Joining us in the booth this week is King'Ori, who is a former financial modeller and founder of Bandari Ya Pombe a beverage company. This episode includes: How he's trying to commercialise a drink that is illegal in Kenya The challenges of building a drinks company Why he's motivated to succeed despite pushback from the industry and much more! Follow King'Ori on Instagram here Learn AI, Cybersecurity, Data Science & more with Coursera. Ato has personally used Coursera to obtain an AI certificate. This is an affiliate link so if you purchase a course or sign up to the monthly or annual subscription, we will receive a small commission from Coursera, however there will be no additional charge to you. Learn on Coursera here: https://imp.i384100.net/savvywallet Follow me on: Instagram , Tiktok, Twitter Check out: https://www.youtube.com/savvywallet for the video version TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Preview 01:06 - Take off intro 01:20 - Intro to King’Ori 02:40 - Going to school in Kenya 10:55 - Why I got fired 14:58 - The idea came by accident 16:55 - Muratina is poisonous! 18:01 - How I made my first product! 20:54 - Virgin Startup mentorship saved me £3,500 24:08 - My second product is illegal in Kenya 28:35 - Black owned products and Africa 31:06 - Building a distillery in Kenya 33:53 - Pricing my product 38:52 - Bars rejecting my product 42:27 - Selling my product at festivals 46:42 - Entrepreneurship is lonely! 51:10 - Scaling internationally! 58:42 - My biggest mistake! 01:01:43 - Why I’m motivated to succeed 01:03:20 - Final messages Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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