PEERS

About PEERS

PEERS. ESTABLISHED 2017. 9 YEARS OF FOUNDER STORIES. Hello fellow founder, Welcome to PEERS — the podcast that treats founders like what they actually are: peers. No pedestals, no polish, no pretending. Just real conversations between people building something from nothing. I'm Michelle Akhidenor, Forbes 30 Under 30 Lister, and each week I sit down with a founder to go beneath the highlight reel: Where did they come from? What shaped the choices that got them here? What almost broke them — and how have they kept going? This isn't a founder story told from the outside. It's founder to founder, peer to peer — honest, unfiltered, human. Because the version of entrepreneurship people see is rarely the one that we live. Welcome to the table, peers. Let's dive in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Michelle Akhidenor

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Oct 2017

Latest episode

10 Mar 2025

Latest episodes

297 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   10 Mar 2025

   #256. PEERS x Oova: In conversation with Dr Amy Divaraniya for International Women’s Day 2025

   Host Michelle interviews Dr. Amy Divaraniya, founder of Oova, about her entrepreneurial journey and the future of women's health.

2. 

   19 Feb 2024

   BONUS: The Peers Project gains investment to launch into U.S. market: A behind-the-scenes chat with Co-founder of S&P Ventures and The Peers Project Investor, Sam Mahmood

   Host Michelle Akhidenor interviews Sam Mahmood, Co-Founder of S&P Ventures and The Peers Project Investor, about navigating entrepreneurial pressure and achieving success through positive impact.

3. 

   19 Nov 2023

   #255. From Starting a Business as a College Student to Being Featured in Vogue with BIPOC Co-Founder of Now&Me & Forbes 30 Under 30 Lister, Bani Singh

   Host Michelle Akhidenor interviews Bani Singh, Co-Founder of Now&Me, about transitioning a college side hustle into a successful mental health platform and embracing entrepreneurship.

Who has been a guest on PEERS

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dr Amy Divaraniya
• Sam Mahmood
• Bani Singh
• Shannie Mears
• Rachael De Foe

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

74

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

90

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.