Quote: “Great ideas happen when two old ideas meet for the first time.”
The Afropolitan Podcast highlights Afropolitans who embrace the unknown and walk with purpose. Through this podcast, we aim to empower Africans in the Diaspora to maximize their potential and contribute to the development of a vibrant and progressive black community.
In this episode, we chat with Fatima Dicko, Founder & CEO at Sugar, a community management platform for apartment buildings that has raised over $3.5M in VC funding. Fatima previously worked as a senior engineer at Procter & Gamble before venturing into entrepreneurship.
Fatima is passionate about building products that people love and supporting young people to become future leaders in tech. She was named one of Inc's "18 Inspiring Women to Watch" and listed on the 2021 Forbes "Next 1000" list.
Join us as Fatima talks about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on her business, fundraising challenges as a founder, the importance of culture, and what it means to be Afropolitan.
Fatima’s Reading List:
Show Notes:
1:36 How the Covid-19 pandemic impacted Sugar and Fatima's personal life
6:34 The challenges of fundraising as a founder
9:56 How Fatima's upbringing shaped her entrepreneurial mindset
17:19 The process of recruiting the initial team and retaining talent
21:17 Fatima's breakdown of her reading list
22:06 An explanation of Web3 technology
27:54 Books that have profoundly impacted Fatima’s life
29:12 Fatima's first significant experience with failure and the lessons she learned
31:31 The importance of culture at Sugar
34:40 Fatima’s perspective on what it means to be Afropolitan
The Afropolitan Podcast is hosted by Eche Emole, co-founder of Afropolitan. Listen and subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Jamit, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Connect with Afropolitan:
Twitter - https://twitter.com/afropolitan
Website - https://www.afropolitan.io/
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