Joining us in the booth this week is Tobi, Founder of Diverse, a careers platform that helps diverse talent land graduate jobs at top companies. This episode includes: - What his business has taught him in 2 years - Working with Stormzy and Adidas on a careers campaign - Living in South America and much more! Follow Tobi 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 00:35 - Take Off Intro 01:10 - Intro to Tobi 05:20 - No regrets about Athletics 11:23 - My business did well from day 1 16:20 - Working with Stormzy and Adidas 24:45 - Diverse: how we’ve evolved! 26:27 - I’m not hiring if you’re not an A player! 30:32 - The truth about managing people! 33:29 - Quitting my job 40:34 - Biggest successes for diverse 41:37 - I hired the wrong person 46:06 - Impact over money! 47:41 - Living in South America 52:42 - Cons of living abroad/being a digital nomad 55:05 - Tips for starting a business 57:27 - You don’t own your Instagram audience! 59:44 - Final messages Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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