Mariam Jimoh, founder of OJA: on being a serial entrepreneur and finding opportunities to fund your ventures

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How I Made It Happen

For Working Ladies Network

18 episodes

9 months ago

The “How I Made It Happen” podcast hosted by Elizabeth Ogabi, founder of For Working Ladies, speaks to phenomenal women who have gone through it all and are willing to share their stories of guts, glories and failures. Every episode will bring you lessons from female founders, innovators and movement makers on what it takes to create a successful career or grow a business. Expect honest, raw conversations, coupled with practical advice. To join the newsletter list sign up at http://www.forworkingladies.com

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Entrepreneurship

Business,

Careers

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Mariam Jimoh, founder of OJA: on being a serial entrepreneur and finding opportunities to fund your ventures

How I Made It Happen

38 minutes 32 seconds

4 years ago

Mariam Jimoh, founder of OJA: on being a serial entrepreneur and finding opportunities to fund your ventures

In this weeks episode, I am joined by Mariam Jimoh the Founder and CEO of Oja which is a technology solution transforming access to cultural groceries and foods around the world. In simple words, she is making it easier for people to buy cultural foods by creating an app that allows you to order these goods and have them delivered directly to your door. She is building the UK's first venture-backed digital supermarket for cultural communities. She is 1 of the 16 black women in the UK who have raised venture capital, and currently, only 0.02% of the total VC funding has gone to black women founders.

Mariam is a serial entrepreneur and has started many ventures, some whilst in university, some whilst she was working. Whilst studying for an undergraduate degree she founded WCAN, a marketplace & network for the professional development of black women in the UK.

Since graduating from UCL, Mariam has gained experience as an M&A investment banker at Rothschild & Co. Combining her strategic insight with her business acumen, she founded Oja. During this time, she also co-founded Onwe an independent publishing house & lifestyle brand.

In this episode, we dive into how she has managed to raise funding through various ways such as brand partnerships to Venture capital to support her entrepreneurial ventures.

Mariam’s work has been recognised by the 2021 Forbes 30 Under 30 Technology list in which she shared that her mission is to unlock game-changing value in underrepresented groups through technology and community.

You can follow Mariam on social here: @theartofmariam

My new book, Side Hustle in Progress: A Practical Guide to Kickstarting Your Business is published by HarperCollins and available to buy online and in all book shops.

Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Side-Hustle-Progress-Practical-Kickstarting/dp/0008455007

Audible: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Side-Hustle-Progress-Practical-Kickstarting/dp/B08NXTC5ZC

Waterstones: https://www.waterstones.com/book/side-hustle-in-progress/elizabeth-ogabi/9780008455002

You can find me on social: IG: @Forworkingladies @ElizabethOgabi Twitter: @Fwladies @ElizabethOgabi_

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How I Made it Happen is an independent podcast created and hosted by Elizabeth Ogabi and produced by Julie Banks.

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