decided to start their own business. They both explain to us how a person may beco...
EnrichHER Edition: Patientory with Chrissa McFarlane
March 20, 2017 07:00 - 6 minutes - 6.21 MBToday on our Enrich Her edition of StartUp Funding hosted by Dr. Roshawnna Novellus we have the founder of Patientory. During our enlightening interview she talks about what inspired her to become and entrepreneur and how she came up with the idea for Patientory. Born in Jamaica her parents immigrated to Atlanta when she was 3 years old where her parents started a restaurant business. According to her, “I knew I always wanted to help people and I excelled in the sciences and mathematics so...
EnrichHER Edition: Contracts and Grants with Linda Chatmon
March 19, 2017 07:00 - 10 minutes - 14.5 MBOn this EnrichHer edition episode of StartUp Funding hosted by Dr. Roshawnna Novellus we are continuing our quest to highlight the best women led enterprises in the city of Atlanta. Today we have Linda Chatmon the creator of AppDiva and the founder and CEO of Contracts and Grants. She shares with us her entrepreneurial journey and how she came up with her awesome ideas, she has always wanted to train women to transition from welfare to work. Within 6 months she was able to leave her previo...
EnrichHER Edition: Cool Moms Dance Too with Quyionah Wingfield
March 18, 2017 07:00 - 12 minutes - 16.6 MBQuyionah Wingfield is the CEO of Cool Moms Dance Too LLC, the innovative mommy and me dance fitness program for cool moms and their children. She is a mother, creative entrepreneur, intellectual property educator, writer, and a family health and wellness advocate who studies psychology at Georgia State University. Her love for and background in dance started very early on and grew at the age of 12 when she entered Star Quest National Dance Competition in Albany NY. With no formal training ...
EnrichHER Edition: Events For Less with Mia Martin
March 17, 2017 07:00 - 5 minutes - 7.71 MBOn this EnrichHer edition episode of StartUp Funding hosted by Dr. Roshawnna Novellus, we are continuing our quest to highlight the most amazing women-led enterprises within the city of Atlanta. Today we have Mia Martin the founder and CEO of Events for Less Marketing who in this insightful interview tells us more about her business and how she became an entrepreneur. Starting out in corporate sales and marketing about 14 years ago, Mia always knew she had that entrepreneurial spirit. Her...
EnrichHER Edition: Freeing Returns with Barbara Jones
March 16, 2017 07:00 - 7 minutes - 10.2 MBBarbara Jones is the Founder/CEO of Lillii RNB Inc, a Retail IT Consultancy and Freeing Returns Inc, a Merchandise Returns Disrupter Tech Startup. Barbara Jones is a Technical Founder and 20 year Java Coder/Architect in the niche field of Retail IT at the Point of Sale. Barbara holds a Computer Science degree from the University of Texas at Austin and has lived in Atlanta, GA for over 10 years now. Barbara loves Technology and trains Women and Minorities in the niche field of Retail IT. Bar...
EnrichHER Edition: Goodr with Jasmine Crowe
March 15, 2017 07:00 - 12 minutes - 17.2 MBCompassionate, Zealous, Visionary and Inspiring are just a few of the words that describe Jasmine Crowe, an HBCU alumna and MBA graduate who is working to make the world a better place one cause at a time. Jasmine’s goal is to foster change and create awareness about the leading socioeconomic issues and challenges of today, like poverty, education, and hunger. In 2011 she founded BlackCelebrityGiving.com (BCG) . The idea for the site came from the vivid awareness of a lack of media cover...
EnrichHER Edition: CPR Life Wrap with Felicia Jackson
March 14, 2017 08:01 - 7 minutes - 10.4 MBFelicia has over 20 years experience in the medical field with 10 of those being in Physical Therapy. After the near death of her 2-year-old son in 2002 to a choking incident that rendered her unable to help, Felicia invented a disposable CPR template called The CPR LifeWrap.This non-technical template provides the bystander with an attached one-way mouth barrier, visual hand placements and simple CPR instructions that can be in any language. Felicia is aggressively working with various busi...
EnrichHER Edition: Adventures with Mariah with Alysse Daniels
March 12, 2017 10:53 - 6 minutes - 8.68 MBAlysse Daniels created Adventures With Mariah based on inspiration from her great-grandmother, Mariah Cutberth. Alysse is on the path to inspire children around the world to have the courage and to follow their dreams! The original Mariah was born in the low country of South Georgia, outside of Savannah, in 1902. She was born poor and worked on a farm. From a young age, she dreamed of something better for herself and her future family. She wanted an opportunity for an education. So, at th...
EnrichHER Edition: Toss with Marissa Swanson
March 11, 2017 21:39 - 10 minutes - 14.6 MBRoshawnna: Hi, I'm Dr. Roshawnna Novellus, host of Startup Funding and producer of the EnrichHER Initiative. We have another awesome entrepreneur today, Marissa with Toss, and I can't wait to hear all about what she's doing and how she's positively impacting the City of Atlanta. Marissa, can you tell us more about Toss and how the idea came about? Marissa: I ended up in a class my last semester of college learning JavaScript and fell in love with the cod...
EnrichHER Edition: Atlanta Beer Boutique with Jennifer Price
March 07, 2017 08:00 - 8 minutes - 11 MBRoshawnna: Hi. I'm Dr. Roshawnna Novellus, host of Startup Funding and producer of the EnrichHER Initiative. I am so excited to be highlighting so many awesome entrepreneurs from Atlanta. Today we have Jen from the Atlanta Beer Boutique. Jennifer: Hi. Roshawnna: Welcome. Jennifer: Thank you for having me. Roshawnna: Of course. Can you tell us more about how you came up with this idea? Jennife...
EnrichHER Edition: Blossom with Diamonde Williamson
March 06, 2017 08:00 - 7 minutes - 10.3 MBRoshawnna: Hi, I'm Dr. Roshawnna Novellus, host of Startup Funding and producer of the EnrichHer Initiative. I am so excited to be highlighting so many fabulous entrepreneurs from the city of Atlanta. Today we have Diamonde from Blossom. Diamonde: Hello. No I'm excited, I really am excited. I like talking. Roshawnna: Tell us more about Blossom and all of the awesome work you're doing here in Atlanta. Diamonde: So B...
EnrichHER Edition: Civic Dinners with Jenn Graham
March 02, 2017 14:36 - 9 minutes - 14.3 MBJenn Graham is a social innovation designer that blends business strategy, behavior change theory, the art of storytelling and the power of design to build issue-based campaigns and community-based interventions that drive positive social change. Honored to feature Civic Dinners on #StartupFunding EnrichHER EnrichHER Edition: https://goo.gl/LACU8p Roshawnna: Hi. I'm Doctor Roshawnna Novellus, host of Startup Funding. Today, we are in the midst of our Enricher Initiative. We have Je...
Shear Genius with Dr. Tye and Courtney Caldwell
February 20, 2017 05:30 - 50 minutes - 47.9 MBOn this episode of StartUp Funding hosted by Dr. Roshawnna Novellus we have Dr. Tye and Courtney Caldwell who share their experiences on starting a new revolutionary system ShareShare which aims to change the way barbers, cosmetologists and beauty professionals do business. It comes as a solution for barbers who need access to professional salon space on demand. ShareShare is a B2B platform in the form of a free downloadable app. Dr. Tye and Courtney Caldwell who are based in Dallas are te...
Be Legally Savvy with Chris Gilmore
February 13, 2017 18:44 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBChris Gilmore is a corporate attorney with Morris, Manning and Martin LLP where he focuses his practice on the representation of companies and investors in the virtual capital, private equity, and merger, and requisition. Transactions in a technology field. His clients range from startups raising a seed round to major capital firms providing series A and B funding to providing equity and Certegy buyers. He received a bachelor in political science with the minor in accounting in North Car...
Defy The Odds LIke Jason Crain
February 06, 2017 05:30 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBToday’s episode of StartUp Funding with Dr. Roshawnna Novellus features Jason Crain who is a co-founder and COO of Partpic a visual search technology built for hardware based in Atlanta Georgia. The marketing and Spanish graduate turned technology entrepreneur serves on a number of boards including Scholar Made Charter Schools, Atlanta Dream Academy, and The Scholarship Academy. Crain, a Kansas City native, discusses on how his experience working in various Technology firms set the tone fo...
Be Worthy of Trust Like Andrew Gowasak
January 30, 2017 05:30 - 32 minutes - 45.2 MBAndrew Gowasack is the type of startup CEO that understands the value of listening. Throughout his informative conversation with Roshawnna, Andrew reiterated this point throughout various contexts within his founder journey. In many ways listening is the foundation of Trust Stamp. Andrew talks about the incredible importance of customer discovery and how the diligence that he and his business partner put into this in the early stages has reflected in the market fit that Trust Stamp has been ...
Have Grit Like Ryan Wilson
January 23, 2017 05:30 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBThis episode of StartUp Funding features Ryan Wilson co-founder and CEO of The Gathering Spot. This lawyer turned co-working space owner shares his entrepreneurial journey from identifying a need to raising $3 million in funding. Wilson, an Atlanta native, discusses the struggle of finding a place to work and hold meetings when he was working in the community while attending Georgetown University and Georgetown University Law Center. This struggle birthed the idea for The Gathering Spot. ...
Be Strategic like Roshell Rosemond Rinkins
January 16, 2017 05:30 - 42 minutes - 39.8 MBRoshell Rosemond Rinkins is the type of entrepreneur that is interested in more than just personal gain. Roshell wants to see her product empower and enliven its users. Roshell is the woman behind Liquid Courage, a unique line of beauty products that aim to compliment the modern woman on the go. Liquid Courage comes on the heels of Roshell making the decision to exit the corporate world. Leaving behind the certainty and stability of a corporate role to embark on the journey of an entrepren...
Pave a New Path like James Jones
January 11, 2017 05:30 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MBJames Jones was able to do what so many people working within Corporate America dream of: break away and begin a career as a successful entrepreneur. With RaceIQ, James and his team have taken cutting edge securities software and applied to the the automotive industry. Throughout his conversation with Roshawnna, James shares insights in to how RaceIQ is working to provide solutions for the future of ransomware. James’ career journey has seen challenges, just as everyone’s has. Throughout h...
Exit Like Thiago Olson
January 09, 2017 05:30 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBThiago Olson is the type of guy that makes everything look easy. The center of national attention as a teenager that built a working nuclear reactor, Thiago went on to found Stratos and subsequently lead the company to an exit. Oh, and he has had a planet named after him. No big deal right?? Perhaps the greatest surprise in talking to Thiago about his career is that despite how he makes it look, his path has not always presented a smooth ride. He has faced the same daunting circumstances a...
Stand Out Like Deen Wright
January 05, 2017 05:30 - 48 minutes - 45.1 MBDeen took a standardized test as a kid which recommended that he become a venture capitalist. As a youth, he started a successful Ebay business after he paid his grandmother to buy him goods on her various vacation overseas. While at Howard University, he continued to excel in entrepreneurship throughout his tenure. In fact, his efforts helped his fraternity reach new heights in their fundraising goals. After meeting the perfect investor for his company in a casino in Las Vegas, he knew...
RYSE with Jay Jackson
January 02, 2017 05:30 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBJay experienced entrepreneurial success through real estate and his magazine publication in Florida. But something told him that he could help more people. He started meeting creatives at different conferences and networking events and discovered that many artists, do not have a platform to distribute their craft. So, he became lean. He downsized his home and sold his car so that he could make their dreams come true. Now he's on the verge of launching the RYSE platform globally. The passio...
Get Rejected like Chris Michael Harris
December 28, 2016 05:30 - 45 minutes - 42 MBHe graduated from the University of Georgia and started his first business from his college apartment. After pitching his company 725 times over 8 months, he was finally able to raise the capital he needed to expand his business. Now Chris is a serial entrepreneur, podcast host and mentor. As a highly motivated and highly successful person, Chris Michael Harris has amazing insights to share about the ideas, actions and belief systems that have gotten him to where he is today. Chris was m...
Advocate with Joel Dixon
December 22, 2016 05:30 - 43 minutes - 43.1 MBBorn in the projects in Atlanta, he always had a strong love for family. Years later he attended Stanford University and majored in symbolic systems. Though he always has a love for sales and community investment, he looks forward to the reset afforded by extended vacations and service trips to Haiti, India and Costa Rica. His vision is for an inclusive world and now he is an entrepreneur, investor, and community advocate.
Another Pitch Competition with Tanya Van Court
December 19, 2016 05:30 - 51 minutes - 47.7 MBTanya Van Court is a great example of a person that struck out on a dream to become a success. From modest beginnings as the flash of an idea that was born out of a comment that her daughter made, Tanya has been able to grow iSow into a viable business that has a great ethos and a lot of heart. Tanya was able to recognize that our society teaches children terrible financial values. The materialism that we learn young follows us into adulthood and can lead to disastrous financial health ...
Jump In with Kristina Montague
December 07, 2016 14:09 - 47 minutes - 46.2 MBThe passion that Kristina Montague brings to her role as Managing Partner of The JumpFund is immediately evident in her conversation with Roshawnna. The JumpFund is an investment fund that operates within an interesting and necessary niche: it is by women for women. After recognizing a gap in gender equality within the entrepreneur space, Kristina and her team of partners set out to create a fund that could bring some gender balance to the startup ecosystem. The enormous success that The J...
Build with Marlon C. Nichols
December 07, 2016 13:52 - 43 minutes - 42.9 MBHe was born in Jamaica & received his undergraduate degree from Northeastern University. After working a few years in consulting, he decided to move to London to pursue career and athletic opportunities. After returning from playing professional basketball in Europe, he received his MBA from Cornell University only to have unsuccessfully pitched an investment deal to his team at Intel Capital that has successfully achieved exponential growth. Fast forward a few years and now he is a succes...
Inaugural Episode with Dr. Roshawnna Novellus
December 07, 2016 13:07 - 34 minutes - 49.6 MBDr. Roshawnna Novellus, known as the Wealthy Yogi, is the co-founder of Bootstrap Capital and Host of Startup Funding. She is passionate about helping business owners ready to attract funding. She also serves on the Commission on Women for the City of Atlanta, and was honored as a Women Who Means Business by the Atlanta Business Chronicle