Just Go Grind

#328: Sofiat Abdulrazaaq of Goodfynd, on Getting Venture-Backed as a Woman of Color, Growing and Scaling a FinTech Startup, and Building a Culture-First Team


Listen Later

Sofiat Abdulrazaaq is the Co-Founder and CEO of Goodfynd, an on-demand marketplace for food trucks. Goodfynd enables pop-up retail and mobile vendors to connect with existing and new customers virtually by providing increased visibility and online ordering.

Topics Covered by Sofiat Abdulrazaaq in this Episode
  • How Goodfynd is supporting food truck owners and operators as a FinTech startup
  • How the idea for Goodfynd was born out of the love of great food and wanting to find it again
  • Shifting Goodfynd from a side hustle to her full-time job
  • The traction they needed to transition from bootstrapping to getting Venture-backed
  • How relationship-building fueled early growth
  • The winding road of fundraising from accelerator to first noes to first check
  • The process of choosing and participating in incubators and accelerators
  • How VC funding enabled the growth and scaling of their FinTech products and services
  • Goodfynd's geographical expansion strategy
  • Building the Goodfynd team with a culture-first focus
  • The challenges and triumphs of being a first-time founder

Listen to all episodes of the Just Go Grind Podcast: https://www.justgogrind.com

Follow Justin Gordon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/justingordon212

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Just Go GrindBy Justin Gordon

  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9

4.9

164 ratings


More shows like Just Go Grind

View all
The Rational Reminder Podcast by Benjamin Felix, Cameron Passmore, and Dan Bortolotti

The Rational Reminder Podcast

461 Listeners

SmartLess by Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett

SmartLess

58,250 Listeners

The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis by Nathaniel Whittemore

The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis

587 Listeners