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Micro Angel Investors Are the Future of Startup Funding

How leveraging the power of small checks can make a big impact to build companies and create generational wealth Startup funding is evolving and growing past its reliance on venture capital. …

Crowdfunding

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Micro Angel Investors Are the Future of Startup Funding
Micro Angel Investors Are the Future of Startup Funding

Apr 24

BARS! for Business: Building Your Future Unapologetically

When you step out into the world as an entrepreneur, having a few of your favorite bars to hype you up can change the trajectory of your life. I can picture my most opulent self when Rick Ross is playing, pushing me to hustle more to reach that success. …

Entrepreneurship

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BARS! for Business: Building Your Future Unapologetically
BARS! for Business: Building Your Future Unapologetically

Mar 27

BARS! For Business: The Hustle. The Focus. The Culture.

If you are looking for inspiration on how to hustle and succeed, no one can get you there faster than one of hip-hop’s most influential rappers, Jay-Z. With bars that are notorious for their resonance, Jay-Z’s lyrics help inform ideals of success in season two, episode 4 of my podcast…

Entrepreneurship

4 min read

BARS! For Business: The Hustle. The Focus. The Culture.
BARS! For Business: The Hustle. The Focus. The Culture.

Feb 23

BARS! For Business: Capturing a “Saturated” Market

There is a lyrical bar that translates into a lesson for everything in life — especially business. BARS! brings those truths to your ears through the voices of incredible entrepreneurs that have broken the mold and come out on top. In episode 3 of season 2, I speak to the…

Entrepreneurship

4 min read

BARS! For Business: Capturing a “Saturated” Market
BARS! For Business: Capturing a “Saturated” Market

Jan 8

BARS! For Business: Building Multi-Million Dollar Brands from a Vision Board

Nothing expresses the intricacies of an entrepreneur’s hustle like hip-hop. That struggle for a bigger, better life is where business and music meet. In season two, episode two of my podcast, BARS! …

Entrepreneurship

4 min read

BARS! For Business: Building Multi-Million Dollar Brands from a Vision Board
BARS! For Business: Building Multi-Million Dollar Brands from a Vision Board

Dec 21, 2021

BARS! for Business: Manifest, Trust and Pivot

Music connects individuals with purpose — and rap is no exception. Rappers’ lyrics show us the power we hold to change the world. Whether it’s Jay Z or Nipsey Hussle, plenty of bars have inspired me in life and business. The search for lyrical motivation served as a launching pad…

Podcast

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BARS! for Business: Manifest, Trust and Pivot
BARS! for Business: Manifest, Trust and Pivot

Nov 2, 2021

Early-Stage Start up Companies to Invest in TODAY

The new year is upon us but don’t close out 2021 just yet. There are tremendous investing opportunities around for you to explore before 2021 ends and I have highlighted five of my favorites below. I have personally made 10 new additions to my start-up portfolio this year, everything from…

Investing

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Early-Stage Start up Companies to Invest in TODAY
Early-Stage Start up Companies to Invest in TODAY

Sep 29, 2021

Work-Life Balance for Entrepreneurs:

Embrace the Possibilities, Not Perfection Work-life balance has to be in one of the top five topics discussed between entrepreneurs these days. And for good reason. We strive to better understand what it means for our lives and how to reach it every day. Unfortunately, even with millions of advice…

Entrepreneurship

3 min read

Work-Life Balance for Entrepreneurs:
Work-Life Balance for Entrepreneurs:

Aug 24, 2021

Early-Stage Angel Investments to Watch: Spotlighting Black-Founded Companies that are Crowdfunding

All six of the Black-led businesses on this month’s list of early-stage angel investments have active crowdfunding campaigns. Consider that for a moment. This ratio demonstrates how the traditional face of capital-backed businesses is changing. It also demonstrates that the concept of what and who an angel investor should be…

Entrepreneurship

8 min read

Early-Stage Angel Investments to Watch: Spotlighting Black-Founded Companies that are Crowdfunding
Early-Stage Angel Investments to Watch: Spotlighting Black-Founded Companies that are Crowdfunding

Jul 23, 2021

Need Investors? Here’s How to Max Out Your Network

Networking is by far one of the most important aspects of building and funding a business — especially when playing in the field of crowdfunding as I have. In determining how to prioritize my networking building, I’ve come to learn just how all networks are important. First, I think a…

Networking Tips

4 min read

Need Investors? Here’s How to Max Out Your Network
Need Investors? Here’s How to Max Out Your Network
Dawn Dickson-Akpoghene

Dawn Dickson-Akpoghene

Serial Entrepreneur, Inventor |Founder, Flat Out of Heels |CEO, PopCom| www.DawnDickson.me

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