Entrepreneurship As A Creative Tool With Kathryn Finney

The Meaning Movement: Rediscover your Passion, Avoid Burnout, and Do Work You Love.

Kathryn Finney is an investor, visionary entrepreneur, philanthropist, and startup champion. She is the Founder and Managing General Partner of Genius Guild and author of BUILD THE DAMN THING: How to Start a Successful Business If You’re Not a Rich White Guy.

She is the chair of The Doonie Fund and founder and former CEO of digitalundivided, a social enterprise focused on creating a world where Black women own their work.

She also founded The Budget Fashionista (TBF) and became one of the first Black women to have a successful seven-figure startup exit when she sold that business.

Interestingly, she is a Yale-trained Epidemiologist. Her work has been recognized by the Aspen Institute, Entrepreneur Magazine, Marie Claire, Ebony, Inc. Magazine, Black Enterprise, and in many other great publications.

Kathryn was really fun to talk with. We explored her journey as well as many of the obstacles that women and particularly women of color encounter as they build businesses.

In this episode you’ll learn:

-What does Kathryn do to work for the world?

-How Kathryn found purpose on his work.

-How Kathryn transitions from epidemiologist to venture capital.

-What vocation means.

-Kathryn’s writing process for her new book.

-What is a personal advisory board and why you should have one

-How to use the MVP concept in your life.

-How to process feedback

-How to become a “builder’

Show notes at: https://themeaningmovement.com/kathryn