059. Chi-Chi Ekweozor: Software Engineer & Female Founder

Chi-chi Ekweozor is a social media marketer turned front end developer and software engineer. She started Assenty in January 2016 after witnessing firsthand the difficulty in prioritising questions submitted when the audience was invited to send in questions for conference speakers via SMS.

Assenty was designed to solve the problem of answering questions from an audience and a lot of thought, painstaking care and attention to detail to what event organisers want from a Q&A platform has been poured in to it. The platform has been used by a range of companies including PwC and BusinessCloud Magazine.

Chi-Chi talks with Trish about her startup journey so far, the challenge of raising funding and shares the advice she has learned along the way.

Key takeaways:
- Really think about whether you need a co-founder. Do as much as you can manage on your own before making that step.
- Don't forget how far you've come. Take time to reflect on your business journey.
- Be careful about setting artificial deadlines and putting yourself under undue pressure.
- Be open minded to change.

Host: Patricia Keating
Guest: Chi-Chi Ekweozor, founder Assenty www.assenty.com
Listening Time: 48 mins
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