Louise Broni-Mensah was the first black female founder accepted into Silicon Valley's Y-Combinator programme (which counts AirBnB, Dropbox and Reddit among its alumni), and is now taking her urban music party platform global. How did she do it? Her story is incredible - in this podcast she tells it in her own words.

Follow Louise on Twitter: @LouiseBroni and Shoobs at @shoobsonline and www.shoobs.com

Anne-Marie Imafidon is on twitter @aimafidon and Instagram @notyouraverageami

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