The Journey with Morgan DeBaun

Morgan DeBaun: My Journey from St. Louis to Silicon Valley & Beyond


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In this week's episode, Morgan shares the first part of her personal and entrepreneurial journey from growing up in St. Louis to becoming a successful founder of Blavity. She shares her experiences from childhood to present day, highlighting the challenges and triumphs that have shaped her career and personal life. Morgan discusses how her childhood and school experiences influenced her approach to entrepreneurship. Later, Morgan shares how working in Silicon Valley taught her to build company culture and ways that the overall environment of Silicon Valley caused Morgan to shrink herself, and how she unlearned the male founder prototype, in order to show up in her business as herself. Finally, Morgan gets honest about the first four years of building Blavity, how the pandemic changed her as a boss and her journey to allowed her to finally show up as herself. If you enjoy this episode, please consider rating and reviewing the show! This helps us support more people -- just like you -- in moving toward the personal and professional life they desire. Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select "Write a Review." Then be sure to let us know what you loved most about the episode! Also, if you haven't done so already, follow the podcast. We're adding more episodes every week and, if you're not following, there's a good chance you'll miss out. Follow now! Subscribe to the podcast: 

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