Welcome to Road to Reinvention, the podcast.
My name is Sherrell Dorsey, I’m a data journalist, a tech founder, an award-winning entrepreneur, and a speaker for Fortune 500 companies. After several successful businesses and what many would consider a life well done, I found myself struggling after earning all my gold stars, to answer the simple question of "what's next?" This seems to be a destination many find themselves arriving at and few know the answer.
Do you create just another goal? Do you hang it up? Do you pivot and show up in a new space? OR do you once and for all decide to put that kind of energy into your personal life and put the work aside?
I don't know yet. But I have tons of friends, colleagues, and people I admire that have tracked this same journey and will be joining us this season to bare it all. How they answered the question that left them puzzled after earning the highest of highs.
So join me as I speak to those who learned to navigate their own road to reinvention. I hope this podcast inspires you to honor every step of your journey and the need to change as you see fit.
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Welcome to Road to Reinvention, the podcast.
My name is Sherrell Dorsey, I’m a data journalist, a tech founder, an award-winning entrepreneur, and a speaker for Fortune 500 companies. After several successful businesses and what many would consider a life well done, I found myself struggling after earning all my gold stars, to answer the simple question of "what's next?" This seems to be a destination many find themselves arriving at and few know the answer.
Do you create just another goal? Do you hang it up? Do you pivot and show up in a new space? OR do you once and for all decide to put that kind of energy into your personal life and put the work aside?
I don't know yet. But I have tons of friends, colleagues, and people I admire that have tracked this same journey and will be joining us this season to bare it all. How they answered the question that left them puzzled after earning the highest of highs.
So join me as I speak to those who learned to navigate their own road to reinvention. I hope this podcast inspires you to honor every step of your journey and the need to change as you see fit.
EP17: From Answering a $300 Craigslist Ad to Investing Millions in a More Equitable Future | Meet Bobak Emamian
Road to Reinvention
42 minutes
2 years ago
EP17: From Answering a $300 Craigslist Ad to Investing Millions in a More Equitable Future | Meet Bobak Emamian
“Every incredible story starts with some kind of Craigslist interaction.”
In this episode, Bobak Emamian shares how he became the co-founder of Debut Capital, a venture capital firm that invests in Black, Latinx, and indigenous founders creating influential businesses, all from answering a Craiglist ad.
With a passion to invest in a more equitable future, tune in as Bobak speaks to showing up fully for your team, his own personal leadership journey, and the lessons he learned as a founder that make him a better investor today.
KEY POINTS:
- Bobak’s journey from founder to investor
- The challenges of growing a company from scratch
- What tools allowed Bobak’s dorm start-up to go global?
- Leadership versus management - showing up fully for your team
- Why did Bobak sell his company?
- The inspiration to invest in underrepresented founders
QUOTABLES:
“One of the things we would always say is, thank you for the challenge. And it was really a mentality of gratitude towards the hard things.”
“When we go to Black tech or Afro tech, you meet legit founders who were building big businesses, but their story was they weren't being taken seriously by VCs. And then you turn around on the other side, white male founders had like a sketch on their deck, and they're getting funded no problem.”
GUEST RESOURCES:
Bobak Emamian
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Road to Reinvention
Welcome to Road to Reinvention, the podcast.
My name is Sherrell Dorsey, I’m a data journalist, a tech founder, an award-winning entrepreneur, and a speaker for Fortune 500 companies. After several successful businesses and what many would consider a life well done, I found myself struggling after earning all my gold stars, to answer the simple question of "what's next?" This seems to be a destination many find themselves arriving at and few know the answer.
Do you create just another goal? Do you hang it up? Do you pivot and show up in a new space? OR do you once and for all decide to put that kind of energy into your personal life and put the work aside?
I don't know yet. But I have tons of friends, colleagues, and people I admire that have tracked this same journey and will be joining us this season to bare it all. How they answered the question that left them puzzled after earning the highest of highs.
So join me as I speak to those who learned to navigate their own road to reinvention. I hope this podcast inspires you to honor every step of your journey and the need to change as you see fit.
