The Story of Odun Eweniyi, Tech Founder, Investor and Operator
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- Odun Eweniyi is the Founder and Chief Operations Officer of Piggyvest, a secure online savings platform that is valuable for its flexible savings options. She is also a CoFounder of FirstCheck, an Investor Operative dedicated to aiding women in building companies, and the Feminist Coalition, a group of women that work together for Women's rights and were instrumental to the #EndSars Protests of 2020. Odun is intelligent, skilled and versatile in her field of operations, with talents ranging from marketing to sales, product management and business development.
In this episode of Founders Connect, Odun shares her life and journey with me. It's an amazing and inspiring one. Watch, share and subscribe if you haven't!
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1:16 - Odun shares Background, Covenant University,
2:40 - What was your first job in a Startup like?
6:10 - How she met the rest of her Co-founders
7:22 - At what point did you realise, let's focus on Piggyvest as opposed to Pre-CV?
14:25 - The tweet on December 31 2015 and the birth of Piggyvest
15:27 - When you launched, what was the first iteration of Piggyvest like?
16:54 - How did you go from broke in December 2015 to funding a new product (Piggyvest?)
18:45 - What was the growth like from April 2016 when you started to April 2017?
20:02 - What was the biggest lesson you learned in the first year?
21:23 - What was the glue that kept you and your partners together?
24:19 - Between December 2016 and now, what has been the milestones that have indicated change/impact of what Piggyvest is?
26:16 - What was the Fundraising experience like?
30:19 - One million users on Piggyvest and other milestones
32:29 - What has building a large team been like?
35:01 - Abeg Acquisition
36: 37 - When did Piggyvest become a subsidiary of Piggytech?
37:51 - Are there more companies under Piggytech?
38:44 - About FirstCheck, How did you and Elohor sit down to fund Startups made by women?
41:58 - Biggest lessons as an Investor?
43:25 - What makes it possible for you to have the bandwidth to accommodate all the things you do?
46:53 - Biggest failures?
48:37 - Does FirstCheck invest in only Startups led by Women?
49:16 - Have you raised since the 1 million dollars?
50:15 - What about you as a person will you like to distribute to all the Women coming into Tech?
55:26 - For women who are coming into tech, what advice do you have for them?
Somto is a programming beast
I prayed for this interview! I knew we had to get one of the guys from PiggyVest on at some point. Love it! 😂♥️
Yay, glad you do!😊
I’ll be on this show very soon
The major thing I picked from this video is the fact that the three co-founders had a mutual, friendly relationship and that kept them going even through their storms.
Another great video from Peace Itmi as usual !
Me using founder's connect as my morning coffee where I draw inspiration to keep of pushing is a big help to me
Thank you
You're very welcome
Another day to be world-class with founders connect.
Thank you so much for interviewing the powerful Odun. ❤
Thank you peace for making these videos👏 it’s always nice to hear about the path these guests at founders connect took. As a co-founder at a startup myself, I’m learning a lot.
I am so glad you feel this way!
One thing that's obvious about this interview is that Peace and Odun have some sort of relationship. I say this because there are quite a number of names and organizations that Odun mentioned and peace didn't request for elaboration. The problem with this is that your audience is missing out on very vital parts of the conversation. Whenever a guest comes on and talks about things that you are already familiar with, it's good practice to ask them to provide details that will help your audience follow the story properly.
Odun is an amazing young women. I thoroughly enjoyed this interview.
Thanks
Hi Nduka, very valid point. However I feel that Peace didn't make that elaboration because most of her Audience (myself included) know these people and have followed their journeys on tech Twitter.
Fair point but some further details the interviewer might not yet want to disclose also.
Hey, thank you so much for bringing this to my attention. I felt the names didn't need elaboration because they're cofounders of Piggyvest, but I'll take this into consideration and try to carry everyone along during the interviews. Have a great day!
COO PIGGYVEST is such a brilliant woman!
She is!
Be you the world will adjust! ❤️
What a wonderful and PEACEful interview!
Thank you so much our own Techbro for being fair. :)
I enjoyed this interview as always.
Founders, do your thing. Build. Figure it out later!
I see what you did there 😂
A strong team of founders with great complementary skills really goes a long way. Lessons! Lessons!! Lessons!!!
Yesss 👏 👏 👏 love how outstanding Odunayo is, we need a Piggyvest in the UK.
She is great!
Very educative interview. I love how she keeps placing emphasis on serving the customers which is the main goal of business and the key to achieving success.
Odun is extremely intelligent.. Am so proud of her.. Keep it up peace.. Ellen of tech ✌️
Odun is a gee fr. Thank you haha
Explore, explore explore and don't be afraid to jump on new interesting ideas🔥, that's what I caught. Great video Peace & Odun!🚀🚀
So much to learn from this interview. Thanks Odun for sharing. So true , there is smart women everywhere😊
So true!
Peace actually enjoyed this conversation🤗
Please interview prosper otemuyinwa. Eden
@Peace Itimi Coming back here in 2024 and having like a more first hand deep value/ understanding from all these amazing resources you have created and are still creating😊 . I celebrate you 🙌🏻😊. Thanks a lot
Thank you so much for watching!!
One of my fave episodes!
I have always had crush on Odun. Big, Bold, Brainy and Beautiful
She is amazing
Thank you for putting this together Peace
You're welcome!
My fav interviewing another fav. This is a 3 times watch before I will fully grasp it all.
Because, It's a Peaceful Year (Odun) :)
This is sweet😂😂
Great interview.
Her dad really made strong impression on her
Amazing insights
Well done Peace….Odun is a very big energy.
She really is! Thank you.
Intensive discussion with so much learnt.
Thank you Odun. Thank you Peace.
Be you, the world will adjust. True!🤗
You're very welcome ❤
Peace I would not lie. I just love what you do, please keep it up.
Aww Thank you so much
Wow this awesome. Thought you're not currently in Nigeria how do you record this people from abroad
Big Odun Energy!! That’s all I can say
Yess
My favorite sitting with my favorite OMG This is one of my favorite videos
Aww ❤ Love to hear it
inspiring
Been wondering when she was going to come on the show, thanks for having her and Odun thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Our pleasure!
Great video, this is the first time listening to Odun's story. Super woman 👏🏾👏🏾
She is great!
Thanks for making this! Was looking forward to this cuz I love PiggyVest.. It has really helped me handle my money better.
Learnt a lot from this video
Glad it helped! You're welcome
Another awesome session, tech is life. Thanks👍
You're welcome
I enjoyed the conversation. It's also inspiring
Glad you did.
She’s very impressive
Very impressive
An amazing conversation @peace. Eweniyi is really a good conversationalist. Learnt so much.
Thank you for watching!
I really love Piggyvest's story and I'm so inspired. And concerning FirstCheck Africa please how do I get started to apply?
Hello Emily, you can start to apply here: www.firstcheck.africa/ Wishing you the best!
This has been inspiring❤️❤️, failure is just a milestone to success.
That's right. Thanks for watching!
Real conversations! Thanks Peace for doing this.
You're always welcome
been waiting for this episode 😩 finally 😅
Same here, Odun is an OG. ⚡
please who is the Mr Olumide being mentioned
I would definitely share this 🙌🙌
Please do
I want to open piggybank but they're asking for a reference code.....how do I go about that?
No body refer me
Thanks Peace and Odun
Thanks for watching!
Yesssssssssssss 🔥🔥🔥 I love this channel man Lol 🤭
Love you too
Inspiring 💡
Thanks
Amazing!
Thank you! Cheers!
This is so inspiring
Thanks!
♥️
What a deep and inspiring conversation!
Enjoyed every bit of it
Glad you did
One day you will interview me not software but hardware
Finally🤗🤗🤗
We love you!!!
Love you too!
So much to glean from.
10X tech bro 😌😌
Odun my X10 Tech Bro it took me a while to know that it was a female behind that account on Twitter, I had always think it was a male until I check instagram
Success is not overnight. Imagine how many failed startups before PiggyVest.
This is so true
Who is Somto, and AY please☺️
Somto is the CEO of PiggyTech