May 23, 2023
Mary Lou Andre started her business with no clients, no capital, and very little personal money to build her dream company. So she sold her wedding dress and used the money to buy business cards and a used computer. Then she sold everything else she could in order to pay for a membership into a women’s organization where she could meet prospective clients.
Chase Harmer is the founder of Wishes, a FinTech app that is changing the transparency of charitable donations made by individual donors. With no formal background in tech, just hard won experience, Chase is a visionary who has created one of the most innovative platforms in charitable giving by providing validation for donated funds through transparency in e-commerce causes, crowdfunding and nonprofits.
May 16, 2023
May 9, 2023
In January my agency, Prosper for Purpose, celebrated 10 years in business. And I’ve had a lot of those profound moments. In this episode, I’m sharing 10 of them (plus a bonus I spontaneously added during recording).
Jennah Lear remembers the moment she fully realized she was meant for more. She was in her fourth year working in corporate and feeling frustrated that her skills were being underutilized.
May 2, 2023
April 25, 2023
Philip Smith has some groundbreaking views on marketing. Smith is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and author who partnered with Kevin Harrington, one of the original sharks on Shark Tank. He also made the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies four times as a one-employee company working from home. Smith started his first business in 1998 and has sold four companies so far.
Fatou B. Barry is on a mission to bridge knowledge and equity gaps while creating safe spaces for BIPOC professionals to thrive. In this episode of The Prosper Project, we talk about her work generating opportunities to grow and amplify talent that is typically overlooked.
April 18, 2023