Being A Conduit For Resources and Information With Kyle Maloney (Co-Founder of Tech Beach)

Quote - “Founders need to realise that investors love founders thathave failed before because it is in your failings, you learn themost.”The Afropolitan Podcast spotlights Afropolitans who aren’t afraid tostep into the unknown and walk in purpose. With this podcast we hopeto empower Africans in the Diaspora to harness their full potentialand contribute to the development of a bold and progressive blackcommunity.Our guests will share their working formulas, the hard facts aboutleaving familiar terrain, embracing the unknown, and staying relevantafterwards.This episode features Kyle Maloney, Co-Founder of Tech Beach; astartup with an active community designed to connect the Caribbeanwith the Global Technology Ecosystem.Klye studied Aerospace Engineering at Embry-Riddle AeronauticalUniversity and was exposed to entrepreneurship early on whichculminated in Co-founding Tech Beach to offer a much needed service inthe region.He is passionate about empowering people and companies in theCaribbean through technology to scale and solve pertinent issues.Listen and enjoy as Kyle talks to us about his journey with TechBeach, his background and plans for the future.Kyle’s Reading ListThink and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, Arthur R. Pellhttps://amzn.to/3XzOzzZThe ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth About ExtraordinaryResults by Gary Keller, Jay Papasanhttps://amzn.to/3lFdS6aAtomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break BadOnes by James Clearhttps://amzn.to/2P8LAvIShow Notes2:30 Impact of covid and background of Tech Beach5:58 Context of the Caribbean for startups7:52 Expansion in the Caribbean compared to Africa9:07 Fundraising process, challenges and advice11:32 Recruiting and retaining talent13:31 Kyle’s background and influences19:49 Lessons from failure24:00 Process to find the right mentor within the ecosystem28:15 Title of the book about your life30:53 Reading list32:44 Being Afropolitan35:03 Future plansThe Afropolitan Podcast is hosted by Eche Emole, co-founder of Afropolitan.Listen and subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Jamit, orwherever you get your podcasts.Want to learn more about Afropolitan?Twitter - https://twitter.com/afropolitanWebsite - https://www.afropolitan.io/

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