Venturing Deep
Venturing Deep is a podcast that will take a look into venture capital, remarkable founders, interesting people, and other pressing topics. Join your host, Ama Kessie as we dive deep into an array of discussions. The hope is that after listening, you will come away using something you heard here to be your best self! The only request is that you not be afraid to venture deep!
Episodes
25 episodes
Venturing Deep (with Antoine Woods -Tech Entrepreneur, Advisor, and Investor at BRONZE)
Welcome to the “Venturing Deep” Podcast! I want you to meet Antoine Woods Jr.! Antoine is a tech entrepreneur, advisor, and investor at BRONZE. In short, he started as a programmer, became an entrepreneur, grew in...
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Venturing Deep (with Imani Ross - Cofounder of Peerhood Development and Senior Consultant)
I want you to meet Imani Ross! Imani Ross is a born and raised Philly native and currently works as a Senior Consultant at a Big 4 Firm. She is an author, a public speaker with a background in Tech Sales, Business advisory, and a graduate...
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Venturing Deep (with Mitchella Gilbert - Founder/CEO of OYA Femtech Apparel)
Mitchella “Mitch” Gilbert is an inclusive product designer. She was a former elite athlete and Nike employee, so she is obsessed with women’s health and sportswear apparel. She attended the UCLA Anderson School of Management after earning a ful...
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Venturing Deep (with Ezra Salami - Ezra Law, P.C. )
Ezra is the founder and managing attorney at Ezra Law. Ezra Law is a mission-driven law firm created and geared toward supporting Black & Brown-owned startups/businesses throughout their entire life cycle, we are talking corporate for...
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Venturing Deep (with Rachel Wilson - Collab Capital)
Our next guest is Rachel Wilson! Rachel has over a decade of global experience working across various industries including Food & Beverage, Automotive, Tech, Healthcare, Music, Fashion, and Media. As Principal and Head of Operations for Col...
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Venturing Deep (with Haley Bryant - Hustle Fund VC)
Haley is a Principal at Hustle Fund VC. Prior to joining Hustle Fund, Haley worked for Apple, worked with bootstrapped and venture-backed tech startups and scaled the b2b SaaS content marketing agency Animalz as COO. Additionally, Haley star...
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Venturing Deep (with Isis Benjamin - Cofounder of House of Isis)
A Bermudian native, Isis is also a business owner & serial entrepreneur. She is a graduate of the #1 HBCU, Spelman College (some notable alumni are Stacey Abrams and Rosalind Brewer). Currently, she is the co-owner of House of Isis...
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Flip the Script ( w/ Garry Johnson III)
Garry is an award-winning startup founder and nationally recognized ecosystem builder working to build a more inclusive and equitable innovation economy. Garry is the Founder & Executive Director of First Founders Inc., a nonprofit organiza...
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Venturing Deep ( with Mitch Brooks of High Street Equity Partners)
Thank you for joining me for this episode of Venturing Deep! In this episode, we will be talking to Mitch Brooks. Mitch is the Co-General Partner of High Street Equity Partners where he invests in pre-seed and seed stage startups alongside h...
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Learning From It All (with Anthony Obi Jr.)
Thank you for joining me for this episode of Venturing Deep! In this episode, we will be talking to Anthony Obi. Anthony was once a founder who knew very early in his entrepreneurial journey that he wanted to be on the other side of ...
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Taking Action (with Niani Tolbert)
In this episode, we talk with Niani Tolbert of the #HIREBLACK Initiative. Niani is a marketer-turned-tech recruiter-turned founder of the #HIREBLACK Initiative. #HIREBLACK started as a viral LinkedIn post requesting help in offering 19 ...
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Annotations with Ama (Friendship - Part 1)
Today we are talking about one of what I think is the greatest loves, and that is your friends…What you all do not know is that this is a topic that I have wanted to discuss for a long time. I started writing about this back in 2019,...
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Annotations with Ama (Betting On Yourself)
Today we are talking about betting on yourself…In the previous “Annotations with Ama” we talked about “making plans” and if you have not checked out that episode already…make sure you do. In that episode, I left you with 3 sugg...
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Annotations with Ama (Making Plans)
Check out the first installment of my new segment called “Annotations with Ama". This is where you get to hear what I am thinking about currently. In my original series, “Venturing Deep” but in this segment we will go a little bit dee...
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5:50
A Heart to Heart (with Josh Ogundu)
In this episode, we will be talking to Josh Ogundu. Josh is the CEO and Co-Founder of Heart to Heart. An audio first dating app that lets people tell the story behind the pictures in their profiles. Before that he was working as a Prod...
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Winning In Our 20's (with Landon Campbell)
In this episode, we will be talking to Landon Campbell. Landon is the host of the popular groundbreaking podcast series “In Their 20’s”! He has spoken to some of the most talented people of our day and asks them how they made it through thei...
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See Y'all For Season 2!!!
Welcome to the “Venturing Deep” Podcast. My name is Ama Kessie and I consider myself a lifelong learner. With that being said, I feel that if you search deep enough you can learn from anyone or anything. This podcast will take a look at rema...
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The Christian Entrepreneur (with Darrel Frater)
Welcome to the “Venturing Deep” Podcast. My name is Ama Kessie and I consider myself a lifelong learner. With that being said, I feel that if you search deep enough you can learn from anyone or anything. This podcast will take a look at rema...
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31:20
I'll Help You Cheat (with Joshua Wright)
Welcome to the “Venturing Deep” Podcast. My name is Ama Kessie and I consider myself a lifelong learner. With that being said, I feel that if you search deep enough you can learn from anyone or anything. This podcast will take a look at rema...
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End Poverty Make Trillions (with Darryl Finkton Jr.)
In this episode we find out how one man wants to end poverty for our nation. The road may not be easy, but if one man can do it, it's Darryl.This podcast will take a look at remarkable founders, interesting people and topics. Thank y...
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31:51
The 22 Year Old That Is Going to Change Venture Capital (With Paige Finn Doherty)
This podcast will take a look at remarkable founders, interesting people and topics. Thank you for joining me for the fourth episode of Venturing Deep! In this episode, we will be talking to Paige Finn. At the young age of 22, Paige is on tr...
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Pivoting in the Pandemic (with Tajae Mills)
In this episode we find out how Tajae Mills was able to make a pivot during the pandemic. Tajae runs a successful Air BnB business in Atlanta with his family, with a total of 28 properties and counting! His business is quickly expanding and ...
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A Man On a Mission (with Amani Phipps)
In the second episode of the Venturing Deep Podcast, Ama sits down with Amani Phipps. Amani goes into depth about his journey to success and about finding his way to venture capital. There were definitely some barriers to his success. Amani ...
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Becoming Financially Brave (with Alexis Howard)
On the first episode of Venturing Deep, we sit down with Alexis Howard! She has been featured on platforms like yahoo finance and Chicago weekly. She is a personal finance coach that specializes in teaching young professionals how to build gene...
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