The Underestimated Podcast highlights the stories of underestimated Entrepreneurs. If you‘re a founder, entrepreneur, or investor this podcast is for you! We tell the stories about how founders build their businesses, challenges they’ve overcome, and the victories they’ve experienced. Every entrepreneur has their success secrets as well as the moments they want to quit - we cover it all in the Underestimated Podcast.
Season 2 Episode 6: Founder and Investor Will Drewery Video)
X-Factor Capital interviews founder and investor Will Drewery about thriving in tech without a traditional background and bringing innovative products to life.
19 Dec 2022
Season 2 Episode 5: Lillii RNB Inc Founder & CEO Barbara Jones (Video)
Host X-Factor Capital interviews Barbara Jones, Founder and CEO of Lillii RNB Inc, discussing investor meetings and seed round importance for entrepreneurs.
12 Dec 2022
Season 2 Episode 4: Urban Capital Network Founder Lenny Saizan (Video)
Urban Capital Network Founder Lenny Saizan discusses democratizing early-stage investment access for Black and Brown investors in this interview with X-Factor Capital.
5 Dec 2022
Season 2 Episode 3: Gauge Co-Founder and Casting Director of Shark Tank - Brandon Andrews (Video)
Host X-Factor Capital interviews Brandon Andrews, Shark Tank casting director and Gauge co-founder, about scaling businesses and pitching to investors.
27 Nov 2022
Season 2 Episode 2: DivInc CEO Preston James II (Video)
X-factor Capital interviews DivInc CEO Preston James II about how entrepreneurship drives social and economic equity for underrepresented founders.
18 Nov 2022
Season 2 Episode 1: The Art of Data: A Data-Driven Approach to Workplace Inclusion & Janice Omadeke (Video)
Host Alex Ohanian interviews Janice Omadeke, CEO of The Mentor Method, about using data and intersectionality to dismantle workplace discrimination and foster inclusion.
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Episode 9: IFundWomen Founder & CEO Karen Cahn (Video)
Host [Host Name] interviews IFundWomen Founder & CEO Karen Cahn about the mechanics and success of crowdfunding for women entrepreneurs.
6 Feb 2022
Episode 8: Zirtue CEO Dennis Cail (Video)
Host X interviews Zirtue CEO and Founder Dennis Cail about his journey from small-town Louisiana to launching a revolutionary peer-to-peer lending platform and securing venture capital.
31 Jan 2022
Episode 7: TXV Partners Co-Founder Marcus Stroud (Video)
Host [Host Name] interviews TXV Partners Co-Founder Marcus Stroud about leveraging athletic adversity and trust to build a successful venture capital firm.
16 Jan 2022
Episode 6: The Birth of X-Factor Capital (Video)
Rodell Razor and Jeremiah Captain, founders of X-Factor Capital, discuss their entrepreneurial journey, the inspiration behind their mission, and key founder traits in this interview.
9 Jan 2022
Episode 5: Ford Sports Performance CEO Tracy Ford (Video)
This episode we interview CEO & Founder of Ford Sports Performance (FSP) Tracy Ford. Tracy & X-Factor Capital CEO Rodell Razor are childhood friends and co-founded FSP back in 2012. Tracy shares how his experience training the worlds best & hardest-working athletes can be translated into how you can be successful in life.
Tracy has spent his entire career serving his clients with passion. He attributes the success of his world-renowned training facility to a few key characteristics. This episode you’ll hear how ‘consistency’ is a game changer!
About Ford Sports Performance (FSP):
Ford Sports Performance is a results-driven facility that specializes in training for ALL athletes from Professional athletes, College athletes, top high school recruits, all the way down to youth athletes and adults that want to stay in shape.
We always put the athletes & clients First! At FSP, we do not guarantee that by training with us we are going to make an NFL player become an all-pro. We can’t guarantee we will take a college athlete and make him become a professional, nor can we guarantee that we can get a high school athlete a college scholarship, or make a youth athlete the best player on his or her team.
What we CAN guarantee is that we will treat every person that walks through our facility equal, and like FAMILY! We guarantee that if any individual gives us their 100% commitment and effort into one of our programs, we will be able to maximize their full potential.
www.gofordsports.com
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2 Jan 2022
Episode 4: Gardner Global CEO Jaebadiah Gardner (Video)
Entrepreneurship is about taking the losses, learning the lessons, and living to tell about them. Jaebadiah Gardner shares some of his most intimate experiences in his 13 years of building his real estate firm. As a respected developer, broker, and property manager in the greater Seattle area, he’s seen a lot in the real estate industry from different angles. If you love great storytelling and real talk, then this episode showcases the depth of struggles associated with entrepreneurship. Jaebadiah also wrote a book, ”Believe in Yourself: Business Essentials for The Millennial Entrepreneur.” He believes real confidence comes from experience and that confidence is key to building wealth.
Gardner Global is a Seattle-based privately held holding company that offers an array of services through its subsidiaries. They specialize in creating a collaborative network of businesses through targeted acquisitions & strategic partnerships. They are actively engaged in real estate development, consulting, sales, leasing & property management. Recent Project Success includes The Liberty Bank Building. This was a $33 million dollar affordable housing project in Seattle, WA, USA. This publicly subsidized building is 115-units aimed at residents who make 30%-60% of the area median income (AMI). Loaded with history and art, this project is a unique representation of the strong Black culture that resides in Seattle, WA.
If you love startups, technology, venture capital and all things entrepreneurship this this podcast is for you. Subscribe to our channel & leave us a review!
26 Dec 2021
Episode 3: Ecarra CEO Rock Robinson - Ride Sharing Gone Green (Video)
In this episode we interview Rock Robinson out of the greater Dallas area about how he is bringing a cleaner, more personalized, and dynamic experience to the ride sharing world. Not only are they picking up passengers in the planets most talked about cars (Tesla’s) their reducing the carbon footprint significantly for our planet. Listen in to hear more!
If you love startups, technology, venture capital and all things entrepreneurship this this podcast is for you. Subscribe to our channel & leave us a review!
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eCarra is the new #GreenStandard of ridesharing, built for the impact-minded.
eCarra uses Teslas and vision-aligned drivers to create the safest, most sustainable way to get passengers to wherever they need to go. Plus, they plant a tree every time you ride.
On average, eCarra saves their members over 200 Ibs. of carbon per month and their customer experience scores are AAA+. They’re so confident in the passenger experience, that if you’re not satisfied, then the ride is free.
As market leaders in ridesharing, they also license their platform to other fleets all over the world, demonstrating how they can do exactly what eCarra is doing to reduce emissions.
eCarra is the new #GreenStandard.
24 Dec 2021
Episode 2: Chezie CEO Toby Egbuna (video)
This episode we interview Toby Egbuna CEO and Co-Founder of Chezie. Chezie is a SaaS platform that aims to create inclusive work environments for people from underrepresented groups. As first-generation Nigerian immigrates Toby and his sister Dumebie cofounded Chezie from their own experiences of not feeling welcomed at work.
“Chezie is an all-in-one solution designed to help you build impactful employee resource groups. We help you easily and seamlessly track membership, events, budgets, and engagement, so you can focus on what matters - building inclusive communities so you can retain your talent.”
This chat is filled with exciting things that Toby has experienced in his career.
If you’re into conversations about the future of diversity, equity, and inclusion, entrepreneurship, and even working with family then this episode is for you! Subscribe to our channel & leave us a review!
8 Dec 2021
Episode 1: Champion Lender Founder & CEO Viola Carmona (Video)
US Navy Veteran Viola Carmona is building a huge business around homeownership for first-time homebuyers! She went to market originally to provide leads to larger mortgage companies. Over time, she saw a window of opportunity to serve an underserved community and do it using cutting-edge technology. She has taken a marketing company into a tech startup! Amazing how she uses being underestimated (woman, veteran, Black/Latina, LGBTQ, & solo founder) as fuel.
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Episode 9: IFundWomen Founder & CEO Karen Cahn (Video)
Published 16 Feb 2022 · Transcript excerpt
[…] We failed long and expensive You know blah blah blah as a Hail Mary to save the company We did a crowdfunding campaign so we could make payroll and it was in that moment. I was like wait a minute Why isn't everybody thinking about crowdfunding as the very first stop on their funding journey To prove demand for your product or service before you invest and supply and by supply mean wasting years of your life Chasing an equity round which we did in our first startup Couldn't raise venture capital I mean the numbers for women were even more agreed just back then it was 2014 You know, we're here in 2021 entering 2022 2021. […]
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