SPEAKER
As an experienced international speaker, panelist, and mentor in over 12 countries, I'm passionate about helping entrepreneurs, especially in emerging markets.
From Vitamin to Painkiller: the Story of inDinero
ShiftSplit - Split, Croatia (June 2015)
BRNewTech - São Paulo & Curitiba, Brazil (Aug 2015)
MEST - Accra, Ghana (Sept 2015)
Startup Istanbul - Istanbul, Turkey (Oct 2015)
Hugething.VC - Poznan, Poland (Oct 2015)
Talk summary: My startup's journey through failure, burning $1M in funding, and bootstrapping back to profitability, generating $1M in ARR in less than a year.
Art of the Pitch / Fundraising for Early Stage Startups
She Leads Africa - Lagos, Nigeria (Sept 2015)
DEMO Africa - Lagos, Nigeria (Sept 2015)
MEST - Accra, Ghana (Sept 2015)
Startup Istanbul - Istanbul, Turkey (Oct 2015)
Hugething.VC - Poznan, Poland (Oct 2015)
TechWomen - Palo Alto, CA (Oct 2015)
Galvanize: Pitchers and Pitches - SF, CA (April 2016)
ArabNet - Dubai, UAE (June 2016)
ZINC - Amman, Jordan (June 2016)
NEST.vc / Metta entrepreneur event - Nairobi, Kenya (June 2016)
Talk Summary: Do's and Don't of Pitching, highly rated live and interactive mentoring workshops.
Judging/Panels
ShiftSplit - startup competition judge (June 2015)
Africa Business Angel Network / DEMO Africa - foreign investors in Africa panel (Sept 2015)
Startup Istanbul - finals and semifinals startup competition judge (Sept 2015)
Startup Turkey - semifinals startup competition judge (March 2016)
Seedstars World - panel on fundraising for early state startups (March 2016)
Galvanize: Pitchers and Pitches - startup competition judge (April 2016)
Africa Unplugged: Sparking Ideas, Unlocking Innovation panel on technology and startups in Africa at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business - panelist (April 2016)
Defy Ventures - Solano State Prison competition judge (April 2016)
Other talks:
What I Learned as Venture Partner at 500 Startups
Startup Turkey - Antalya, Turkey (Feb 2016)
Talk Summary: Learnings from investing in emerging markets.
Fix your Diversity Debt
CASE "Conserte seu Débito de Diversidade" - São Paulo (Nov 2015)
Talk Summary: Avoid building "diversity debt" in your company - best practices for building inclusive cultures and more diversity in early stage startups. Slides here.
How to Design Strong Accelerator Curriculum
VC Unlocked - San Francisco, CA (May 2016)
Talk Summary: Best practices for accelerator managers and program designers. Slides here.
Mentor
500 Startups/General Assembly Pre-Accelerator - SF, CA (June 2015)
She Leads Africa - Lagos, Nigeria (Sept 2015)
Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) - Accra, Ghana (Sept 2015)
Girls in Tech - São Paulo, Brazil (Aug 2015)
TechWomen - US State Dept. sponsored program - Bay Area, CA (Oct 2015)
Build.VC - entrepreneurship program for high school students - Oakland, CA (Dec 2015)
Defy Ventures - Bay Area, CA & Solano State Prison (Dec 2015)
500 Startups London Distro Dojo - London, UK (Sept 2015)
StartPlanet - Belfast, Ireland (Feb 2016)
500 Nordics Oslo Pre-Accelerator - Oslo, Norway (Feb 2016)
Seedstars World - Lausanne, Switzerland (March 2016)
500 Startups LA Distro Dojo - LA, CA (May 2016)
NEST.vc / Metta entrepreneur event - Nairobi, Kenya (June 2016)
TunaPanda.org - entrepreneurship program - Nairobi, Kenya (June 2016)