Personal Finance In Your Ears.

Amazi was officially founded in April 2016, but has been a dream for years. After studying in Uganda, the founder, Renee, was shocked by the high degree of entrepreneurship, but surprised by the endless piles of tomatoes, plantains, bananas going to waste- There was a lack of business growth, employment opportunities, and variety in product offerings.Renee was inspired by Issues of competition, huge food waste, and unemployment rates. She wanted to add value to natural resources – by providing growth avenues for entrepreneurs, the unemployed, and farmers.Katie heard Renee speak at the DC Start Up week a few weeks ago and thought your story was incredible. Your company makes plantain chips. For any listeners who don’t know what a plantain chip is- they look like a larger banana and you cut them to look like a chip.

Welcome Renee!

Juliana Cardona Mejia is the founder of Street Entrepreneurs. A nonprofit organization in service of providing entrepreneurs of all backgrounds with practical knowledge and access to networks and start up grants.Juliana has worked tirelessly to grow her business from the ground up. She has worked to teach herself and others what it takes to be successfulWelcome, Juliana!

Author of the “Personal Finance Arsenal: Tools to save money, time and headache” Eric Rosenberg is now a full time freelance writer and his work has been published in places like the Huffington Post, Business Insider and Investopedia.Before his days as a freelance writer, Eric worked in banking before quitting his day job and taking the leap to work for himself.

A highly successful entrepreneur, Matt DeCoursey launched his first company in a spare bedroom in 2009. Using nothing but an AmEx card with an $8000 limit. Since then he has built companies that have generated millions of dollars in revenue. Currently, Matt is the founder and CEO of GigaBook, a cloud-based appointment-booking platform.