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Founder Diaries Podcast is a podcast that tells everyday entrepreneur stories.Hosted by Yvonne Kanyi, a Founder and a creator, sharing honest conversations about building, growing and leading a business.This podcast dives deep into what it truly takes to go from idea to execution the wins, the stumbles, the turning points and everything in between.Each episode offers listeners and everyone watching practical insights, raw reflections and human moments from those who’ve built something remarkable.
Yvonne Kanyi hosts Founder Diaries Podcast, a business show with 54 episodes published.
What happens when the business you've spent years building no longer excites you? In Episode 9, we sit down with Joanna K, founder of Joanna K Cosmetics and one of Kenya's most influential beauty content creators, to unp
Show notesWelcome to Episode 8: Today, Abel Mutua and Judy Nyawira share the journey behind their creative careers, entrepreneurship, and the business lessons that completely changed how they approached the industry 🎬 From humble
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Most founders learn money the hard way. Most of us figure it out through pressure, mistakes, survival, and experience. In Minisode 15, we unpack practical money advice for founders from years of building and running busi
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Back-to-back meetings, Constant notifications, Supplier issues, Endless tasks, New ideas every hour 👀 And somehow… at the end of the day, it still feels like you’re not moving the business forward. In Minisode 14, we un
Show notesIn Episode 7, we sit down with Susan Wanjiku, founder of The Legacy Hub, a platform focused on making financial literacy simple, accessible, and personalized. From growing up in poverty, accumulating over 1 million in de
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As founders, every day we discover another thing the business needs.Another task, another responsibility, another thing added to our plate. But what if the answer isn’t working harder but building systems? In Minisode 13
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One determined woman, Four products, One counter, and a Relentless belief in herself. In Minisode 12, we unpack the incredible backstory behind Estée Lauder, the founder who built one of the world’s most iconic beauty co
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What does it actually take to build a successful coaching business? In Episode 6, we sit down with John Paul Nyiha, an online fitness and dietary coach who has spent over 9 years building a coaching business tailored spe
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In today`s minisode, we break down the story of how two brothers transformed a simple drive-in restaurant into one of the most scalable business models in the world—by doing something radical. In 1948, Richard and Mauric
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When is the right time to start paying yourself as a founder, and how much should you actually take home? 🤔 A lot of businesses are started with one goal: to make money for you. But somewhere along the way, many founder
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What if everything you thought about profit, business, and your personal value… was wrong? 👀 In Episode 5, we sit down with Mr. Waithaka Gatumia, a financial literacy coach, who breaks down the realities of business, mo
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Why are so many founders determined to use their own money to build businesses? 🤔In this Minisode, we unpack the deeply rooted mindset behind self-funding and bootstrapping, especially among Kenyan founders, and ask the
Show notesIn this episode of Founder Diaries, we sit down with a creative entrepreneur, Tara Nicole as she shares her journey of building, evolving, and reinventing herself across multiple creative industries.From painting on t-sh
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Opening a new branch sounds like growth but it can quickly become pressure if you’re not fully prepared.In this minisode, we’re unpacking the real conversations every entrepreneur needs to have before expanding, because
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Sage Skin officially turned 1 last month and in this episode I get to share some financial decisions that almost cost me the business and how we've managed to pivot since then. Partner Spotlight;We’re honored to have Sar
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In today’s episode, we explore the power of founder-led brands and what it really means to build through founder-led marketing. More than just visibility, founder-led marketing is about becoming the primary channel for t
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In today`s episode, we feature Lynn Ngugi (commonly knows as Miss Turu), who is a well celebrated Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, and founder of ANO Advocates LLP as she takes us through her journey of becoming a la
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This episode is a follow-up on Minisode 4, where we go deeper into what it really takes to build systems that support growth, not just survival.We break down the power of SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures), the franchi
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In this episode, we unpack key insights from The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber—and the hard truth about what’s really holding most businesses back. The difference between working in your business and working on y
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Did you know that the Melvin Marsh company didn’t start as a tea brand—it started by solving a practical everyday problem through Kenya’s first free-flowing salt? In today`s episode, we sit down with the Founder & CEO of
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