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Summary
Dawn Dickson is a serial entrepreneur and inventor with over 19 years of experience in marketing and business development. She launched four successful cash flow positive companies since 2002, her most recent ventures Flat Out of Heels (rollable flats for women to get relief from painful heels) and PopCom after identifying a need to develop a software solution to make vending machines more intelligent.
Dawn has received numerous awards and accolades for her business savvy and pitching skills, and has been invited to speak on numerous panels and workshops and featured in countless media outlets including Forbes, Black Enterprise, Fortune, Fast Company, Venture Beat, Huffington Post, Essence Magazine, The Miami Herald, CNBC/Yahoo series ‘The Biz Fix’ with Marcus Lemonis, and MSNBC ‘Your Biz’ Elevator Pitch.
Dawn has an expertise in raising traditional and nontraditional business capital. In 2019, Dawn became the first female CEO globally to raise a secure token offering (STO) over $1 million using equity crowdfunding under Reg CF the JOBS Act.
A recognized leader in entrepreneurship and digital marketing, Dawn was featured on the cover of the June 2018 Black Enterprise Magazine, was honored as one of the National Urban League Young Professionals‘ Heroes in the Movement’, featured as INC Magazine Top 100 Female Founders, featured in Who’s Who in Black Columbus, Who's Who in Black Atlanta, honored as one of Legacy Miami’s Top 40 Under 40 Leaders in South Florida, and listed among the 50 Young Visionary Women Leaders to Watch by Innov8tiv Magazine.
Dawn received her B.A. in Journalism from The Ohio State University and studied technology at DeVry University. Additionally, Dawn is the host of the BARS! Podcast on Apple and Spotify where she shares her key learnings as an entrepreneur over a hip-hop soundtrack. Dawn is a seasoned professional speaker and continues to be recognized as one of the nation’s top retail tech entrepreneurs.
Today Dawn is sitting down with me to spill THE DEETS on how she paved her own path to building her dream life as a serial entrepreneur, her amazing achievement of becoming the first female CEO to raise over $1 Million with crowdfunding, how she became recognized nationally as a top retail tech entrepreneur, and the steps she took to start, scale and grow her empire at the same time. Ready to listen in on how she's making it all happen? Let's Get The Deets!
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Link to Episode: https://www.thedeetspodcast.co/listen/dawndickson
Summary
Dawn Dickson is a serial entrepreneur and inventor with over 19 years of experience in marketing and business development. She launched four successful cash flow positive companies since 2002, her most recent ventures Flat Out of Heels (rollable flats for women to get relief from painful heels) and PopCom after identifying a need to develop a software solution to make vending machines more intelligent.
Dawn has received numerous awards and accolades for her business savvy and pitching skills, and has been invited to speak on numerous panels and workshops and featured in countless media outlets including Forbes, Black Enterprise, Fortune, Fast Company, Venture Beat, Huffington Post, Essence Magazine, The Miami Herald, CNBC/Yahoo series ‘The Biz Fix’ with Marcus Lemonis, and MSNBC ‘Your Biz’ Elevator Pitch.
Dawn has an expertise in raising traditional and nontraditional business capital. In 2019, Dawn became the first female CEO globally to raise a secure token offering (STO) over $1 million using equity crowdfunding under Reg CF the JOBS Act.
A recognized leader in entrepreneurship and digital marketing, Dawn was featured on the cover of the June 2018 Black Enterprise Magazine, was honored as one of the National Urban League Young Professionals‘ Heroes in the Movement’, featured as INC Magazine Top 100 Female Founders, featured in Who’s Who in Black Columbus, Who's Who in Black Atlanta, honored as one of Legacy Miami’s Top 40 Under 40 Leaders in South Florida, and listed among the 50 Young Visionary Women Leaders to Watch by Innov8tiv Magazine.
Dawn received her B.A. in Journalism from The Ohio State University and studied technology at DeVry University. Additionally, Dawn is the host of the BARS! Podcast on Apple and Spotify where she shares her key learnings as an entrepreneur over a hip-hop soundtrack. Dawn is a seasoned professional speaker and continues to be recognized as one of the nation’s top retail tech entrepreneurs.
Today Dawn is sitting down with me to spill THE DEETS on how she paved her own path to building her dream life as a serial entrepreneur, her amazing achievement of becoming the first female CEO to raise over $1 Million with crowdfunding, how she became recognized nationally as a top retail tech entrepreneur, and the steps she took to start, scale and grow her empire at the same time. Ready to listen in on how she's making it all happen? Let's Get The Deets!
This Episode Is Brought To You By
Shaki Varado - Host of The Deets Podcast - (Instagram) - @shaki_varado
The Deets Podcast: Behind The Scenes Facebook Group - Get the real deal, Behind-The-Scenes Deets to the show, upcoming guests, post-show workshops to get you started working toward your dream life; and the making of this podcast!
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This group acts as a meeting place to facilitate conversation and questions from the podcast episodes, host live workshops to help you get started on each step as you start, scale, and grow your business and follow along behind the scenes as Shaki launches this podcast and builds her own dream life right alongside you!
More About The Show:
The Deets is a brand new business podcast that digs in to get "The Deets" - step-by-step strategies and recommended resources from creatives, influencers, and other female entrepreneurs on how they started, scaled, and grew their platforms, built up their empires and created their dream lives.
At the end of each show listeners will be able to download "The Deets", a detailed cheat sheet (our version of show notes) that highlights each guests unique story, strategies and steps, along with links to your social media, website, and resources/products mentioned.
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