Friends & Family with Aurora James
Hosted by Aurora James · Fifteen Percent Pledge
4.9from 75 ratings
- 20
- Episodes
- 5
- Transcribed
- 75
- Ratings
- 2024
- First episode
About Friends & Family with Aurora James
When a founder begins raising money for their business, they will often start with a “friends and family round” before seeking out loans or venture capital. While this is a viable option for some, not everyone has access to a network of deep-pocketed friends and family. Enter: Friends & Family with Aurora James. We may not all have access to a “friends & family” round when launching a new venture, but on this podcast, we’re here to be YOUR friends and family in business. Whether you’re fundraising or bootstrapping, join Aurora James, founder of the Fifteen Percent Pledge, alongside some of the most inspiring Black founders as they share wisdom and act as your support system while you build your business and scale for success. Friends & Family is brought to you by Fifteen Percent Pledge and produced in partnership with Alkemie Sound Lab. Our sponsor this season is Citi. Citi Financial Pathways has resources to help you meet your goals.
- Publisher
- Fifteen Percent Pledge
- Category
- business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 27 Mar 2024
- Latest episode
- 13 Mar 2026
Latest episodes
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Live from the Block Party: Sloane Stephens and Jodie Taylor In Conversation
Published 13 Mar 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And what it's kind of like sucky because in tennis, you lose so much. So you get used to losing, but you also get used to like going back to practice in the next day and like practicing your serve or practicing seeing your forehand, like whatever you did that didn't work. So like mistakes are never mistakes as you like always have the opportunity to go back and fix it. And I think that's just like the athlete in me is like, okay, it didn't work, but let's like let's fix it. Let's figure it out. Like, I don't know, eating Indian food every night made me slow. So let me even try to eat a salad. Like whatever it is, like I always try to like fix it. […]
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- Denis Asamoah
- Kadi Lee
- Maya Smith
- Denise Vasi
- Kayalin Akens-Irby
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 75 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 20 / 100
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- 19
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 51
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Aurora James host the show. Published by Fifteen Percent Pledge.
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