Joining us in the booth this week is James Mercer, founder and CEO of Tayp, an audio based social media platform. This episode includes: - The realities of creating a social media app - Why he built he wants to launch Tayp in Ghana first - Advice for starting a business in Ghana and much more! Follow James on instagram here Join the Tayp's waitlist 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 00:33 - Take Off Into 01:08 - Meet the founder of Tayp: James Mercer 03:43 - Where I grew up was a forgotten place! 06:11 - Croydon has gotten worse! 07:39 - I got sent back to Ghana 10:22 Boomerang got me into marketing! 15:36 - Why I created Tayp: the audio social media platform 18:05 - I thought clubhouse stole my idea! 20:34 - Choosing Ghana to launch Tayp 23:12 - Threads launch isn’t normal! 25:32 - What to expect from Tayp 30:11 - How will companies use Tayp 31:49 - Meta stealing ideas 34:10 - Dark side of social media 35:56 - Going viral on Tayp… 40:31 - Challenges of starting a business in Ghana 43:18 - Advice for starting a business in Ghana 45:00 - Entrepreneurs should focus on this one thing… 46:49 - Final words Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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